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UK Financial Conduct Authority: Statements Of Policy On The Operation Of The MiFID Transparency Regime

Date 04/03/2019

The Financial Conduct Authority has published Statements of Policy outlining how we will operate the MiFID transparency regime, if the UK leaves the EU without an implementation period.

Oslo Børs VPS: Re Announcement From Nasdaq

Date 04/03/2019

Nasdaq AB has decided to match Euronext's amended offer 

Euronext Announces Quarterly Review Results For The AEX, AMX, AScX

Date 04/03/2019

Euronext today announced the results of the annual review for the AEX®, AMX® and AScX® indices. The changes due to the review will be effective from Monday 18 March 2019.

Nasdaq Raises Offer Price For Oslo Børs VPS And Reaffirms Its Commitment To The Offer - Raises Offer Price To NOK 158, Reduces Minimum Acceptance Condition, Extends Acceptance Period And Drop-Dead Date And Reaffirms Its Commitment To Its Six-Point Program For The Development And Enhancement Of Oslo Børs VPS And The Norwegian Capital Market

Date 04/03/2019

• Nasdaq remains highly committed to completing its acquisition of Oslo Børs VPS and to providing the best long term solution for the Norwegian financial ecosystem
• Nasdaq raises its offer price from NOK 152 to NOK 158
• Nasdaq reduces the minimum acceptance condition of its offer from more than 90% to at least two-thirds of the shares of Oslo Børs VPS, or such higher percentage as may be necessary to comply with any applicable regulatory requirement
• Nasdaq reaffirms its commitment to its six-point program for the development and enhancement of Oslo Børs VPS and the Norwegian capital market
• Shareholders representing more than one-third of the shares in Oslo Børs VPS that have provided pre-acceptances to Nasdaq reaffirm their support for the Offer as the best solution for Oslo Børs VPS and the Norwegian capital market and extend the terms of their irrevocable pre-acceptances
• Nasdaq extends the acceptance period for its offer to March 29, 2019 and also extends the Drop-dead Date
• The Offer is not subject to Nasdaq shareholder approval

Nasdaq Raises Offer Price For Oslo Børs VPS

Date 04/03/2019

Nasdaq raises offer price to NOK 158, reduces minimum acceptance condition, extends acceptance period and Drop-dead Date and reaffirms its commitment to its six-point program for the development and enhancement of Oslo Børs VPS and the Norwegian capital market.

Euronext Notes Updated Recommendation By Oslo Børs VPS Board Of Directors

Date 04/03/2019

Euronext notes that the Oslo Børs VPS Board of Directors has considered Euronext’s increased offer announced on 11 February 2019 as equal to the updated Nasdaq offer from a purely financial point of view. Euronext also notes that today, following Nasdaq’s announced decision to match Euronext’s offer, the Board of Directors has upheld its recommendation of Nasdaq as the preferred bidder in line with its commitment to do so under any circumstances.

MIAX Emerald Successfully Launches Trading Operations

Date 04/03/2019

MIAX Emerald™, the newest U.S. equity options exchange, successfully launched trading operations on March 1st with the rollout of options on its first symbol, IBM. MIAX Emerald will continue listing options on IBM for its first week of trading and begin rolling out additional symbols thereafter. With its launch, MIAX Emerald joins current options exchanges MIAX Options® and MIAX PEARL™ as part of the MIAX Exchange Group™. All three exchanges are subsidiaries of Miami International Holdings, Inc.   

Nigerian Stock Exchange Holds Fixed Income Trading Workshop For Dealing Members

Date 04/03/2019

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) today held Fixed Income Trading Workshop at the Stock Exchange House in line with its commitment to improve the capacity of its members and enhance investors’ participation in the fixed income market.

OCC Welcomes MIAX Emerald Options Exchange

Date 04/03/2019

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today congratulated MIAX on the launch of MIAX Emerald, which began operations on Friday. This successful launch brings the total number of U.S. options markets to sixteen.

Amman Stock Exchange: Non-Jordanian Ownership In Companies Listed Reached 51.7%

Date 04/03/2019

The value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) in February 2019 was JD 22.9 million, representing 23.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD 24.8 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments in February 2019 showed a decrease by JD 1.9 million, compared with an increase by JD 0.6 million during the same month of 2018.