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Nigeria Stock Exchange/London Stock Exchange Group Partner To Host Capital Market Event In Lagos

Date 04/04/2016

In line with its commitment to provide quoted companies global visibility and access to deep capital pools, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (The Exchange or NSE), in partnership with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) will host its 2nd NSE/LSEG Dual Listings Conference on April 12, 2016 at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria.

TSX Welcomes TD Asset Management Canada's Newest ETF Provider To Open The Market

Date 04/04/2016

Executives from TD Asset Management Inc. (TDAM) will join Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) to open trading this morning to celebrate the launch of their new exchange traded fund (ETF) business. Last week, TDAM's six new passive ETFs began trading on TSX, including products designed to track the performance of Canadian fixed income markets as well as Canadian, U.S. and international equities.

Eurex Clearing Adds Further Platform To Its Lending CCP - EquiLend Launches Connectivity Services

Date 04/04/2016

Eurex Clearing, one of the leading central counterparties globally, welcomes EquiLend’s security lending platform as new user of its Lending CCP. EquiLend, a global platform for trading and post-trade services, has completed its integration to Eurex Clearing’s Lending CCP and successfully launched connectivity services as of 4 April 2016. This allows EquiLend’s customers to connect directly to the Lending CCP for novation and downstream processing of securities lending transactions. They will also benefit from significant reductions in capital allocation costs.

CME Group Achieved Record Average Daily Volume Of 16.9 Million Contracts Per Day In First-Quarter 2016, Up 13 Percent From First-Quarter 2015 - March 2016 Volume Averaged 14.3 Million Contracts Per Day, Up 4 Percent From March 2015

Date 04/04/2016

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that first-quarter 2016 volume averaged a record 16.9 million contracts per day, up 13 percent from first-quarter 2015.  CME Group first-quarter 2016 options volume averaged a record 3.5 million contracts per day, up 22 percent versus first-quarter 2015, with electronic options averaging 1.8 million contracts per day, up 26 percent over the same period last year.  March 2016 volume averaged 14.3 million contracts per day, up 4 percent from March 2015.  Open interest at the end of March was 106 million contracts, up 16 percent from year-end 2015.

EPEX SPOT SE: Clearing For UK, Dutch And Belgian Power Spot Markets Successfully Migrated To ECC - One Central Clearing For All Central Western Europe And UK Power Spot Markets

Date 04/04/2016

The clearing for the power spot markets in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium has successfully been migrated from APX to European Commodity Clearing (ECC) on 31 March 2016. Thus all power spot markets operated by EPEX SPOT and its affiliates covering Central Western Europe (CWE) and the UK now benefit from one central clearing.

ESMA Updates Its EMIR Q&A

Date 04/04/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today an update of its Questions and Answers (Q&A) document regarding the implementation of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).

Lively Trading In Q1 On Vienna Stock Exchange

Date 04/04/2016

• Equity trading volume in 1Q 2016 up by 3.8% to EUR 15.7 billion
• Average monthly trading volume at EUR 5.23 billion
• Upside potential for ATX: Performance YTD – 5.28%
• Strong inflow of liquidity: 265 market maker and specialist mandates add to liquidity

SGX Welcomes Aspial Treasury Second Retail Bond Offering

Date 04/04/2016

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed the listing of Aspial Treasury Pte Ltd.’s four-year retail bonds with a coupon rate of 5.30% per annum, payable half-yearly, on the Mainboard under the stock code “BRQZ”.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Tax Reform In FY 2016 - Key FSA-Related Items In The Outline For The FY 2016 Tax Reform

Date 04/04/2016

The FSA published “Tax Reform in FY 2016 Key FSA-related Items in the Outline for the FY 2016 Tax Reform”. Please see this (PDF:162KB) for details.

The Listed Companies In Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Achieve A 92.3% Commitment To Disclosure Of Annual Financial Results For The Year 2015

Date 04/04/2016

Saif Sayyah Al Mansouri, Senior Head of Listed Companies Affairs at Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, said: “The fruitful cooperation between Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange’s Management on one side and the listed companies in the Exchange on the other is a very fruitful and effective cooperation for the listed companies whose percentage reached (92.3%)”.