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truePTS Advances Regulatory Reporting For Derivatives - Agreement With CME Group To Harmonize And Lower Cost Of Derivatives Reporting

Date 16/03/2016

truePTS has entered into an agreement with CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) to integrate truePTS processing efficiencies with CME Group’s preferred global network of regulated trade repositories (TRs). This agreement makes truePTS the first independent derivatives post-trade service to provide a single trade reporting application program interface (API) to meet obligations in the United States, European Union, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan.

FIA Europe Updates Its Set Of Standard Recommendations For ETD eTrading Under MiFID II

Date 16/03/2016

FIA Europe has updated its set of MiFID II minimum standard recommendations for ETD eTrading  for EU exchanges. These recommendations are designed to encourage EU exchanges to implement some of the MiFID II microstructural requirements in a way that is consistent and most helpful to exchange members and their clients.

Montréal Exchange To Launch Eris-based Canadian Dollar Interest Rate Swap Futures

Date 16/03/2016

Montréal Exchange (MX), Canada's leading derivatives exchange, today announced that it will expand its interest rate derivatives offering with the launch of Canadian Dollar Interest Rate Swap Futures based on the Eris MethodologyTM. These new swap futures contracts will be cleared at the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) and will be available for trading on MX in September 2016.

CBOE To List Options On FTSE 100, FTSE China 50 Indexes

Date 16/03/2016

• New Index Options Available Beginning March 29
• Offer Exposure to Largest Stocks in UK, China

EDHEC-Risk’s Annual European ETF Survey Sheds New Light On Drivers Of Investor Demand For ETFs And Evaluation Challenges For Investors

Date 16/03/2016

EDHEC-Risk Institute has announced the results of the EDHEC European ETF Survey 2015, a comprehensive survey of 180 European ETF investors, conducted as part of the Amundi ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta research chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute on “ETF and Passive Investment Strategies”. EDHEC-Risk Institute has conducted a regular ETF survey since 2006, thus providing a detailed account of the perceptions and practices of European investors in ETFs and trends over the past decade.

Professor John Colley Of Warwick Business School: …Proposed London Stock Exchange Group And Deutsche Boerse Merger…. Savings Seem Rather Meagre In A Merger Which Appears To Be Designed To Avoid Upsetting Staff, Directors And, Indeed, Competition Authorities ….

Date 16/03/2016

Commenting on the proposed London Stock Exchange Group and Deutsche Boerse merger, Warwick Business School's Professor John Colley said: "The savings seem rather meagre in a merger which appears to be designed to avoid upsetting staff, directors and, indeed, competition authorities.

Ferrari, Italy’s Luxury Car Manufacturer, Lists €500,000,000 1.500 Per Cent Notes Due 16 March 2023 On The Irish Stock Exchange

Date 16/03/2016

Ferrari, the Italian luxury car manufacturer, has listed debt securities on the Main Securities Market (MSM) of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE).

Updated: CISI Response To FAMR Recommendations

Date 16/03/2016

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), the 40,000 strong professional body with over 2,000 financial planning members, welcomes the publication today of the FAMR recommendations.

Thai Bourse Market Report For February 2016

Date 16/03/2016

• Daily average securities trading value dropped by 5.7 pct m-o-m to THB 41.8 bln
• Market cap at THB 13.03 trillion, up 2.3 pct from January
• Foreign investors became net buyer in February after selling three mth in a row
• Derivatives trading down 9.97 pct m-o-m to 191,873 contracts per day

ETFs/ETPs Listed In Europe Have Gathered 2.92 Billion US Dollars In Net New Assets In February 2016, According To ETFGI

Date 16/03/2016

ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe gathered net inflows of US$2.92 Bn in February 2016, according to preliminary data from ETFGI’s February 2016 global ETF and ETP industry insights report. ETFs/ETPs listed in Europe have gathered net inflows for 17 consecutive months.