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Ontario Securities Commission Highlights Potential Securities Law Requirements For Businesses Using Distributed Ledger Technologies

Date 08/03/2017

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is advising businesses that use distributed ledger technologies (DLT), such as blockchain, as part of their financial products or service offerings that they may be subject to Ontario securities law requirements.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 08/03/2017

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

FTC To Host FinTech Forum On March 9 On Artificial Intelligence And Blockchain Technology

Date 08/03/2017

The Federal Trade Commission will host its third FinTech forum on Thursday, March 9 in Berkeley, California, focusing on artificial intelligence and blockchain. The event is free and open to the public. More details can be found on the event’s web page.

TASE Launches A Dedicated Investor Relations Website: The Website Offers A Selection Of Tools And Digital Solutions For Managing Investor Relations, Through Services Extended By 10 Israeli And International Companies - Today, Only 30% Of The Companies Traded On The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Have An Organized IR Operation In Place

Date 08/03/2017

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is launching a website dedicated to promoting investor relations among public companies.  The website, Israel's most extensive IR platform, enables a direct connection between public companies, IR officers and companies that deal in the domain of investor relations.  Furthermore, aside from supplying professional information, the website offers a selection of advanced tools and digital solutions for developing IR activity—curtsey of ten companies in Israel and abroad, which participated in this project following TASE's public appeal.  The full list can be found on TASE investor relations website.

Irish Stock Exchange Hosts Global Women In ETFs “Ring The Bell For Gender Equality” Event

Date 08/03/2017

Women in ETFs (WE) took part in a “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality” ceremony at the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) today as part of a global collaboration across 43 stock exchanges around the world to celebrate International Women’s Day. 

FTSE Russell ESG Ratings Data Model Selected By KPMG AZSA Sustainability

Date 08/03/2017

• KPMG AZSA Sustainability has licensed the data model to expand client communication on ESG in Japan
• FTSE Russell sees growing demand for ESG data and ratings

Bats Welcomes New Global X Fund To The Bats ETF Marketplace - 27 Issuers, 156 Funds Now Listed On Bats In The U.S.

Date 08/03/2017

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), the #1 U.S. market for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading, today welcomed a new Global X Fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace.

Nasdaq Private Market Expands Into Alternative Investments - Addressing The Challenges Of Fund Liquidity In An Innovative Way

Date 08/03/2017

Nasdaq Private Market (“NPM”) today announced the launch of Alternatives, a new business line designed to address the challenge of liquidity in alternative investment funds, with a vision to broaden access to these investments in an innovative way.

TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – February 2017

Date 08/03/2017

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for February 2017.

EBA Publishes Final Guidelines On LCR Disclosure

Date 08/03/2017

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) disclosure. These Guidelines provide harmonised disclosure templates and tables for LCR disclosure and aim at improving transparency and comparability of LCR and other liquidity risk management related information.