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Thomson Reuters Completes Clarient And Avox Acquisitions Creating Best-In-Class KYC And Legal Entity Data Due Diligence Standards - Acquisitions Strengthen Thomson Reuters Relationship With DTCC, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, State Street And Other Clients For Compliance Solutions That Enable Them And Their Customers To Conduct Global Business.

Date 21/03/2017

Thomson Reuters has completed its acquisitions of Clarient Global LLC and Avox Limited, expanding its risk-management footprint and its ability to provide a best-in-class standard of customer solutions by integrating both businesses into its portfolio of risk management, compliance and data offerings. 

FINRA Seeks Comment On Its Engagement Programs - Part Of New Initiative To Evaluate Various Aspects Of Operations And Programs

Date 21/03/2017

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued a Special Notice seeking comment on how to enhance its programs for engagement with its members and other stakeholders, with particular focus on FINRA’s advisory and ad hoc committees, rulemaking process, member relations programs, and the information it provides regarding its programs and operations.

MIAX Options - New Order Functionality For Simple And Complex Orders

Date 21/03/2017

MIAX Options will introduce new Order functionality as detailed below:

• Mandatory Usage of MIAX Options Simple Order Monitor Protections
  • If your Firm has not already done so, the following values must be set:
    • Maximum Order Size Protection
    • Maximum Open Order Protection
    • Maximum Open Contract Protection

Bats Welcomes Saba Capital Management As A New Issuer To The Bats ETF Marketplace - 28 Issuers, 157 Funds Now Listed On Bats In The U.S.

Date 21/03/2017

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company, and a leading market for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading globally, today welcomed Saba Capital Management, L.P., (‘Saba’) as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace.

CFTC Refuses Registrations Of Georgia-Based Zero Chaos Advisors, LLC And Ronald Edward Fisher - Zero Chaos Advisors And Fisher Are Prohibited From Registering With The CFTC, Acting In Exempt Capacities, Or Acting As Principals, Agents, Officers, Or Employees Of Registrants

Date 21/03/2017

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Opinion and Order (Order) refusing registration with the CFTC for Zero Chaos Advisors, LLC (Zero Chaos) and Ronald Edward Fisher. Additionally, Zero Chaos and Fisher agree never to apply for CFTC registration or claim exemption from registration; and never to engage in any activity requiring registration with the CFTC, or act as a principal, agent, officer, or employee of any person registered or required to be registered with the CFTC. Fisher is a Georgia resident, and Zero Chaos has its principal place of business in Brookhaven, Georgia. Fisher is Zero Chaos’s founder, sole shareholder, and president.

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Annual Report And Accounts, Notice Of Annual General Meeting 2017 And Related Documents

Date 21/03/2017

The Annual Report and Accounts of the London Stock Exchange Group plc (the "Group") for the year  ended 31 December 2016 (the "Annual Report"), Notice of Annual General Meeting 2017 (the "AGM Notice") and related form of proxy for the Group's 2017 Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") are being mailed to shareholders today and, in accordance with paragraph 9.6.1 of the FCA Listing Rules, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism where they will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

GPW Extends Fee Reductions For Market Makers

Date 21/03/2017

• GPW extends reduction of trading fees for Market Makers on WIG20 futures from 1 April 2017 to 30 September 2017
• Furthermore, transaction fees executed by Market Makers in equities outside of WIG 20 index shall be charged 0 PLN 
• Goal of the promotion is to improve liquidity in small and mid-cap stocks and to support local brokers

Borsa Italiana: Today Is The Kick Off Date Of The Star Conference Of Milan

Date 21/03/2017

• Record number of meetings requested: more than 2,400
• 285 participating investors: 63 per cent foreign, from 177 investment houses

US Banking Agencies Issue Joint Report To Congress Under The Economic Growth And Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act Of 1996

Date 21/03/2017

Continuing their efforts to reduce regulatory burdens while ensuring the safety and soundness of the nation's financial institutions, member agencies of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today issued a joint report to Congress detailing their review of rules affecting financial institutions.

ESMA Sees Relatively Ample Liquidity In Sovereign Bond Markets

Date 21/03/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) latest research piece on market liquidity published in its recent report on trends, risks and vulnerabilities (TRV) finds improved liquidity in European sovereign bonds markets.