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Cerulli Study Says Financial Advisors Who Currently Use Options Expect To Increase Use Of Options By 30 Percent In Three Years

Date 11/05/2017

The Options Industry Council (OIC), an industry resource funded by OCC and the U.S. options exchanges, today announced the results of a study, How Financial Advisors Use and Think About Exchange-Listed Options, which found that approximately one-third of financial advisors currently use options in 20 percent of client portfolios, and that usage is expected to increase by 30 percent in the next three years. The goal of the study, conducted by Cerulli Associates, a global research and consulting firm specializing in asset management and distribution trends worldwide, is to identify target audiences and educational strategies for the OIC that may lead to increased adoption of exchange-listed options strategies among financial advisors.

ACER And CEER Call For Priority Dispatch Of Existing Renewables To Be Removed

Date 11/05/2017

Today Energy Regulators (ACER and CEER), in their White Paper on Renewables in the Wholesale Market, called for EU legislators to bring Renewable Energy Sources (RES) fully into the market in the clean energy transition.

SEC Charges CEO With Failing To Disclose Perks To Shareholders

Date 11/05/2017

Public companies must properly disclose perks, benefits, and other forms of compensation paid to CEOs and certain other highly compensated executive officers.  The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the former CEO of a marketing company has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle charges that his perks were not properly disclosed to shareholders.

EBA Publishes Final Guidelines To Assess ICT Risk

Date 11/05/2017

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on the assessment of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) risk in the context of the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP). These Guidelines are addressed to competent authorities and aim at promoting common procedures and methodologies for the assessment of ICT risk.

Borsa İstanbul: Announcement Regarding The Postponement Of The Ordinary General Assembly Meeting

Date 11/05/2017

Esteemed Shareholders,

The Ordinary General Assembly Meeting, previously announced to be held on May 12, 2017 at 10.30, will be postponed, to be held on June 8, 2017 at 15.00.

NEO Receives Qualified Foreign Exchange Designation By OTC Markets Group

Date 11/05/2017

Aequitas NEO Exchange Inc. (“NEO Exchange” or “NEO”) is pleased to announce it has been designated a Qualified Foreign Exchange by OTC Markets Group Inc. (“OTC Markets”), effective March 29, 2017. With this designation, NEO-listed companies may apply to qualify for trading on the OTCQX® and OTCQB® markets in the United States.  The OTCQX and OTCQB markets allow companies to establish an efficient and cost effective secondary market to reach the US-based investment community, without a U.S. exchange listing.

Bats Welcomes New Issuer Principal To The Bats ETF Marketplace - 33 Issuers, 171 Funds Now Listed On Bats In The U.S.

Date 11/05/2017

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company, and a leading market for exchange-traded product (ETP) trading globally, today welcomed new issuer Principal to the Bats ETF Marketplace with the launch of one fund.

Kx Technology To Support RxDS As It Moves To Disrupt Healthcare And Pharma Analytics Market - Kx Selected By RxDS As The Platform For Its Data Analytics Solutions - Solutions Based On Kx Will Unlock The Data Within Pharma And Healthcare Companies To Allow Better And More Rapid Decisions - RxDS Aims To Disrupt Market Valued At US$ 24.6 Billion By 2021

Date 11/05/2017

Global technology specialist FD today announces that RxDataScience Inc (RxDS), an innovative start-up focused on the pharmaceutical and healthcare landscape, has selected Kx technology to power its data science platform. The agreement will allow RxDS to target the global healthcare analytics market, expected to reach US$ 24.6 billion in 2021[1].

STOXX Research, Commented By Jan-Carl Plagge, Head Of Applied Research, STOXX Ltd.: Eurozone Volatility Touches Historical Lows

Date 11/05/2017

European markets have seen relief in April especially since Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the French presidential election, thereby reducing the risk of a result which could have shocked markets. Consequently, the volatility index VSTOXX reached historical lows leading to a further increased interest in volatility as an asset class among investors. The VSTOXX index tracks the implied volatility based on real-time options prices for the EURO STOXX 50, thus reflecting market expectations of future volatility. As markets fall or rise, volatility tends to move in the opposite direction. With VSTOXX futures and options, investors and traders have a volatility product that is representative of the whole Eurozone market, as opposed to single-stock options. These options can help to hedge their equity portfolios in times of uncertainty.

TMX Insights Announces Collaboration With IRESS For Integration Of TMX Analytics TCA

Date 11/05/2017

TMX Insights today announced it has teamed up with IRESS, a leading supplier of technology for wealth management and financial markets, to develop compatibility between the IRESS products and the TMX Analytics Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) application.