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CFTC Acting Chairman Giancarlo To Testify Before A Subcommittee Of The U.S. House Appropriations Committee Regarding The Commission’s FY 2018 Budget Request

Date 07/06/2017

B3 Publishes May 2017 Market Performance

Date 07/06/2017

BOVESPA SEGMENT

Trading value in the equity market (Bovespa segment) totaled BRL 210.43 billion in May, compared with BRL 146.03 billion in the previous month. Average daily trading value was BRL 9.56 billion, versus BRL 8.11 billion in April. Total volume amounted to 26,718,739 shares, compared with 16,320,584 shares in the previous month. Average daily volume was 1,214,488 shares (906,699 shares in April).

Providing Stability For The U.S. Listed Equity Options Market, By Craig Donohue, OCC Executive Chairman And CEO

Date 07/06/2017

Over the past two years, OCC, in its role as a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility, has taken on a leadership role in advocating for the U.S. listed equity options market  with global policymakers on key legislative and regulatory issues.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 07/06/2017

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

Federal Reserve Board Approves Extended Transition Period For Deutsche Bank AG, SVB Financial Group, And UBS Group AG To Conform Investments In Certain "Illiquid Funds" To Requirements Of Volcker Rule

Date 07/06/2017

The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced that it had approved an extended transition period of up to five years for Deutsche Bank AG, SVB Financial Group, and UBS Group AG to conform investments in certain "illiquid funds" to the requirements of section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly known as the Volcker rule.

FINRA Hearing Panel Bars Registered Representative For Failing To Disclose Private Securities Transactions Totaling $100 Million In EB-5 Investments

Date 07/06/2017

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that a FINRA hearing panel barred an Irvine, California-based registered representative, Jim Seol, for participating in private securities transactions, engaging in undisclosed outside business activities, and for making misrepresentations to his employer in compliance questionnaires. The hearing panel found that Seol sold $100 million in EB-5 investments promoted through his private business, Western Regional Center Incorporated (WRCI), yet failed to disclose this activity to his employing firm. FINRA rules and the member firm’s policy required Seol to disclose and obtain prior approval for all outside business activities. The decision resolves charges brought by FINRA's Department of Enforcement in May 2016.

ATHEX Market Indices

Date 07/06/2017

The Athens Stock Exchange announces the necessary adjustments that must be implemented to all ATHEX Market Indices regarding the forthcoming corporate action of the company PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION S.A.  "Share capital decrease following the decrease in the par value of the shares and the capital return through distribution in kind of the shares of the newly formed company IPTO HOLDING S.A. to its shareholders".

Valbiotis Lists On Euronext Growth - €11.5 Million Raised - Market Capitalisation Above €37 Million

Date 07/06/2017

Euronext today welcomes Valbiotis, a company specialised in research and development in medical nutrition, to its Euronext Growth market in Paris.

EEX Exchange Council Determines Weighting Of The Phelix DE/AT-Index

Date 07/06/2017

Today, the Exchange Council of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) held its meeting in Leipzig chaired by Dr Michael Redanz, Managing Director of EWE Trading GmbH. The main subject of the meeting constituted the impending split of the common German Austrian price zone related to the question of how the index of the Phelix Future for the market area Germany/Austria should be determined after the price zone split.

Bats Welcomes NuShares Funds To The Bats ETF Marketplace - 35 Issuers, 177 Funds Now Listed On Bats In The U.S.

Date 07/06/2017

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company, and a leading market for exchange-traded product (ETP) trading globally, today welcomed two Nuveen-sponsored ETFs to the Bats ETF Marketplace.