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Cboe Global Markets Reports Week Of Record Trading Activity

Date 09/02/2018

• Several single-day records set across Cboe Global Markets exchanges and products between February 2 and February 8, 2018 
• VIX options and futures volume reach new all-time highs
• Cboe Options, C2 Options, CFE and Cboe EDGX Options exchanges experience consecutive busiest days of all time on Friday, Monday and Tuesday 

New Nordic-Baltic Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 09/02/2018

The Swedish Ministry of Finance, the Riksbank, Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) and the Swedish National Debt Office in its role as resolution authority, have produced, together with their equivalents in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway a new Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation and coordination on cross-border financial stability.

European Commission: Speech By Michel Barnier Following This Week's Round Of Article 50 Negotiations (6th-9th February)

Date 09/02/2018

Ladies and gentlemen,

I am happy to be here. I would like to thank you for being here rather than in front of your television watching the opening ceremony of the 23rd Winter Olympic Games, which has just started in Pyeongchang.

Allow me to extend my personal best wishes to both the Korean hosts and the athletes.

To come back to Brexit, we agreed with the UK side this week that the agenda would cover Ireland, the governance of the withdrawal agreement, and the transition.

Convicted Illegal Money Lender Sentenced To Three And A Half Years Imprisonment And Issued With The UK Financial Conduct Authority's First Serious Crime Prevention Order

Date 09/02/2018

Illegal money lender, Dharam Prakash Gopee (64), was today sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment by a Judge in Southwark Crown Court after guilty verdicts yesterday (8 February 2018) for offences under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Report For February 9th 2018

Date 09/02/2018

A total turnover of 4.426 billion shares worth N24.236 billion in 29,573 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 3.268 billion shares valued at N28.123 billion that exchanged hands last week in 35,761 deals. 

BOX Options Exchange: Expansion Of Short Term Options Series Program – Monday SPY Expirations

Date 09/02/2018

Subject to regulatory approval, BOX Options Exchange (“BOX” or “Exchange”) will expand the Short Term Option Series Program (“STOS”) to list for trading options series on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (“SPY”) which expire on Mondays (“Monday SPY Expirations”).

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange And Montréal Exchange Closed For Family Day

Date 09/02/2018

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange and Montréal Exchange will be closed on Monday, February 19, 2018 for Family Day.

Solactive No. 1 Index Provider For ETF Launches In January Close To 50% Of ETF Launches In The First Month Of 2018 Rely On Solactive Services

Date 09/02/2018

This year has started strong for Solactive and the ETF industry. The German index engineer has achieved a record number of index-linked launches, making it the number one provider of indices for ETFs in January 2018. With 55 ETF launches globally, 25 have involved Solactive as either creator, calculator, or administrator of the underlying index. ETF launches have covered both the equity and fixed-income spaces, and have involved a wide array of strategies including broad-based benchmark solutions and more niche strategies, such as smart beta or thematic indices.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Letter To Treasury Select Committee On RBS GRG

Date 09/02/2018

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published a response to the letter received from the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee on 7 February 2018 relating to the publication of the skilled persons’ report into RBS Global Restructuring Group. 

ESMA Publishes Risk Assessment Work Programme For 2018

Date 09/02/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published its Risk Assessment Work Programme, setting out its priorities in assessing risks for securities markets for 2018. This Risk Assessment Work Programme provides an overview of the analytical, research, data and statistical activities by ESMA.