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CBOE Holdings Stockholders Approve Share Issuance In Bats Merger

Date 17/01/2017

At a special meeting of stockholders of CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) held today, CBOE Holdings stockholders voted in favor of a proposal to approve the issuance of shares of CBOE Holdings common stock pursuant to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 25, 2016, by and among CBOE Holdings, two wholly-owned subsidiaries of CBOE Holdings and Bats Global Markets, Inc. Also today, Bats stockholders approved the proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger at a special meeting of Bats stockholders. Completion of the transaction remains subject to the receipt of certain regulatory approvals and the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions.  CBOE Holdings expects the transaction to close by the end of the first quarter of 2017.    

FTSE Russell Expands China Offering With Two New Indexes

Date 17/01/2017

• FTSE China A Innovative Enterprise Indexes track fast-growing ChiNext stocks listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange
• FTSE China A Stock Connect Index tracking China mainland listed stocks available through the Shanghai- Hong Kong and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect programmes
• FTSE Russell China benchmarks widely recognised as the leading measure of the China equity market

The TASE Analysis Project Expands To Include 20 Companies: Ten additional Biomed And Technology Companies To Be Analyzed By Frost & Sullivan, The Global Consulting & Market Research Firm

Date 17/01/2017

Ten additional biomed and technology companies are joining TASE's analysis project. The project, which now includes 20 companies, has been undertaken with the goal of raising investors' information level regarding both technology and biomed companies and the markets in which the companies operate, thus generating appropriate pricing and increasing the exposure for both domestic and foreign investors. 

BME: Gore Spain Holdings SOCIMI To Start Trading On MAB On 19 January - The 29th REIT To List On MAB

Date 17/01/2017

The Board of Directors of MAB has approved the listing of GORE Spain Holdings SOCIMI on the SOCIMI (REITs) segment of this market, following a thorough review of all the information presented by the company and after the favourable assessment report on its listing issued by MAB’s Coordination and Admission Committee.

U.S. Department Of Justice Rolls-Royce Plc Agrees To Pay $170 Million Criminal Penalty To Resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Case

Date 17/01/2017

Rolls-Royce plc, the United Kingdom-based manufacturer and distributor of power systems for the aerospace, defense, marine and energy sectors, has agreed to pay the U.S. nearly $170 million as part of an $800 million global resolution to investigations by the department, U.K. and Brazilian authorities into a long-running scheme to bribe government officials in exchange for government contracts.  

Blockchain Technology Could Reduce Investment Banks’ Infrastructure Costs By 30 Percent, According To Accenture Report - Joint Analysis By Accenture And Operations-Benchmarking Leader Mclagan Applies Real-World Banking Data And Operating Models To Assess The Prospective Value Of Distributed Ledgers

Date 17/01/2017

Blockchain technology could reduce infrastructure costs for eight of the world’s 10 largest investment banks by an average of 30 percent, translating to $8 billion to $12 billion in annual cost savings for those banks, according to a new report by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and McLagan which is part of Aon Hewitt, a business unit of Aon plc (NYSE: AON).

Invesco To Launch New ETFs On NEO - Adding Two Additional Series To DWG ETF

Date 17/01/2017

Aequitas NEO Exchange Inc. (“NEO Exchange” or “NEO”) is pleased to announce that Invesco Canada Ltd. (“Invesco”) is expanding its presence on the NEO Exchange. Invesco has applied to list two new PowerShares ETFs and received approval to list two new series of its NEO-listed PowerShares DWA Global Momentum Index ETF (DWG). 

SEC: 10 Firms Violated Pay-to-Play Rule By Accepting Pension Fund Fees Following Campaign Contributions

Date 17/01/2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that 10 investment advisory firms have agreed to pay penalties ranging from $35,000 to $100,000 to settle charges that they violated the SEC’s investment adviser pay-to-play rule by receiving compensation from public pension funds within two years after campaign contributions made by the firms’ associates.

MAR Guidelines On Commodity Derivatives Now Available In All EU Languages

Date 17/01/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today the official translations of its final guidelines on commodity derivatives under the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

CFTC Orders CNCGC Hong Kong Ltd. To Pay A $150,000 Penalty For Call Cotton Reporting Violations - On 53 occasions, CNCGC HK Failed To File Required Form 304 Reports, And On Two Occasions The Firm Filed Late Form 304 Reports

Date 17/01/2017

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against CNCGC Hong Kong Ltd. (CNCGC HK), an investment and trading company headquartered in Hong Kong, for failing to file required CFTC Form 304 Cotton On-Call Reports, reporting its call cotton purchases and sales when it held or controlled at least one hundred (100) cotton futures positions, and for filing late Form 304 reports on two occasions.