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Opening Bell Ceremony With Trendline Information & Communication Services Management To Celebrate Its 25-Year Listing On TASE

Date 09/02/2017

SET Market Report For January 2017

Date 09/02/2017

• SET Index closed at 1,577.31 points, up 2.2 pct from end-2016.
• Average daily securities trading value at THB 58.39 bln, rising 31.64 pct y-o-y
• Market cap at THB 15.9 trillion, a 2.25 pct rise from end-2016
• Foreign investors were net buyers with trading in Thai shares at THB 6.20 bln.

Nasdaq Appoints Nikolaj Kosakewitsch As New President Of Nasdaq Copenhagen

Date 09/02/2017

Nasdaq Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced that Nikolaj Kosakewitsch has been appointed President of Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S. Nikolaj joins Nasdaq from Carnegie Investment Bank, where he most recently served as Head of Securities, Denmark.

Ingosstrakh Insurance Company Insures NSD’s Risks For US$65 Million

Date 09/02/2017

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, and Ingosstrakh Insurance Company, one of Russia's leading insurers, have concluded a one-year complex insurance agreement. The policy liability limit has been set at US$65 million for all claims for the duration of the policy. Given the insurance cover scale, the main re-insurers behind the policy include Lloyd’s syndicates (UK) specialized in re-insurance of such risks.

Neptune Continues Liquidity Expansion In First Few Weeks Of 2017

Date 09/02/2017

Neptune Networks Ltd. "Neptune", the open-standard network for bond real-time AXE indications, today announced the addition of Nomura and Jefferies to its network.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Implements Requirements Of Central Government’s Policy Document

Date 09/02/2017

The No. 1 Document released by China’s central government in 2017 is named “Some Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Deepening the Advancement of the Supply-side Structural Reform in Agriculture and Accelerating the Cultivation of New Driving Forces for Agricultural and Rural Development”, which clearly requires to “deepen advancement of developing the futures and options market for agricultural products, vigorously direct the agriculture-related enterprises to use futures and options to manage price risks, and steadily expand the pilot program of ‘Insurance + Futures’”.

SIFMA: Co-plaintiff Statement On Court Ruling To Uphold Labor Department's Fiduciary Rule

Date 09/02/2017

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Financial Services Institute, Financial Services Roundtable, Insured Retirement Institute, and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Co-plaintiffs) issued the following statement in response to today's ruling on their lawsuit against the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule:  

"We continue to believe that the Department of Labor exceeded its authority, and we will pursue all of our available options to see that this rule is rescinded.  While we have long supported a best interest standard, this is a misguided rule that will harm retirement savers and financial services firms that provide needed assistance and options to their clients, including modest savers and small business employees.  The President's recent directive to the Department, reflecting well-founded, ongoing and significant concerns about the rule, is a welcome development." 

CME Group Increases Dividend By 10 Percent

Date 08/02/2017

CME Group Inc., the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today declared a first-quarter dividend of $0.66 per share, a 10 percent increase from the prior rate of $0.60 per share.  The dividend is payable March 27, 2017, to shareholders of record as of March 10, 2017. 

IHS Markit And Pirum Systems To Provide SFTR Reporting Solution

Date 08/02/2017

IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that it has partnered with Pirum Systems, the global leader in connectivity and post- trade automation for the securities finance industry, to build a full service Securities Finance Transaction Regulation (SFTR) reporting solution.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 08/02/2017

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