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Alberta Securities Commission Announces Appointment Of New Commission Member

Date 01/04/2015

The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) is pleased to announce that the Lieutenant Governor in Council has appointed Kathryn (Kate) Chisholm, Q.C., ICD.D a member of the ASC for a three-year term commencing April 1, 2015.

OCC Cleared Contract Volume Declined 6% In March, Stock Loan Activity Rose 17%

Date 01/04/2015

OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that total cleared contract volume in March was 341,593,001 contracts, representing a 6 percent decrease from the March 2014 volume of 362,379,835 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is down 9 percent from 2014 with 16,500,170 contracts.  Stock loan activity at OCC in March was up 17 percent from March 2014.

OneChicago Announces Trading Volume For March 2015 - Average March Block Trade Size Was 350 (35,000 Share Equivalent)

Date 01/04/2015

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced its March 2015 volume of 869,981, a decrease of 31% year-over-year. OneChicago is a CFTC and SEC regulated exchange offering Single Stock Futures (SSF), a Delta One product, on approximately 1,500 equities, including ADRs and ETFs.

ISDA Outlines Path Forward For Centralized Execution Of Swaps

Date 01/04/2015

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today published a set of principles aimed at promoting regulatory consistency in the development and application of centralized trading rules for derivatives.

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Reports Fourth Quarter Trading Revenue Of $4.4 Billion

Date 01/04/2015

Insured U.S. commercial banks and savings institutions reported trading revenue of $4.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014, down $1.3 billion, or 22 percent, from $5.7 billion in the third quarter, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported today in the OCC's Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities.

SEC Charges North Carolina Executive With Fraud

Date 01/04/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the owner and chief executive of a North Carolina business with defrauding a publicly-traded telecommunications company and its shareholders during and after its acquisition of his business.

Nasdaq Leads U.S. Exchanges For IPOs in 2015 - 43 New U.S. Listings Including 27 Initial Public Offerings In The First Quarter - Strongest First Quarter New Listing Activity At Nasdaq Stockholm In 50 Years

Date 01/04/2015

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that it welcomed 43 new listings, including 27 initial public offerings (IPOs) on The Nasdaq Stock Market in the first quarter of 2015, more than double the number of IPOs of any other U.S. exchange. Combined proceeds raised by Nasdaq’s first quarter IPOs totaled approximately $2.8 billion. Nasdaq remains the leading U.S. exchange for healthcare, financial and venture capital-backed IPOs and welcomed the largest technology deal year-to-date with Inovalon Holdings (Nasdaq:INOV). In the first quarter Nasdaq’s IPOs have returned on average an increase of 23 percent from their offer price, above the market average return for all U.S. IPOs of 21 percent.

Key Figures For SIX Swiss Exchange And SIX Structured Products Exchange: March 2015

Date 01/04/2015

• Trading turnover in the first quarter of 2015: CHF 430.7 billion (+38.8% versus Q1 2014)<
• Number of transactions in the first quarter: 14,570,219 (+46.2% versus Q1 2014)
• Average trading turnover per day of CHF 6.9 billion
• Increases in equity and bond indices

Statement By US Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew On The Executive Order Targeting Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities

Date 01/04/2015

"The Treasury Department is committed to protecting the U.S. financial system from a range of state and non-state actors.  Today’s Executive Order allows us to expose and financially isolate those who hide in the shadows of the Internet to conduct malicious cyber activities that threaten the national security, foreign policy, or economic health or financial stability of the United States."

Statement By The President Of The USA On Executive Order “Blocking The Property Of Certain Persons Engaging In Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities”

Date 01/04/2015

Today, I issued an Executive Order that provides a new authority to respond to the threat posed by malicious cyber actors.  Cyber threats pose one of the most serious economic and national security challenges to the United States, and my Administration is pursuing a comprehensive strategy to confront them.  As we have seen in recent months, these threats can emanate from a range of sources and target our critical infrastructure, our companies, and our citizens.  This Executive Order offers a targeted tool for countering the most significant cyber threats that we face.