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Statistics From Nasdaq Nordic Exchange September 2016 - Summary

Date 03/10/2016

Monthly statistics including stock and derivative statistics;

Volumes and Market cap

Most traded companies

Most active members

Listings and members

Axioma Releases Latest Versions Of Axioma Portfolio Analytics™ And Risk Model Machine™ - Latest Updates Deliver More Flexible, Responsive Solutions To Meet Client Demand

Date 03/10/2016

Axioma, a provider of innovative risk and portfolio management solutions, today released updated versions of Axioma Portfolio Analytics™ (“APA”) and Risk Model Machine™ (“RMM”).  These enhancements reflect Axioma’s commitment to capturing and incorporating customer feedback into its solutions and follow major releases of both solutions in March of this year.

Qatar Stock Exchange Is Ready To Commence Margin Trading Activity As Of Wednesday Oct 5

Date 03/10/2016

Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) has announced that it will implement, as of Wednesday October 5th 2016, the decision of the Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA), by which the Group Securities, which is one of the brokerage firms operating in QSE, will be allowed to execute margin trading activity on QSE after completing the preparations necessary to put the decision into practice in collaboration with the Qatar Central Securities Depository and the Group that was awarded the license.  The Group will receive requests to open margin trading accounts as of Wednesday, October 5th, 2016, and the trading on these accounts will start as of Thursday, October 6th, 2016.

Nasdaq Nordic And Baltic Markets: Trading Statistics September 2016

Date 03/10/2016

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic¹ and Baltic² markets. Below follows a summary of the statistics for September 2016:

• The share trading decreased by 7.0% to a daily average of 2.610bn EUR, compared to 2.808bn EUR in September 2015. Compared to the previous month, August 2016, the daily average increased by 11.1 %.
• Derivatives trading decreased by 17.5% to a daily average of 420,884 contracts, compared with 510,104 contracts in September 2015.
• ETF trading³ (Exchange Traded Funds) decreased by 47.0% to a daily average of 35.8m EUR compared to 67.4m EUR in September 2015.
• Nets A/S was the most traded stock per day during the past month, followed by Novo Nordisk A/S.
• Deutsche Bank was the most active member during the past month, followed by Morgan Stanley.
• Nasdaq Nordic’s share of order-book trading in our listed stocks increased to 62.7%, compared to 62.2% previous month⁴.
• The average order book depth on the best price level was larger at Nasdaq Nordic  than the second most liquid trading venue, see detailed figures per exchange:

• For OMXC20 companies 2.2 larger
• For OMXH25 companies 2.4 larger
• For OMXS30 companies 1.8 larger

Finansinspektionen (FI) Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority: Additional Capital Requirements For Nordea's PD Estimates

Date 03/10/2016

FI noted during the spring that Nordea’s reported Probability of Default (PD) as a percentage of its corporate lending was larger than its estimated PD during certain years and in certain markets. In other words, actual PD was higher than the bank’s estimated PD. Because the PD estimate serves as a basis for the bank’s capital requirements, this means that there is a risk that Nordea’s capital requirements may be too low. In an initial internal analysis, it was noted that the capital deficiency could potentially be as large as SEK 50-80 billion. The conclusion drawn from this analysis was that the matter must be analysed in more detail, and FI opened an investigation in April. The investigation has not been concluded yet; to date FI has only sent a first verification letter to the bank outlining FI’s preliminary assessments.

TMX Group Thanksgiving Holiday Market Closures

Date 03/10/2016

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange and Montréal Exchange will be closed on Monday, October 10, 2016 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

JSE Remains Among The World’s Top Regulated Exchanges

Date 03/10/2016

South Africa remains the top country in the world which to attain financing through the local equity market and has one of the best-regulated stock exchanges, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Competiveness Index 2016/2017 edition.

ESMA Issues Q&As On The Implementation Of The Double Volume Cap Under MiFID II

Date 03/10/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a Question and Answers (Q&A) document regarding the implementation of the double volume cap under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/ MiFIR).  MiFID II introduces a so-called “double” volume cap mechanism which limits the use of reference price waivers and negotiated price waivers under the new transparency regime of MIFID II.

CISI Responds To Banking Standards Board Report On Professionalism In Banking

Date 03/10/2016

We welcome the publication of the BSB sponsored report on professionalism in banking and how standards can be enhanced.

BME Traded €42.8 Billion In Equities In September, Up 39% From August

Date 03/10/2016

• The number of trades to the end of September reached 41.4 million, down 13% year on year
• In September, ETF trading stood at €388 million, up 50% from August
• The trading volume in financial derivatives in September was up 154% on the preceding month
• The volume of Corporate Debt issues on MARF exceeded €1.5 billion in the first nine months of the year, almost 3 times as much as the previous year