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Issue Of NZX Ordinary Shares

Date 14/09/2018

NZX Limited (NZX) advises that it has issued 2,815,676 NZX Ordinary Shares under the NZX Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-month Euroyen Futures

Date 14/09/2018

Tokyo Financial Exchange has decided to shift the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current September 2018 contracts to the December 2018 contracts due to arrival of the last trading day, effective from 14 Sep 2018.

SGX Named “Derivatives Exchange Of The Year” By Asia Risk For Fifth Consecutive Year

Date 14/09/2018

• Award recognises SGX’s efforts to uphold investors’ access to emerging markets
• Standout product innovations include SGX FlexC FX Futures solution

ASIC Provides Regulatory Approvals For A Proposed New Product And ETFs For The Chi-X Market

Date 14/09/2018

ASIC has updated the market integrity rules to facilitate the introduction of a new type of financial product that securities and derivatives exchange Chi-X Australia Limited (Chi-X) is introducing to its market, known as transferable custody receipts (TraCRs).

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Extension Of Promotional Period For Discount Program In Three-Month Euroyen Futures

Date 14/09/2018

This informs Trading Members of the extension of the current Discount Program in Three-month Euroyen Futures (Euroyen). TFX has decided to extend the program until the end of March 2019.

Alberta Securities Commission Seeks Comment On Blanket Order That Would Facilitate Access To Capital For Community Economic Development Corporations

Date 14/09/2018

The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) today published for comment Proposed Blanket Order 45-520 Facilitating Access to Capital for Community Economic Development Corporations. This Blanket Order would offer a new, limited exemption to the financial statement requirements of the offering memorandum prospectus exemption (OM Exemption) for community economic development corporations (CEDCs).

Canadian Securities Regulators Propose Rules To Prohibit Certain Embedded Commissions - Proposed Amendments Would Discontinue The Deferred Sales Charge (DSC) Option And Trailing Commissions To Dealers Who Do Not Make A Suitability Determination

Date 14/09/2018

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment a notice outlining proposed amendments that would prohibit investment fund managers from paying upfront sales commissions to dealers, and trailing commissions to dealers who do not make a suitability determination, such as order-execution-only dealers. These changes would result in the discontinuation of all forms of the deferred sales charge option (the DSC option), and more transparent fees on the discount brokerage channel.

United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: RBS Chief Executive Ross McEwan "Withheld Information" During Evidence

Date 14/09/2018

The Times reported in July that Police Scotland is investigating certain criminal allegations in relation to a former RBS Global Restructuring Group (GRG) employee.

Canadian Securities Regulators Announce Agreement With Kx To Deliver Advanced Post-Trade Analysis

Date 14/09/2018

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today announced that it has selected Kx, a division of First Derivatives plc, to build and manage a next-generation market analytics platform designed to identify, assess and investigate potential market abuse cases.

SEC Monitoring Impact Of Hurricane Florence On Capital Markets

Date 13/09/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission is closely monitoring the impact of Hurricane Florence on investors and capital markets.