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CME Group Global Head Of Commodity And Options Products To Present At Citi Conference

Date 28/02/2018

CME Group announced today that Derek Sammann, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity and Options Products will present at the Citi 2018 Asset Managers, Broker Dealers and Exchanges Conference in New York on Thursday March 1, at 8:45 a.m. (Eastern Time). 

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 28/02/2018

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

CME Group Chief Financial Officer And Global Head Of Financial And OTC Products To Present At KBW Symposium

Date 28/02/2018

CME Group announced today that John Pietrowicz, CME Group Chief Financial Officer, and Sean Tully, CME Group Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Financial and OTC Products, will present at the 2018 KBW Cards, Payments and Financial Technology Symposium in New York on Thursday March 1, at 1:05 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

SEC Charges Ameriprise With Overcharging Retirement Account Customers For Mutual Fund Shares

Date 28/02/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a Minnesota-based broker-dealer and investment adviser has agreed to settle charges for recommending and selling higher-fee mutual fund shares to retail retirement account customers and for failing to provide sales charge waivers.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Europe Dashboard

Date 28/02/2018

• The return of higher volatility to the U.S. markets in early February accompanied the S&P Europe 350®’s largest 3-day drop since the “Brexit” vote. Despite recovering somewhat, the S&P Europe 350 finished the month with a loss. 
• In relative terms, European equity strategy indices performed positively, with the majority of reported indices beating the benchmark. Quality took the top spot this month, while Enhanced Value added to its considerable outperformance over the past 12 months. 
• Rates (and rate expectations) have been rising around the globe for some time. We highlight that this is the first monthly dashboard in three years in which all of our regional sovereign (nominal) bond indices display positive yields.  

FTSE UK Index Series Quarterly Review March 2018

Date 28/02/2018

• Royal Mail to join FTSE 100
• Hammerson to enter FTSE 250 in rebalance 

Dubai Financial Services Authority Issues Notice Of Amendments To Legislation

Date 28/02/2018

Following the ending of the consultation period on a number of proposed legislative changes that were set out in Consultation Paper No. 116 the DFSA Board, after due consideration of consultees’ comments, made amendments to the DFSA Rulebook as described below. Please bear in mind that changes may have been made to the legislation originally proposed in the relevant consultation papers.

Sunday, 04 March 2018, Official Holiday In Qatar Stock Exchange

Date 28/02/2018

In implementation of the council of minister’s decision No.(33) of 2009 in respect to the state’s official holidays, considering the first Sunday of March every year as an official holiday to Qatar Central Bank, Banks and Financial Institution regulated by Qatar Central Bank “QCB” and Qatar Financial Markets Authority “QFMA” and Qatar exchange “QE”.

Wells Fargo Asset Management Wins Seven Lipper Fund Awards - Five Were Won By The Expanded Multi-Asset Solutions Team

Date 28/02/2018

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) won seven 2018 Lipper Fund Awards for consistently strong risk-adjusted returns relative to its peers.

Cantor Fitzgerald Tops 2017 At-The-Market Offering (ATM) League Table

Date 28/02/2018

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a leading financial services firm, today announced that it was ranked No. 1 in the 2017 At-the-Market offerings (ATM) league table with 67 transactions, according to data provided by Dealogic, a technology and content platform used by financial services firms globally for deal origination and execution tracking.