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Cboe Global Markets Declares Increased Third-Quarter 2018 Dividend - Announces Increase In Share Repurchase Authorization

Date 01/08/2018

• Quarterly cash dividend increased by 15 percent to $0.31
• Eighth consecutive year Cboe has increased its dividend
• Increases share repurchase authorization by $100 million

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 01/08/2018

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

US Justice Department: Wells Fargo Agrees To Pay $2.09 Billion Penalty For Allegedly Misrepresenting Quality Of Loans Used In Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities

Date 01/08/2018

The Justice Department announced today that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and several of its affiliates (Wells Fargo) will pay a civil penalty of $2.09 billion under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) based on the bank’s alleged origination and sale of residential mortgage loans that it knew contained misstated income information and did not meet the quality that Wells Fargo represented. Investors, including federally insured financial institutions, suffered billions of dollars in losses from investing in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) containing loans originated by Wells Fargo.  

Canadian Securities Regulators Provide Update On Trading Fees And Rebates Pilot Study

Date 01/08/2018

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has awarded a research contract to develop a pilot study that will examine the impacts of trading fees and rebates on order routing behaviour by dealers, as well as execution quality and market quality.

OneChicago Announces Trading Volume For July 2018

Date 01/08/2018

OneChicago, LLC (ONE), a securities finance exchange, today announced its July 2018 volume of 378,641, a decrease of 73% year-over-year. OneChicago is a CFTC and SEC regulated exchange offering Single Stock Futures (SSF), a Delta One product, on approximately 1,800 equities, including ADRs and ETFs.

B3 Integrated Web Portal - Market Data Is Now Available On A Single Web Address

Date 01/08/2018

As of today, you can access B3’s integrated web portal containing the content from the websites bmfbovespa.com.br, cetip.com.br and b3.com.br.

Nasdaq Filing Of Quarterly Report For Quarter Ended June 30, 2018

Date 01/08/2018

On August 1, 2018, Nasdaq filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Form 10-Q can be accessed on Nasdaq's website at http://ir.nasdaq.com/sec.cfm and on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

OCC Cleared Contract Volume Up 15 Percent In July

Date 01/08/2018

• Equity options volume up 20 percent in July
• Average equity daily volume up 23 percent year-to-date
• Securities lending activity up 19 percent in July and 22 percent year-to-date

State Street Comments On Federal Open Market Committee Meeting

Date 01/08/2018

In reaction to today’s US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, Lee Ferridge, head of Multi-Asset Strategy, Americas at State Street Global Markets; Antoine Lesné, head of EMEA strategy and research for SPDR ETFs; and Sophia Ferguson, senior portfolio manager for active fixed income and currency at State Street Global Advisors, offer their views.

Federal Reserve Issues FOMC Statement

Date 01/08/2018

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a strong rate. Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has stayed low. Household spending and business fixed investment have grown strongly. On a 12-month basis, both overall inflation and inflation for items other than food and energy remain near 2 percent. Indicators of longer-term inflation expectations are little changed, on balance.