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BM&FBOVESPA Announces Second Cycle Of The Market Maker Program For Soybean And Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures Contracts - Itaú Unibanco Selected Again As Market Maker For The Two Contracts

Date 15/12/2016

BM&FBOVESPA hereby announces the second cycle of the Market Maker Program for the Soybean (SJC) and Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) futures contracts. Itaú Unibanco S.A. has been chosen again as the institution to carry out this mandatory daily activity in both contracts as of December 14.

Office Of Financial Research Update - New Data Highlight Changes In Systemic Risk Posed By U.S. And Chinese Banks

Date 15/12/2016

The Office of Financial Research posted a blog today by Deputy Director for Research and Analysis Stacey Schreft, entitled, “New Data Highlight Changes in Systemic Risk Posed by U.S. and Chinese Banks.” The blog says, three of the biggest U.S. banks have moved up in systemic risk ratings, according to new international data the OFR added today to its online interactive chart. The risk ratings of Chinese banks also rose, continuing a three-year trend.

Bats Welcomes NuShares As A New Issuer To The Bats ETF Marketplace - 23 Issuers, 119 Funds Now Listed On Bats In The U.S.

Date 15/12/2016

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), the #1 U.S. market for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading, today welcomed NuShares from Nuveen as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace with the launch of a suite of ESG-focused funds:

CFTC: Federal Court In Illinois Orders Yumin Li And BVI-Based Company Kering Capital Ltd To Pay More Than $1.2 Million In A Penalty And Restitution For Prearranged Trading Fraud

Date 14/12/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that on December 9, 2016, the Honorable Sara L. Ellis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued an Opinion and Order (Order) finding that Defendant Yumin Li stole in excess of $300,000 from Li’s former employer by trading the employer’s account noncompetitively against an account belonging to co-Defendant Kering Capital Ltd. (Kering), a British Virgin Islands (BVI) company formed by Li’s mother.

ESMA Recognises ICE Clear US Inc. As Third-Country CCP Under EMIR

Date 14/12/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today added ICE Clear US Inc. to its list of recognised third-country central counterparties (CCPs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). EMIR requires EU-based CCPs to be authorised and non-EU CCPs to be recognised in the European Union (EU). Once a CCP has been authorised or recognised within the EU, EU firms can use these CCP to fulfil their clearing obligations.

DataArt Partners With Amazon Web Services (AWS) To Drive The Benefits Of AWS-Based Infrastructure To Its Clients

Date 14/12/2016

DataArt, a global technology consultancy that designs, develops and supports unique software solutions, announced today that it became an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Consulting Partner. Amazon Partner Network (APN) provides support and access to a broad range of resources to help professional services firms design, architect, build, migrate and manage workloads and applications on AWS.

National Stock Exchange To Continue Trading Operations – Rule Filing To Cease Trading Withdrawn

Date 14/12/2016

On December 9, 2016, National Stock Exchange Inc (“NSX” or the “Exchange”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a rule change to cease trading on the Exchange’s trading system (the “System”) as of the close of business on Friday, December 16, 2016. (See NSX Information Circular 16-161).

Federal Reserve Issues FOMC Statement

Date 14/12/2016

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in November indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace since mid-year. Job gains have been solid in recent months and the unemployment rate has declined. Household spending has been rising moderately but business fixed investment has remained soft. Inflation has increased since earlier this year but is still below the Committee's 2 percent longer-run objective, partly reflecting earlier declines in energy prices and in prices of non-energy imports. Market-based measures of inflation compensation have moved up considerably but still are low; most survey-based measures of longer-term inflation expectations are little changed, on balance, in recent months.

Federal Reserve Board And Federal Open Market Committee Release Economic Projections From The December 13-14 FOMC Meeting

Date 14/12/2016

The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants for the December 13-14 meeting.

Thomson Reuters Expands Index Series With Western Eurozone Mid & Small Cap Total Return Index

Date 14/12/2016

• Asset and investment managers now have a total return index that only includes small and mid-cap companies enabling them to more accurately measure the sector and make better informed decisions