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  • Review Of New Zealand's fFnancial Advice Laws To Commence

    Date 03/03/2015

    Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Paul Goldsmith today released the terms of reference for a review of the legislation governing how financial advice is provided.

  • Facilitating Cross-Border Capital Raising In ASEAN

    Date 03/03/2015

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) today jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Securities Commission Malaysia and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand to establish a Streamlined Review Framework for the ASEAN Common Prospectus. The Framework, which is an initiative under the ASEAN Capital Market Forum (ACMF) Implementation Plan endorsed by the ASEAN Finance Ministers, will facilitate cross-border offerings of Equity Securities and Plain Debt Securities  in ASEAN. 

  • New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Welcomes Opportunity To Review Financial Advice Laws

    Date 03/03/2015

    The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) welcomes today’s announcement by the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Paul Goldsmith, about the review of legislation governing financial advisers.

  • Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Transition And Upgrading Fuels Performance Growth For SME board-listed Companies In 2014

    Date 03/03/2015

    China’s economy development has entered into the phase of “New Normal”, and steady growth, mode transferring, structure adjustment have become the main vocal of economic work. As the outstanding representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises in our country, companies listed on the SME board play a pivotal role in the promotion of real economy development, independent innovation and transition and upgrading, solving employment problems and safeguarding and improving people’s livelihood. How’s their performance under the situation of “New Normal”? The preliminary earnings estimate and annual reports disclosed before February 28, 2015 have given us answers. Statistics show that remarkable effects have been made by companies listed on the SME board in transition and upgrading. In spite of the slowing growth rate in operating income, the net profit growth rate increases significantly. Rapid development has been seen in high and new technology enterprises, strategic emerging industry enterprises and productive service enterprises under national policy support, reflecting the strong internal vigor of small and medium-sized enterprises.

  • USPTO Invalidates CBOE Patents

    Date 03/03/2015

    The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today issued three decisions in response to petitions filed by ISE to invalidate three CBOE patents (US Patent Nos. 7,356,4987,980,457 and 8,266,044). The PTAB agreed with ISE and found that all three patents are invalid. These patents formed the basis of litigation that CBOE brought against ISE in the case of Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated v. International Securities Exchange, LLC (Case No. 1:13-cv-01339-JMF), the proceedings in which have been stayed pending the outcome of the PTAB review.

  • CBOE Holdings Reports February 2015 Trading Volume

    Date 02/03/2015

    CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that average daily volume (ADV) during February for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options ExchangeSM (C2SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) was 4.7 million contracts, a decrease of 22 percent from February 2014 and a decline of 13 percent from January 2015.

  • S&P Dow Jones Indices Introduces Tax-aware Index Solutions In Australia - New Indices Account For The Impact Of Franking Credits By Using A Simple, Transparent Methodology

    Date 02/03/2015

    S&P Dow Jones Indices (“S&P DJI”), one of the world’s leading providers of financial market indices, today announced the launch of a tax-aware benchmark series for the Australian market – the S&P/ASX Franking Credit Adjusted Indices, which allow investors to more precisely measure the performance of the Australian equity market by factoring in the impact of franking credits attached to dividends.

  • CBOE Futures Exchange Reports February 2015 Trading Volume

    Date 02/03/2015

    CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) today reported that February 2015 monthly average daily volume (ADV) and monthly total volume, both for exchange-wide at CFE and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index), declined from year-ago levels.

  • Federal Reserve Releases Results Of Supervisory Bank Stress Tests

    Date 02/03/2015

    The largest U.S.-based bank holding companies continue to build their capital levels and to strengthen their ability to lend to households and businesses during a period marked by severe recession and financial market volatility, according to the results of supervisory stress tests announced by the Federal Reserve on Thursday.

  • New York State Department of Financial Services: Revised BitLicense Regulatory Framework

    Date 02/03/2015

    In accordance with the New York State Administrative Procedures Act (SAPA), the revised proposed DFS rules for virtual currency businesses have been published in the New York State Register's February 25, 2015 edition, which begins a 30-day public comment period.  To view a copy of these revised proposed rules please visit here. These revised proposed rules for DFS virtual currency businesses reflect comments received by the Department pursuant to the SAPA process in response to the proposed rules published in the July 23, 2014 edition of the New York State Register.  The public comments received during that initial 90-day comment period are available on our website.