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Wall Street Horizon’s Complete Enchilada Corporate Event Data Service Now Available Through Interactive Brokers’ Trader Workstation

Date 04/04/2017

Wall Street Horizon, the corporate events surveillance expert, today announced that its complete Enchilada corporate event dataset is now available through Interactive Brokers’ IB Trader Workstation (TWS) platform.

ESMA Proposes Updates To Endorsement Guidelines For 3rd Country Credit Ratings

Date 04/04/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper (CP) on updating its Guidelines on the application of the endorsement regime under the CRA (Credit Rating Agencies) Regulation. Endorsement is a regime under the CRA Regulation, which allows credit ratings issued by a third-country CRA, and endorsed by an EU CRA, to be used for regulatory purposes in the EU. A credit rating that has been endorsed is considered to have been issued by the endorsing EU CRA. The endorsement regime is available for CRAs of systemic importance with global networks of affiliates.

UK Parliament: Lords Debates Parliamentary Scrutiny Of Brexit

Date 04/04/2017

Members of the House of Lords will debate two motions on parliamentary scrutiny of Brexit in the House of Lords on Tuesday 4 April.

CME Group Reached Average Daily Volume Of 16.9 Million Contracts In March 2017, Up 18 Percent From March 2016

Date 04/04/2017

• Achieved record average daily volume of 17.1 million contracts in first-quarter 2017, up 1 percent from first-quarter 2016
• Saw quarterly average daily volume records in Interest Rates, Metals, Interest Rate Options and Equity Options
• Reached record open interest of more than 123 million contracts on March 9, 2017

PEGAS: The CEGH Hub Is The Reference Market In Central Eastern Europe

Date 04/04/2017

The pan-European gas trading platform PEGAS, operated by Powernext, has published a new position paper in response to the study initiated by E-Control on the performance of the Austrian gas market and the impact potential market area integrations. According to Powernext, the CEGH hub is already the reference market in Central Eastern Europe (CEE). An integration with neighbouring markets like Slovenia, Slovakia and Croatia could further bundle liquidity in CEE and reduce dependency on oil-indexed contracts.

Abu Dhabi Global Market Seeks Public Consultation On Enhancements To Its Legislative Framework In Relations To Funds And Other Miscellaneous Amendments

Date 04/04/2017

The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), together with the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) and the ADGM Registration Authority (RA), today issued a public consultation paper inviting public feedback and comments for enhancements of its legislative framework, including the regulations and rules in relation to funds.

Bats Launches New Benchmark Indices For Ten European Markets - Bats Indices Now Available For All Major European Markets Providing Real-Time, High-Quality, Low-Cost Alternatives To Incumbent Providers

Date 04/04/2017

Bats Europe (Bats), a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, today announced the launch of new benchmark indices for ten additional European markets. Bats now offers real-time, high-quality and low-cost alternatives to those provided by the incumbent index providers across all major European markets.

VEON Marks Its First Day Of Trading On Euronext

Date 04/04/2017

VEON (ticker symbol: VEON), a leading global provider of communications services, began trading today on Euronext Amsterdam. 

Bursa Malaysia Sector Update

Date 04/04/2017

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) has decided to update the classification of sector for IDEAL United Bintang Berhad (“IDEALUBB”) to come into effect on 9.00 a.m., Monday, 10 April 2017.

ESMA Updates MiFID II/MiFIR Investor Protection Q&AS

Date 04/04/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has added 10 new Q&As to its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document on the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR).