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ASX Monthly Activity Report - May 2018

Date 06/06/2018

Trading – Cash Markets (including equities, interest rate and warrant trades)

• In May 2018, the average daily number of trades was 2% higher than the pcp. The average daily value traded onmarket of $4.5 billion was down 3% on the pcp. 
• Volatility (as measured by the average daily movement in the All Ordinaries Index) was 0.3% in May on par with the previous month (0.3%). 
• Expected future volatility (as measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX) in May was an average of 12.0 (compared to 13.3 in April).

Railway Bond To Return To The Shenzhen Stock Exchange Bond Market - SZSE Has Itself Well Prepared

Date 06/06/2018

To improve capability of the SZSE bond market to serve national strategies and the real economy and to diversify the investors in China Railway Construction Bond (hereinafter as the “Railway Bond”), SZSE has completed preparations for the listing of Railway Bond under guidance of the National Development and Reform Commission and the China Securities Regulatory Commission. On June 1, SZSE officially released the Notice on the Listing and Trading of China Railway Construction Bonds to clarify arrangements for the listing on SZSE. The first tranche of the Railway Bond is expected to be issued in early June to raise CNY20 billion.

Cboe Global Markets Reports May 2018 Trading Volume

Date 05/06/2018

• Year-to-date ADV across options, futures, U.S. and European equities and global FX up over 2017
• May ADV in S&P 500 Index (SPX) options up 17% over 2017
• ]May ADV in global FX up 45% over 2017

CME Group Chairman And Chief Executive Officer To Present At Sandler O'Neill Conference

Date 05/06/2018

CME Group announced today that Terry Duffy, CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Sandler O'Neill 2018 Global Exchange and Brokerage Conference in New York on Thursday, June 7, at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time). 

NZX Shareholder Metrics May 2018

Date 05/06/2018

Please see attached NZX shareholder metrics for May 2018. The metrics included in this monthly report have been updated to better reflect the exchange's strategic deliverables as set out in NZX's refreshed strategy released last November.

US Agencies Ask For Public Comment On Proposal To Simplify And Tailor "Volcker Rule"

Date 05/06/2018

Five federal financial regulatory agencies on Tuesday announced that they are jointly asking for public comment on a proposal that would simplify and tailor compliance requirements relating to the "Volcker rule." By statute, the Volcker rule generally restricts banking entities from engaging in prohibited proprietary trading and from owning or controlling hedge funds or private equity funds.

Statement By U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin On Regulatory Efforts To Improve The Volcker Rule

Date 05/06/2018

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement today commending the efforts of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Controller of the Currency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission for their respective efforts in issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to better tailor regulation implementing the Volcker Rule:

“The notice issued today by the prudential banking and market regulators will meaningfully improve the regulations that implement the Volcker Rule. The Treasury Department strongly supports changes aimed at better tailoring the application of the rule, preserving liquidity during periods of stress, decreasing unintended compliance burdens, and encouraging capital formation."

Examining The State Of The OMS Market, TABB Group Deep Dives Into Its Changes, Challenges And Where The Industry Is Heading

Date 05/06/2018

Trade execution at the dawn of the order management system (OMS) era 30 years ago was nothing like it is today, with almost 66% of a buy-side trader’s equity trading order flow channeled via low-touch / electronic trading protocols across 13 US equity exchanges, 30 dark pools and 60-plus internalizing brokers, moving beyond US equities, migrating across geographies and different asset classes, according to TABB Group in “State of the OMS: A Time for Change?”, a new report by founder and research chairman Larry Tabb. It examines the current state of the OMS, how they are keeping up and where the OMS industry is headed.  

Testimony Before The Financial Services And General Government Subcommittee Of The Senate Committee On Appropriations, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Washington D.C., June 5, 2018

Date 05/06/2018

Chairman Lankford, Ranking Member Coons and Senators of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget request for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Scout24, Delivery Hero And Puma To Be Included In MDAX -Siemens Healthineers To Enter The TecDAX Index - Deutsche Börse Reviews Index Composition - Changes To Be Effective As Of 18 June 2018

Date 05/06/2018

On Tuesday, Deutsche Börse announced changes to its selection indices, which will become effective on 18 June 2018. Scout24 AG, Delivery Hero AG and Puma SE will be included in the MDAX index and will replace the shares of STADA Arzneimittel AG, Krones AG and alstria office REIT-AG. As of 13 July 2018, STADA will change from the segment Prime Standard into General Standard and therefore no longer fulfils the criteria to remain in the indices. The inclusion of Delivery Hero AG and Puma SE is based on the fast entry rule; both companies are eligible for the index inclusion due to their market capitalisation and order book turnover. MDAX tracks the 50 largest and most liquid companies below DAX.