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Nasdaq Dubai To Launch Equity Futures On Saudi Arabian Companies In Milestone For Investors In Middle East Markets

Date 21/05/2018

• Futures will be offered on shares of leading companies listed in Saudi Arabia
• Move will enhance investor interest in Saudi stocks as country opens up to foreign investors

Largest Private Sector Financing In Iran Capital Market

Date 20/05/2018

IRR 8,000 billion equity-based Ijarah Sukuk is underwritten at Tehran Stock Exchange for Telecommunication Company of Iran.

The Saudi Stock Exchange Announces The Publication Of The Weekly Stock Market Ownership And Trading Activity Report (By Nationality And Investor Type)

Date 20/05/2018

To view the detailed Weekly Stock Market Ownership and Trading Activity Report (by Nationality and Investor Type) for Main Market and Nomu-Parallel Market please Click Here.

FinTech Hive At DIFC Calls On Applicants For 2018 Accelerator Programme - Online Application Process Opens May 20 - Programme Expanded To Include Insurance Partners

Date 19/05/2018

FinTech Hive at DIFC, the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region, will begin accepting applications for its 2018 programme starting May 20, kicking off a competitive search for the top financial technology (fintech) and insurance technology (insurtech) innovators in the region. 

B3 Breaks New Record On Mini Ibovespa Futures Contract

Date 19/05/2018

B3’s Mini Ibovespa Futures Contract hit a record high today ending the day at 3.486.542 contracts. The previous record of 3.483.986 Mini Ibovespa Futures Contract was recorded on March 3^rd 2018.

US Department Of Justice: Rabobank NA Sentenced For Conspiring To Impair, Impede, And Obstruct Its Primary Regulator

Date 18/05/2018

Rabobank National Association (Rabobank), a Roseville, California subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey T. Miller of the Southern District of California for impairing, impeding and obstructing its primary regulator, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the OCC), by concealing deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML) program and for obstructing the OCC’s examination of Rabobank.  Rabobank was sentenced to a two-year term of probation, and ordered to pay the statutory maximum fine of $500,000.  Additionally, as part of its guilty plea, Rabobank forfeited $368,701,259 to the United States as a result of allowing illicit funds to be processed through the bank. 

CalPERS Announces Candidates For Fall 2018 Board Election - Public Agency Members To Vote - Two Candidates Run Unopposed

Date 18/05/2018

CalPERS is conducting one election this fall for the public agency representative seat on the CalPERS Board of Administration. Elections for the school and state board member representative seats will not be conducted since incumbents Theresa Taylor and Rob Feckner were unopposed.

NYSE’s Newest Market - NYSE National To Commence Trading On Monday, May 21

Date 18/05/2018

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), part of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), today announced that NYSE National, a new electronic equities exchange, will commence trading on Monday, May 21, 2018.

Intercontinental Exchange Announces Results From 2018 Annual Meeting Of Stockholders

Date 18/05/2018

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced the results of the company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was held Friday, May 18 in Atlanta. A replay of the meeting is available at http://ir.theice.com.

Deutsche Börse Decides Rule Changes For MDAX, SDAX And TecDAX Indices

Date 18/05/2018

•  Removal of tech and classic classifications
• Expansion of MDAX to 60 stocks and SDAX to 70
• New methodology effective in index calculation from 24 September 2018