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Euronext Announces Quarterly Review Results For The CAC Family Indices

Date 09/06/2016

Euronext today announced the results of the reweighting of the CAC family indices, which took place after close of the markets on Thursday 9 June 2016. The changes following the review will be effective from 20 June 2016.

SEC Issues $17 Million Whistleblower Award

Date 09/06/2016

Keynote Remarks Of CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad Before The Global Exchange And Brokerage Conference, New York, NY

Date 09/06/2016

I’m very pleased to be back with you all today.

My journey to New York began yesterday – in Shanghai. I had the pleasure of spending the past week and a half in Asia, where I met with a number of regulators and market participants, and also participated in the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing. I have been very focused on enhancing cooperation with regulators across the globe, so it was good to have this opportunity. But it’s always good to be back home.

SEC: Consultant To Chinese Private Equity Firms Settles Insider Trading Charges

Date 09/06/2016

CFTC Proposes Additional Interest Rate Swaps For Clearing Requirement

Date 09/06/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today proposed amending CFTC regulation 50.4(a) to require certain additional interest rate swaps to be cleared by market participants through a registered derivatives clearing organization (DCO) or a DCO that has been exempted from registration under the CEA (Exempt DCO). The scope of proposed expanded regulation 50.4(a) would make the CFTC’s clearing requirement consistent with those proposed or finalized in 2015 or 2016 by the CFTC’s counterparts in Australia, Canada, the European Union, Hong Kong, Mexico, and Singapore. The proposed rule will be open for public comment for 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

Moscow Exchange Indices Monthly Review: May 2016

Date 09/06/2016

In May, Moscow Exchange"s Indices reflected the negative trend on the Russian stock market. The MICEX Index was down 2.77% to 1,899.01 (from 1,953.05 on 29 April), while the dollar-denominated RTS Index fell 4.92% to 904.33 (from 951.11).

CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee To Meet On June 27, 2016

Date 09/06/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) will hold a public meeting on June 27, 2016 at the CFTC's Washington, DC, headquarters. CFTC Commissioner Sharon Bowen is the sponsor of this Advisory Committee.

OCC Commends EC Extension Of QCCP Deadline

Date 09/06/2016

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, and a leading advocate for clearing equivalency on behalf of the U.S. listed options industry, today commended the European Commission for its decision to extend the deadline for CCPs to be deemed qualifying central counterparties (QCCP) until December 15, 2016.

Bats Welcomes Aptus Capital Advisors As New Issuer On The Bats ETF Marketplace Becomes 11th Issuer To List On Bats In The U.S.

Date 09/06/2016

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), the #1 U.S. market for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading, today welcomed Aptus Capital Advisors as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace with the launch of the Aptus Behavioral Momentum ETF (Bats: BEMO).

Beware Of Activist Investors? Like It Or Not Activist Investors Are Here To Stay And Are Radically Changing The Business Landscape, By IMD Professor Nuno Fernandes

Date 09/06/2016

Activist investors are relatively new – but very influential – players in international capital markets.

Activist investors are shareholders at publicly traded companies who attempt to affect change in an organization either by directly appealing to, or putting heavy pressure on, the company’s board of directors, bypassing the normal advisory process.