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Bats Welcomes New Alpha Architect Fund To The Bats ETF Marketplace - 32 Issuers, 170 Funds Now Listed On Bats In The U.S.

Date 04/05/2017

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company, and a leading market for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading globally, today welcomed a fifth Alpha Architect fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace.

SIFMA Statement On Senate Passage Of CRA Resolution On State Retirement Plans

Date 04/05/2017

SIFMA today issued the following statement  from Lisa Bleier, SIFMA managing director and associate general counsel on Senate passage of on H.J. Res. 66 to override the Department of Labor's (DOL) regulation relating to savings arrangements established by states for non-governmental employees.

Bats Welcomes VelocityShares To The Bats Marketplace - 32 Issuers, 170 Funds Now Listed On Bats In The U.S.

Date 04/05/2017

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company, and a leading market for exchange-traded product (ETP) trading globally, today welcomed VelocityShares® branded ETNs  to the Bats ETF Marketplace.

Intercontinental Exchange Announces 2017 Investor Day

Date 03/05/2017

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced it will host an Investor Day on Friday June 2, 2017. The agenda will include presentations by ICE’s management team. The meeting will be webcast from New York, beginning at 1 p.m. ET and ending at 4:30 p.m. ET, and in-person attendance is by invitation only. The webcast and presentation materials will be available on the company’s website at ir.theice.com. A transcript and replay will be made available following the meeting.

OTC Markets Group Announces First Quarter 2017 Financial Results

Date 03/05/2017

First Quarter 2017 Highlights:

• Revenues of $13.4 million for the quarter versus $12.8 million for prior year quarter, up 5%
• Operating income of $4.2 million for the quarter versus $3.8 million for the prior year quarter, up 12%
• Operating profit margin of 33% for the quarter, up from 31% for the prior year quarter
• Net income increased $0.7 million, or 32%, to $3.1 million, primarily due to the increase in operating income, as well as a decrease in the company’s effective tax rate for the quarter related to the adoption of new accounting guidance
• Announcing second quarter 2017 dividend of $0.14 per share
• 11 graduates to a national securities exchange during the quarter
• OTCQX and OTCQB Markets receive State Blue Sky recognition from 1 additional state, bringing the total to 21 that recognize OTCQX and 18 that recognize OTCQB

• 10 Transfer Agents participating in the Transfer Agent Verified Shares Program, an initiative launched in October 2016 designed to improve the timeliness and reliability of OTC company share information

Nasdaq April 2017 Volumes

Date 03/05/2017

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today reported monthly volumes for April 2017, on its investor relations website. 

CFTC Charges Arizona Resident Cory Williams And His Company, Williams Advisory Group, LLC, With Fraudulently Soliciting And Receiving At Least $13 Million In Commodity Pool Scheme

Date 03/05/2017

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against Cory Williams of Gilbert, Arizona, and his company, Williams Advisory Group (WAG) (collectively, Defendants), charging them with defrauding 40 investors out of at least $13 million in connection with a commodity pool they operated.

Intercontinental Exchange Reports April Statistics - ICE ADV Up 26% Y/Y Driven By Financials ADV Up 62% Y/Y, Commodities ADV Up 7% Y/Y

Date 03/05/2017

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today reported April 2017 trading volume and related revenue statistics, which can be viewed on the company’s investor relations website at http://ir.theice.com/ir-resources/supplemental-information in the Monthly Statistics Tracking spreadsheet.

CFTC Requests Public Input On Simplifying Rules - “Project KISS” Enters New Phase

Date 03/05/2017

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) voted today to seek public input on simplifying and modernizing the Commission’s rules. CFTC Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo initially announced Project KISS, which stands for “Keep It Simple, Stupid,” in March as an agency-wide internal review of CFTC rules, regulations and practices to identify those areas that can be simplified to make them less burdensome and less costly.

SEC Staff Supplements Quarterly Private Funds Statistics

Date 03/05/2017

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff today published a suite of new data and analyses of private fund statistics and trends.