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Significant Improvement In Shenzhen Stock Exchange.-Listed Companies’ Environmental Information Disclosure

Date 16/10/2018

Successful prevention and control of pollution is one of the three major tasks in the final stage of building a comprehensively well-off society. Focusing on strengthening the supervision on environmental information disclosure and improving market services, SZSE appeals to and guides listed companies to earnestly assume the responsibility of pollution control and environment protection. The quality of environmental information disclosure of SZSE-listed companies has been significantly improved.

CME Group Achieves Asia Pacific Average Daily Volume Of 726,000 Contracts In Q3 2018, Up 4 Percent From Q3 2017

Date 16/10/2018

 CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it achieved Asia Pacific quarterly average daily volume (ADV) of 726,000 contracts in the third quarter of the year, up 4 percent from the corresponding period last year.  This was driven largely by a strong performance in Equity and FX products, up 41 percent and 36 percent respectively.

Nadex Amends Illiquid Market Hours

Date 16/10/2018

Pursuant to the Nadex Market Maker Agreement, available on the Nadex website at  https://www.nadex.com/sites/default/files/pdf/nadex-market-maker-agreement.pdf, a Market Maker is permitted to modify its quoting during periods of “Illiquid Markets”.  An Illiquid Market is defined in the Agreement as “thinly traded markets in particular time periods as determined by Nadex from time to time and made public via posting on its website.”  A Market Maker may refrain from submitting Post-Only Quotes during an Illiquid Market.  Until further notice is provided on this website, Nadex is amending the time periods it has identified as Illiquid Markets:  All Intraday 5-Minute Foreign Currency Binary contracts available for trading between the hours of 6:00pm ET and 3:00am ET.  The amended Illiquid Market hours will be effective for the opening of trading on trade date October 16, 2018.

B3 Announces New Cash Equities Market Maker Program - Out Of The 10 Institutions Accredited For The Program, Six Will Act As Market Makers At B3 For The First Time

Date 15/10/2018

Starting today, B3's Cash Equities market will feature new market makers to help boost liquidity and asset performance. The program will comprise 54 stocks and 2 ETFs.

British Columbia Securities Commission Launches New Investment Calculators On InvestRight.org

Date 15/10/2018

As part of its Investor Education Month activities, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) is pleased to announce the launch of a Return on Investment Calculator and an Investment Growth Calculator on its investor education website, InvestRight.org.

CFTC: Federal Court in New York Orders Kevin Antonovich to Pay $554,375 Judgment for Commodity Pool Fraud

Date 15/10/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge I. Leo Glasser of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a Consent Order on October 3, 2018, against Kevin Scott Antonovich, a resident of Cherry Grove, New York, requiring him to pay $554,375 in restitution and a civil monetary penalty for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulations.  The Order also imposes permanent trading and registration bans on Antonovich, among other injunctive relief.  

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell To Host Town Hall Meeting With Educators

Date 15/10/2018

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome H. Powell will host a town hall meeting with educators from across the country on February 6, 2019. The educators will join the Chairman at 7 p.m. EST in the Board Room of the Board's main building in Washington, D.C., and participate via webcast from Federal Reserve Bank offices throughout the country. The Chairman will respond to questions from both the in-person audience and participants at the Reserve Bank offices.

DTCC To Launch MF Info Xchange To Transform Communications For Mutual Fund Industry - New Service Will Centralize The Exchange Of Information Between Funds And Their Intermediary Partners And Is Expected To Become Available By End Of Year

Date 15/10/2018

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced it will launch a new, on demand, real time, centralized communications service for the mutual fund industry by the end of 2018, the first service of its kind from DTCC’s Wealth Management Services (WMS) division.

Notice On Public Consultation For The Interim Measures For The Listing And Trading Of Depositary Receipts Under The Stock Connect Scheme Between Shanghai Stock Exchange And London Stock Exchange (Draft For Comment)

Date 15/10/2018

To regulate actions such as listing, trading, cross-border conversion and information disclosure of depositary receipts under the stock connect scheme between Shanghai Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange, maintain the market order and protect the legitimate interests and rights of investors, the Shanghai Stock Exchange drafted the Interim Measures for the Listing and Trading of Depositary Receipts under the Stock Connect Scheme between Shanghai Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange (Draft for Comment), Guidelines for the Pre-Listing Review of Chinese Depositary Receipts under the Stock Connection Scheme between Shanghai Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange (Draft for Comment), Guidelines for the Cross-Border Conversion of Depositary Receipts under the Stock Connect Scheme between Shanghai Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange (Draft for Comment ) and Guidelines for the Market Making for Chinese Depositary Receipts under the Stock Connect Scheme between Shanghai Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange (Draft for Comment) (See Annex for details) on the basis of the Provisions on the Supervision and Administration of Depositary Receipts under the Stock Connect Scheme between Shanghai Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange (for trial implementation). The Measures is open for public comments as of today. Please send relevant advice and suggestion on the Measures to the Email: flb@sse.com.cn. The deadline of the public consultation is October 19, 2018.

CFTC Commissioner Behnam To Participate On Panel At The 34th Annual FIA Futures And Options Expo

Date 15/10/2018