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ESMA Updates Q&A On MiFID II Implementation

Date 12/09/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today updated Questions and Answers (Q&As) regarding the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).

Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo Remarks At The Global Forum For Derivatives Markets 38th Annual Bürgenstock Conference

Date 12/09/2017

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for your warm welcome.

It is good to be at the famous Bürgenstock Hotel that has hosted so many famous actors and actresses from Sophia Loren to Sean Connery.

Several of the James Bond movies were filmed in this area. Any minute, I expect to bump into one of the movie characters. Perhaps, like me, your favorite was Auric Goldfinger. I can already hear the theme music. Goldfinger’s headquarters were supposedly nearby.

ESMA Agrees To Prolongation Of Short Selling Ban By Spanish CNMV

Date 12/09/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued an official opinion agreeing to the prolongation of an emergency short selling prohibition by the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) on net short positions in Liberbank, S.A. (Liberbank) shares under the Short Selling Regulation.

Nasdaq Named To Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index - Joins Nasdaq-Listed Companies Including Biogen, Cisco And Microsoft

Date 12/09/2017

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced it has been selected as an index component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), one of the most prestigious corporate sustainability ranking efforts, for the second consecutive year. Nasdaq is one of approximately 160 North American companies included in the index, and one of only eight diversified financial services firms. It is the only stock exchange selected from North America.

London Stock Exchange Group Plc - Transaction In Own Shares

Date 12/09/2017

London Stock Exchange Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased through RBC Europe Limited, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 26 April 2017, the following number of its ordinary shares of 6 79/86 pence each ("Shares") on the London Stock Exchange as part of the buyback programme announced on 29 March 2017:

B3 Joins The FTSE4Good Emerging Latin America Index - The Index Is Used By Investors Worldwide To Identify Companies That Demonstrate Strong Environmental, Social And Corporate Governance (ESG) Practices And Is A Benchmark For Sustainable Investment Funds

Date 12/09/2017

B3 was chosen to integrate the FTSE4Good Emerging Latin America Index, which evaluates the companies’ performance with regard to their environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and practices.

Eris OI breaks 200k/$20Bn - Eris Open Interest Surpasses 200,000 Contracts

Date 12/09/2017

The EBA CRDIV CRR Basel III Monitoring Exercise Shows Further Improvement Of EU Banks Capital Leverage And Liquidity Ratios

Date 12/09/2017

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its twelfth Report of the CRDIV-CRR/Basel III monitoring exercise on the European banking system. This exercise presents aggregate data on EU banks' capital, leverage, and liquidity ratios assuming full implementation of the CRD IV-CRR/Basel III framework. Overall, the results, based on data as of 31 December 2016, show a further improvement of European banks' capital positions, with a total average Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio of 13.4% (12.8% as of 30 June 2016). This exercise does not reflect any BCBS standards agreed since the beginning of 2016 or any other measures currently being considered by the BCBS.

MexDer And Asigna Announce Hiring Of A. Gary Flagler As Head Of International Business Development, Derivatives

Date 12/09/2017

A. Gary Flagler recently joined the Mexican derivatives exchange, MexDer, Mercado Mexicano de Derivados, S.A. de C.V. (“MexDer”), and, its local rated AAA Credit rating clearing House, Asigna, as Head of International Business Development. Both MexDer and Asigna are subsidiaries of Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V. (‘BMV”).

ESMA Sees Valuation Risk At Highest Levels Due To Financial Weakness And Geopolitical Uncertainty

Date 12/09/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)’s latest report on Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities No. 2, 2017 (TRV) identifies high asset price valuations as the major risk for European financial markets in the second half of 2017.