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Financial Advisors Are A Crucial Part Of The Investing Community, By Frank Tirado, Vice President, The Options Industry Council, October 10, 2016

Date 10/10/2016

As the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, OCC knows that financial advisors are a crucial part of the investing community. According to Cerulli Associates, there are roughly 285,000 financial advisors in the U.S. and on average they each manage money for about 150 clients, so their investment influence is substantial.

ESMA Publishes New Q&A On Investor Protection Under MiFID II

Date 10/10/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Questions and Answers (Q&A) document regarding the implementation of investor protection topics under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR).

Montréal Exchange Market Closure - Thanksgiving Day

Date 10/10/2016

The Exchange's offices and markets are closed today, October 10, 2016 (Thanksgiving Day).

ESMA Provides Guidance On Transaction Reporting, Order Record Keeping And Clock Synchronisation Under MIFID II

Date 10/10/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today final Guidelines regarding the implementation of the transaction reporting regime under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR), along with its Final Report which sets out the feedback ESMA received to its consultation on these topics.

Speech By Christopher Woolard, Director Of Strategy And Competition At The FCA, Delivered At The LendIt Conference 2016

Date 10/10/2016

Highlights

• The crowdfunding markets are continuing to develop rapidly.
• The authorisation process acts as a gateway to protect consumers. We expect us to complete the major authorisations work in this sector soon.
• We are currently considering responses to our call-for-input on the post implementation review of crowdfunding rules. We expect to publish a feedback statement by the end of the year.

EEX New Participant: Hera Trading S.r.l.

Date 10/10/2016

Hera Trading S.r.l. has been admitted to exchange trading for Phelix Futures/Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures/Options, French Financial Power Futures/Options, Italian Financial Power Futures/Options, Spanish Financial Power Futures/Options, Swiss Financial Power Futures, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, Greek Financial Power Futures and Romanian Financial Power Futures.

Bats Global Markets, Inc. to Hold Third Quarter 2016 Earnings Conference Call Thursday, November 3rd

Date 10/10/2016

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (BATS: Bats), a leading global exchange operator and provider of market data and other financial markets services, will hold its third quarter 2016 earnings conference call on Thursday, November 3rd, at 8:00 a.m. ET. An earnings press release will be issued prior to the earnings conference call.

Qatar Stock Exchange Holds A Seminar On Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Date 10/10/2016

Qatar Stock Exchange held an introductory seminar on ETFs. The seminar was dedicated to the brokerage firms operating in the market. The purpose of the event was to generate awareness about ETFs, their investment characteristics and benefits, as well as their formation and trading mechanisms. The seminar comes in the context of training and investment awareness campaigns that are regularly and frequently organized by QSE.  It also comes in light of QSE’s preparations to launch this product in the Qatari market.

Italian Startups Meet Borsa İstanbul Private Market - Italia’s Innovative Startups Meet Turkish Investors

Date 10/10/2016

ITALIAN TRADE AGENCY (ITA) and BORSA İSTANBUL PRIVATE MARKET invited seven innovative startups from Italy to meet Turkish investors at Borsa İstanbul on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 12:00pm. Each startup executive will make a seven-minute pitch, followed by a four-minute Q&A session. After the pitching sessions, startup executives will start investment negotiations at the following coffee break.

Thomson Reuters And AIM Software Strengthen Collaboration To Streamline Client Experience - Improved Adapter Brings Configurable DataScope Pricing And Data Solution To AIM Clients

Date 10/10/2016

Thomson Reuters and AIM Software announced today the release of an upgraded and fully standardized adapter that allows buy-side firms to connect DataScope Select pricing and reference data with AIM Software’s enterprise data management (EDM) platform, GAIN. The innovative solution allows investment managers, asset managers and asset servicing firms who use GAIN software to integrate Thomson Reuters pricing (including evaluated fixed income), reference data, and analytics with GAIN’s data management platform.