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SEC Announces Charges In Massive Telemarketing Boiler Room Scheme Targeting Seniors

Date 12/07/2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today brought fraud charges against 13 individuals allegedly involved in two Long Island-based cold calling scams that bilked more than one hundred victims out of more than $10 million through high-pressure sales tactics and lies about penny stocks.

ESMA Issues Positive Opinion On Renewal Of Short Selling Ban By Spanish CNMV

Date 12/07/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued an official opinion agreeing to the renewal of the emergency short selling prohibition, for a period of two month, by the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) on net short positions in Liberbank, S.A. (Liberbank) shares under the Short Selling Regulation.

NEPI Rockcastle Lists On Euronext Amsterdam

Date 12/07/2017

NEPI Rockcastle (ticker symbol: NRP), one of the largest real estate companies in Continental Europe, began trading today on Euronext Amsterdam.

Lighting Our Capital Markets, SEC Commissioner Kara M. Stein, Boston, Massachusetts, July 11, 2017

Date 12/07/2017

Thank you, Ty [Gellash] for that very kind introduction.

I am so pleased to be with you today. We all share an interest in ensuring that our markets are healthy. Strong and resilient markets are vital to having a strong and resilient economy.

Before I go further, let me pause to say that I am speaking today as an individual Commissioner and not on behalf of the SEC as a whole.

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Transaction In Own Shares

Date 12/07/2017

London Stock Exchange Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased through RBC Europe Limited, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 26 April 2017, the following number of its ordinary shares of 6 79/86 pence each ("Shares") on the London Stock Exchange as part of the buyback programme announced on 29 March 2017:

Remarks At The Economic Club Of New York, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, New York, N.Y., July 12, 2017

Date 12/07/2017

Thank you, Terry [Lundgren], for that kind introduction.  I am delighted to speak to you here at the Economic Club of New York.  The Club has established itself as an esteemed, non-partisan forum for economic discourse.  It is an ideal place to discuss policy of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “the Commission” or “the agency”) and its effects on the U.S. economy and the American people.  I intend to do just that in this, my first public speech as Chairman of the SEC.

Deutsche Börse: Unscheduled Adjustment In MDAX - Adjustments Due To Spin-Off Of METRO Wholesale & Food Specialist AG From METRO AG - MDAX Calculation On 13 July With 51 Companies

Date 12/07/2017

On Wednesday, Deutsche Börse announced an unscheduled change to the MDAX index. Following the spin-off of METRO Wholesale & Food Specialist AG from METRO AG, an adjustment of MDAX is required. On 13 July, METRO Wholesale & Food Specialist AG will therefore be included in MDAX for one day. This adjustment ensures the trackability of the index for investors. The MDAX Index will accordingly be calculated on a basis of one additional company for one day.

PETCO Sells Its First Kimanis Light Sweet Crude Oil Cargo On DME Auctions Platform

Date 12/07/2017

Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) announced that PETCO has successfully sold 600,000 barrels of Kimanis Light Sweet crude on the “DME Auctions” platform.  PETCO is now the first non-Middle Eastern producer to use the auctions platform.

Collaboration Between DIFC And DIEDC Set To Launch Islamic FinTech Initiatives

Date 12/07/2017

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading financial hub in the $7.4 trillion Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), as part of its commitment to Islamic finance under the DIFC 2024 Strategy and in line with the vision of ‘Dubai: The Capital of Islamic Economy’.

EURO STOXX 50 Licensed To U.S. Based Direxion

Date 12/07/2017

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced that the EURO STOXX 50 has been licensed to Direxion Funds to underlie a 3x Leveraged ETF.