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Shanghai Futures Exchange: Notification On Market Risk Control During The Dragon Boat Festival 2014

Date 30/05/2014

The Dragon Boat Festival 2014 is approaching. According to the market closing announcement issued by the Exchange, the futures market will be closed from May 31 through June 2. According to the Risk Management Rules of the Shanghai Futures Exchange, we decide to make the following adjustments to the trading margin requirements and price limits for some products around the Dragon Boat Festival.

New Zealand's Financial Advisers Disciplinary Committee Decision – Record Keeping

Date 30/05/2014

The Financial Advisers Disciplinary Committee (FADC) has released its decision into a complaint against an AFA regarding breaches of code standards 8, 9 and 12. The Committee has granted name suppression.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: New ETF Included In Dissemination Of “TSE Indicative NAV” And PCF file On The TSE Website

Date 30/05/2014

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will newly calculate and publish the Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share for the below Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), as well as its PCF(Portfolio Composition File) on our website beginning on May 30, 2014.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Financial Advisers Code Committee Seeking Expressions Of Interest

Date 30/05/2014

The Financial Markets Authority seeks expressions of interest for membership of the Code Committee established under the Financial Advisers Act 2008.

Financial Innovation-Driven Complexity: Creating A Dynamic Landscape - A Speech By Greg Medcraft, Chairman, Australian Securities And Investments Commission To The Stockbrokers Association Of Australia (SAA) Annual Conference, 30 May 2014

Date 30/05/2014

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Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Adjusting The Standard Of The Minimum Trading Margin For The Blockboard Product

Date 30/05/2014

According to the “Measures of Dalian Commodity Exchange for Risk Management”, it has been decided upon discussion that as of the settlement on June 5, 2014, DCE will adjust the standard of the minimum trading margin for the blockboard product to 10%, and the limit up and down of 5% will remain unchanged.

NASDAQ OMX Closes $500 Million Senior Notes Offering

Date 30/05/2014

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) ("NASDAQ OMX") today announced that it closed a public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2024. NASDAQ OMX expects to use the net proceeds from the offering, along with cash on hand, to refinance its 4.00% Senior Notes due 2015 and to repay a portion of the term loan under its senior credit facility.

SEC Names Stephanie Avakian As Deputy Director Of Enforcement

Date 29/05/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Stephanie Avakian has been named deputy director of its Division of Enforcement.

Global Trends In Derivatives Markets, Remarks By Walt Lukken, President And CEO Of FIA, Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum, May 28, 2014

Date 29/05/2014

Walt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, delivered remarks on global trends in derivatives markets on May 28 during the Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum in Shanghai, China.

Remarks At Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s 1st Annual Municipal Securities Regulator Summit, SEC Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher, Washington, DC, May 29, 2014

Date 29/05/2014

Thank you, Lynnette [Kelly], for your very kind introduction.  I am honored to be today’s keynote speaker at the first MSRB Municipal Securities Regulator Summit.  The MSRB has always been an important institution, but never more so than now.  The statutory construct governing municipal securities regulation places the MSRB on the front lines of the federal oversight program for these vital markets and the participants therein.  And, thanks to more than half a decade of the Federal Reserve’s zero percent interest rate environment, the fixed income markets have taken on an increasingly important role in the financial planning of retail investors.