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Bursa Malaysia Securities Introduces Guidance On Rebate On Commission For Equities Brokers

Date 09/09/2015

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia Securities”) has issued a Guidance on rebate on commission (“Guidance”) allowing equities brokers to offer non-cash rewards and incentives to their clients. The new Guidance will take effect from 9 September 2015.

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Publication Of Highlights Of The Financial Monitoring Report For 2014-2015

Date 09/09/2015

The FSA published the main results and challenges of financial monitoring from July 2014 to June 2015 based on the Financial Monitoring Policy announced in 2014.

• Highlights of the Financial Monitoring Report (PDF:368KB)

SEC Charges Video Management Company Executives With Accounting Fraud

Date 09/09/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced accounting fraud charges against two former top executives of a now-bankrupt online video management company, accusing them of falsifying financial statements to make the company appear more profitable than it was in reality.

TMX Group CEO Lou Eccleston To Appear At The 2015 Scotiabank Financials Summit

Date 09/09/2015

TMX Group CEO Lou Eccleston will be participating in a panel discussion at the 16th annual Scotiabank Financials Summit at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.

BOX Options Exchange Price Improvement Activity For August

Date 09/09/2015

In the month of August, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 260,476 per day. Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction, PIP, averaged $632,761 per day, while total savings to investors in August was $13.29M. With this, BOX has saved investors over $664M since its inception in 2004. Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of August was 455,340 contracts.

McGraw Hill Financial Announces Realignment Of Businesses And Leadership Changes

Date 08/09/2015

McGraw Hill Financial (NYSE: MHFI) (the "Company") today announced a series of leadership changes across the Company.  Following the successful completion of the SNL Financial acquisition on September 1, 2015, the Company's S&P Capital IQ business will be combined with SNL Financial under the leadership of Mike Chinn, former President and CEO of SNL Financial, who has been named President of the combined entity, effective immediately. 

Platts Pre-Report Survey Of Analysts Results: UNICA Sugarcane Crush - Advance Estimates Suggest A 2H August Cane Crush Of 48.27 Million Mt In Brazil's Center-South - Likely 45.17% Sugar Mix For 2H August 2015: Analysts

Date 08/09/2015

• Cane crush: 48.27 million metric tons (mt)
• Cane yield (ATR*):  145.68 kilograms per metric ton
• Sugar production: 3.031 million mt
• Total ethanol production: 2.283 billion liters (ltr)
• Hydrous ethanol production:  1.301 billion ltr
• Anhydrous ethanol production: 948.24 million ltr
• Sugar mix: 45.17 %
• Ethanol mix:  54.83%

BATS Reports Record U.S. Options Market Share Of 10.9% In August - BZX Options Remains Market Leader In Single-Leg Options With 17.3% Market Share - Company On Schedule To Launch EDGX Options On November 2nd

Date 08/09/2015

BATS Global Markets today reported August volume, market share, and monthly highlights for its U.S. options business, which recorded its best month ever with 10.9% market share vs. 5.3% a year ago.  

CFTC Orders Forex Capital Markets, LLC To Pay More Than $843,000 For Supervision And Record-Production Violations And For Violating A Previous Commission Order

Date 08/09/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed and simultaneously settled charges against Forex Capital Markets, LLC (FXCM), a registered Futures Commission Merchant, for failing to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ handling of accounts held at FXCM in the name of a fraudulent foreign currency exchange pool, Revelation Forex Fund, LP (RFF). RFF was operated by Kevin G. White (White) and two entities he controlled (the White Entities).

BATS Global Markets Reports Record U.S. Equity And Options Market Share In August - European Equities Market Share Reaches 25.0% Remains On Track To Launch Hotspot London Matching Engine September 14 th

Date 08/09/2015

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported August data and highlights including record market share in both its U.S. equities and U.S. options businesses.