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New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Releases Fourth Authorised Financial Advisers Information Report

Date 15/05/2018

The Financial Markets Authority today published its fourth statistical report on Authorised Financial Advisers (AFAs) in New Zealand. The FMA requires AFAs to submit an annual information return each year.
Cleansing Notice For NZX Subordinated Notes Offer

Date 15/05/2018

NOTICE PURSUANT TO REGULATION 49G(2)(e) OF THE FINANCIAL MARKETS CONDUCT REGULATIONS 2014 – 15 MAY 2018

1. NZX Limited ("NZX") gives notice under regulation 49G(2)(e) of the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014 ("FMC Regulations") that it proposes to make an offer for the issue of unsecured, subordinated notes ("Subordinated Notes"), (the "Offer").

2. Short-form disclosure is being used for the offer of the Subordinated Notes, as the Subordinated Notes rank at least equally with NZX’s existing Shares quoted on the NZX Main Board. NZX’s existing Shares have been continuously quoted on the NZX Main Board over the preceding three months and trading in the Shares has not been suspended for a total of more than five trading days during that three-month period.
New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority: Second Company And Director Charged Over FSPR Abuse

Date 15/05/2018

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has filed criminal charges against a second company and its New Zealand based director for breaching the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act (FSP Act) 2008.
Cboe Announces Successful Migration Of Cboe C2 Options Exchange To Proprietary Technology Platform

Date 15/05/2018
- Three of Cboe's four options exchanges now run on the Bats technology that powers Cboe's equities and futures exchanges
- 36 participants accessed the new platform with 312,127 contracts traded on launch day
- Cboe's flagship options exchange, Cboe Options, is scheduled to migrate on October 7, 2019
LME Asia Week 2018 Kicks Off In Hong Kong

Date 15/05/2018
- Sixth-annual LME Asia Week set to be biggest ever, with over 800 delegates to main seminar event and around 1,900 guests for LME Asia Dinner
- More diverse industry representation this year; new participants from precious metals, electric vehicle sectors, and from African markets

Waiver From NZX Debt Market Listing Rule 7.12.1

Date 15/05/2018

APPLICATION FOR WAIVER FROM NZX DEBT MARKET LISTING RULE 7.12.1
NZX LIMITED

1. This is a decision of the Special Division of the NZ Markets Disciplinary Tribunal (Special Division).

2. Capitalised terms that are not defined in this decision have the meanings given to them in the NZX Debt Market Listing Rules (the Rules).

Decision
3. Subject to the conditions set out in paragraph 3 below, and on the basis that the information provided by NZX Limited (NZX) is complete and accurate in all material respects, the Special Division grants NZX a waiver from Rule 7.12.1 to the extent that this Rule would require NZX to release to the market details of any acquisition of the Subordinated Notes acquired through a retail liquidity support facility offered to noteholders, forthwith after the acquisition.

Qatar Stock Exchange: The MSCI Index Review

Date 15/05/2018

MSCIannounced on May 14, 2018, the result of the periodical review. For theCompanies listed at QSE The outcome of the review is as follows:

Addition(s) to the MSCI Qatar Index:	NA
Deletion(s) from the MSCI Qatar Index:	Qatar Gas Transport Company – Nakilat (QGTS)
The changes to the MSCI Qatar index will become effective on	The close of May 31, 2018.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange April 2018 Market Summary

Date 15/05/2018

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange reported today that average daily volume for April 2018 was 90,772 contracts, up 8.2% year-over-year. Gold Standard volume rose 49.6% to 31,478 contracts, Gold Mini by 12.9% to 3,128 contracts and Platinum Standard was up 14.4% to 10,705 contracts. Volume was lower for Gold Rolling Spot, which was down 5.6% to 10,853 contracts and Dubai Crude Oil fell 1.0% to 17,181 contracts.
Qatar Stock Exchange Completes Successful London Investor Forum

Date 15/05/2018

Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), working with leading investment bank Deutsche Bank and with the collaboration of QNB Financial Services (QNBFS), completed on the 9th of May a two day visit to London that aimed to support the further development and practice of QSE’s listed companies’ investor relations.
The Why Behind The No: Remarks At The 50th Annual Rocky Mountain Securities Conference - SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Denver, Colorado, May 11, 2018

Date 14/05/2018

Thank you for that kind introduction, Julie. I appreciate the invitation to deliver remarks this morning. It is a special honor to be part of your 50th annual conference.

Before I begin, I need to provide the standard disclaimer that the views I express today are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Commission or my fellow Commissioners.

I am especially pleased to be making my first visit to Denver while serving as an SEC Commissioner. One of the benefits of being here is that I will have the chance to meet with staff from the SEC’s Denver office later today. Our regional offices play a critical role in carrying out the SEC’s mission. Having talented and dedicated enforcement, inspection, and examination staff on the ground throughout the country is essential to our ability to fulfill our responsibilities. Our regional staff gets to know the areas they serve, the local securities bar, their fellow regulators in the region, and local law enforcement. They also get to know the types of problems that are unique to, or concentrated in, the area they serve. Our enforcement program, t