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SGX Welcomes HRnetGroup Limited To Mainboard

Date 16/06/2017

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed HRnetGroup Limited to Mainboard under the stock code “CHZ”.

Treasury International Capital Data For April

Date 15/06/2017

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for April 2017.  The next release, which will report on data for May 2017, is scheduled for July 18, 2017.

Remarks Of Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo On Comments Before The Montana Ag Summit - “Putting Ag Futures Markets In Support Of American Prosperity”

Date 15/06/2017

Good afternoon and thank you for that warm welcome. It’s an honor to be here in Montana. I hope you know how lucky you are to live here. I’d especially like to thank Senator Daines for inviting me to the Summit, a great opportunity to communicate directly with Montana’s Ag community. This is a great treat for me.

Change to MIAX Options PRIME Timer Effective June 16, 2017

Date 15/06/2017

MIAX Options will reduce the PRIME Request for Responses (RFR) timer from 500 milliseconds to 100 milliseconds effective at the start of trading on Friday, June 16, 2017.

OTC Markets Files SEC Comment Letter Opposing CAT Fee Schedule: "The CAT Plan Operating Committee Abused Its Discretion"

Date 15/06/2017

OTC Markets Group, operator of the over-the-counter (OTC) equity markets OTCQX, OTCQB and Pink, has submitted a comment letter to the SEC opposing the proposed fee schedule for the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), which sets the fees participants and other industry organizations must pay to fund the CAT NMS Plan: https://www.sec.gov/comments/sr-finra-2017-011/finra2017011-1801717-153703.pdf  

SEC: Keith Cassidy Named Associate Director Of Technology Controls Program In OCIE

Date 15/06/2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Keith E. Cassidy has been named Associate Director, Technology Controls Program, in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE).  Mr. Cassidy began his career at the SEC as an Attorney Advisor in the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs in 2010 before being promoted to Deputy Director in 2011 and Director of the office in 2016. 

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde To Propose Approval In Principle Of New Stand-By Arrangement For Greece

Date 15/06/2017

• Approval in Principle (AIP) would allow the IMF to be supportive of the progress made on policies, while release of resources under the IMF arrangement would be conditional upon Greece’s European creditors providing commitments for debt relief sufficient to secure debt sustainability.
• AIP supports the IMF’s long-held principle that any new program with Greece should be predicated on the “two legs” of policy reforms combined with debt relief.
• The IMF’s Executive Board will need to determine the specific modalities of AIP.

Ontario Securities Commission Publishes Report On Exempt Market Activity

Date 15/06/2017

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today published OSC Staff Notice 45-715 2017 Ontario Exempt Market Report, which provides a snapshot of the current state of Ontario’s exempt market and a preliminary assessment of recent regulatory reforms.

The Updated Coefficients For Moscow Exchange Indices To Come Into Force

Date 15/06/2017

The following coefficients for Moscow Exchange indices come into force from June 16, 2017:

ISDA Financial Benchmarks Symposium, Scott O'Malia, Chief Executive, ISDA, June 15, 2017 - Opening Remarks

Date 15/06/2017

Good morning, and welcome to ISDA’s benchmark symposium.

This event comes at an opportune time. Next week, the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, or ARRC – a US public-private sector working group led by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York – will announce its choice for a risk-free rate that could be used as an alternative to US dollar LIBOR for certain transactions in future. With similar groups in the UK and Japan already settling on their choice of risk-free rate, attention will start to focus more and more on market transitions to these alternative rates.