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NASDAQ OMX Launches Weekly Options On Swedish Shares

Date 23/05/2014

NASDAQ OMX announces that trading in weekly options on Swedish shares starts on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm on May 26. The introduction of weekly single stock options is an extension of the successful weekly index options offering that NASDAQ OMX launched in 2012, and that today represent around 5 percent of the total Swedish index options volumes.

ASIC Dark Pool Regulations Positive - CMCRC

Date 23/05/2014

The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has released a new video dealing with the impact of the introduction of the minimum price improvement rule introduced by ASIC on 26 May 2012.  

NZX IPO Masterclass - SLI Systems

Date 23/05/2014

NZX hosted an IPO Masterclass in Auckland today.

FIA Japan Newsletter May 2014 Edition Released

Date 23/05/2014

Futures Industry Association of Japan has released the May 2014 edition of its bimonthly newsletter. For browse, please access the following URL.

http://www.fiajapan.org/www.fiajapan.org/contents/newsletter/files/FIAJ_Newsletter_EN_2014_05.pdf

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Reprimands And Fines Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft $1.6 Million For Regulatory Breaches

Date 23/05/2014

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Deutsche Bank) $1.6 million for regulatory breaches and internal control failings.

Dubai Financial Market Market Holiday

Date 23/05/2014

On the occasion of Al Isra Wa Al Miraj, it has been decided that Sunday, 25 May 2014 is an official holiday for the market and will resume on Monday 26 May 2014

Stock Market Performance Report Of Shenzhen Stock Exchange In 2013

Date 23/05/2014

Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) releases market performance reports annually for the main purpose of providing a quantitative reference for regulators’ institutional building and investors’ investment activities on an on-going basis.

Acting CFTC Chairman Mark Wetjen Announces Three Actions To Protect Liquidity For Certain End-Users, Further Consider Certain Hedging Practices, And Promote Trading On SEFs And DCMs

Date 23/05/2014

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) Acting Chairman Mark Wetjen and Commissioner Scott O’Malia today announced three actions to benefit utility special entities, further consider certain hedging practices for commercial market participants, and promote end-user trading on swap execution facilities (SEFs) and designated contract markets (DCMs).

Top Exchange And Clearinghouse Leaders To Assemble In Moscow, Russia For WFE-IOMA Annual Derivatives Conference

Date 23/05/2014

Exchanges and clearinghouse leaders will assemble in Moscow next week for the World Federation of Exchanges’ (WFE) 31st annual derivatives conference, the International Options Market Association (IOMA).  The conference, which will take place 26-28 May, will be a forum for the discussion of key regulatory issues affecting the global derivatives landscape.  The WFE-IOMA conference will also partner again this year with the Global Association of Central Counterparties, (CCP12) to offer a half-day of combined sessions that will focus on the new challenges facing the clearing markets.

FIF Capacity Statistics For April 2014: Two New Record Peaks: SIAC OPRA & BATS Options MCASTPITCH AGG

Date 22/05/2014

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that SIAC OPRA was up 18% to 7,945,060 mps over the 1 second interval.