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CME Group Announces The Launch Of S&P 500 Dividend Index Futures - Extending Basis Trade At Index Close (BTIC) Functionality For Three CME Group Equity Index Products

Date 16/10/2015

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of S&P 500 Annual Dividend futures and S&P 500 Quarterly Dividend futures. These new contracts will be available for customer trading as of November 16, 2015, pending certification of contract terms and conditions with the CFTC and completion of all regulatory review periods.

CBOE Holdings Takes Minority Ownership Stake In CurveGlobal - New Interest Rate Derivatives Venture Backed By London Stock Exchange Group, CBOE, Major Dealer Banks - Market To Provide Competitive Offering In Interest Rate Futures

Date 16/10/2015

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced today that it made a minority investment in CurveGlobal, a new interest rate derivatives venture of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and a number of major dealer banks.  CBOE is the only U.S. exchange in the venture.  Financial terms of CBOE's investment were not disclosed.    

ESMA Extends Deadline For Call For Candidates For Corporate Finance Consultative Working Group To 31 October

Date 16/10/2015

ESMA is extending the deadline for its open call for candidates for its Corporate Finance Standing Committee’s Consultative Working Group (CFSC CWG) to 31 October. 

Lanware Expands End-To-End IT Services Through Level 3 Communications’ Data Centre - Lanware Will Occupy A Dedicated Suite At Level 3 Communications’ Data Centre In Brussels, To Supplement Existing Space In London

Date 16/10/2015

Lanware, providers of outsourced technology solutions for investment firms and financial institutions, is expanding into Level 3 Communications’ data centre in Brussels to support business growth and enable the facilitation of a wider suite of services to customers. With a dedicated suite at Level 3’s Brussels data centre, Lanware will deliver a 50 percent increase in capacity to its clients.

Moscow Exchange: Cause Of Derivatives Market Outage

Date 16/10/2015

Moscow Exchange halted derivatives trading at 18:10 MSK on 15 October 2015 because of a problem with market data transmission.

Centre For Policy Studies (CPS) Pension Reform Proposal Adopted By Ros Altmann

Date 16/10/2015

The Centre for Policy Studies congratulates Baroness Ros Altmann, the Pensions Minister, for her decision to scrap the previous government’s pot-follows-member initiative for the automatic transfer of pension pots. 

SET: Thai 12 Listed Firms Granted 2015 Sustainability Awards, “Thailand Sustainable Investment” List Announced Today

Date 16/10/2015

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) grants “SET Sustainability Award 2015,” for 12 listed companies with outstanding performance in sustainability development and enhancing the development of social enterprise, while disclosing the list of 51 listed companies selected for “Thailand Sustainability Investment”, which is list of stocks with prime performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report, 16th October, 2015

Date 16/10/2015

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly trading report for the week ending 16th October, 2015.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Bans Kweku Mawuli Adoboli From The Financial Services Industry

Date 16/10/2015

Following convictions on 20 November 2012 of two counts of fraud by abuse of position, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Kweku Mawuli Adoboli from performing any function in relation to any regulated financial activity. Mr Adoboli abused his position as a senior trader of UBS AG causing UBS AG losses amounting to $2.25bn.

Korea Exchange: Plan To Develop ETP Market Including ETFs

Date 16/10/2015