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United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: NAO Asked Not To Delay Review Of UKFI's Advice On RBS Sale

Date 17/08/2016

Rt Hon. Andrew Tyrie MP, Chairman of the Treasury Committee, writes to Sir Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, to encourage the National Audit Office to review the advice provided by UK Financial Investments (UKFI), to the Government, ahead of its first sale of shares in RBS in August 2015, before the Government becomes a minority shareholder in the bank.

CFTC Charges Mirko “Mick” Schacke And His Nevada-Based Company TradeMasters USA, LLC With Fraud And Failing To Register With The CFTC - CFTC Alleges Schacke And His Company TradeMasters Fraudulently Solicited At Least $155,626 From At Least 36 Investors - Federal Court Issues Restraining Order Protecting Defendants’ Books And Records And Granting The CFTC Access To Such Records

Date 17/08/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada charging Mirko Schacke of Antioch, California, and his company, TradeMasters USA, LLC, of Las Vegas, Nevada (the Defendants) with fraud and failing to register with the CFTC, as required. The CFTC also charges TradeMasters with failing to provide required disclosures to investors.

ACER Invites Stakeholders To Discuss Market Monitoring Findings On Wholesale Electricity And Gas Markets

Date 17/08/2016

ACER invites stakeholders to a workshop to discuss its findings, as part of the Market Monitoring Report, on the state of the EU wholesale electricity and gas markets in 2015. The workshop will take place on 21 September in Ljubljana.

CBOE Futures Exchange Receives Registered Market Operator Approval In Singapore - Approval Expands CFE’s Reach with Asian Traders

Date 17/08/2016

CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) today announced it recently received approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to be a Registered Market Operator (RMO) in Singapore.  With this designation, CFE may now allow professional investors, accredited investors and expert investors, as defined under Singaporean law, to become CFE Trading Privilege Holders (TPHs) and access CFE’s market directly.

TMX Group Welcomes JA Alumni To Innovation Challenge

Date 17/08/2016

JA Central Ontario and TMX Group will today launch the JA Alumni TMX Innovation Challenge, an exclusive, two-night event for students who have completed the 18-week entrepreneurial JA Company Program. Participants will be challenged to address evolving issues facing TMX Group and the broader capital markets industry in three areas: big data, social media and technology.

Intercontinental Exchange Announces Expected Closing For Acquisition Of S&P Global’s Securities Evaluations And Credit Market Analysis

Date 17/08/2016

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data, announced that following U.S. Department of Justice clearance, the company will close its acquisition of S&P Global’s (NYSE: SPGI) Securities Evaluations (SPSE) and Credit Market Analysis (CMA), two assets within the S&P Global Market Intelligence division.

CISI Survey Says Degrees Are Overpriced

Date 17/08/2016

Over 89% of financial services practitioners believe that today’s students are paying too much for university, according to the latest online survey by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

SGX: Singapore Retail Securities Brokers And CDP To Promote Electronic Statements To All Retail Investors

Date 17/08/2016

• Move in line with global movement towards sustainability
• Electronic statements are available for customers with internet trading accounts or CDP Internet Service
• Retail investors who have not signed up for internet trading accounts or CDP Internet Service will continue to receive hardcopy statements

Merger Of Deutsche Börse Group And London Stock Exchange Group: Final Acceptance Ratio: 89.04 Per Cent Of All Deutsche Börse Shares Tendered

Date 17/08/2016

Following analysis of all shares tendered for exchange, Deutsche Börse AG has determined a final acceptance ratio for the Exchange Offer of HLDCO123 PLC ("HoldCo") of 89.04 per cent. On 1 June 2016, HoldCo published its voluntary public takeover offer in the form of an exchange offer to the shareholders of Deutsche Börse for acquiring all registered no-par-value shares in Deutsche Börse AG. The additional acceptance period ended on 12 August 2016, 24:00 CEST.

China Exchanges Services: Upcoming Change To Universe Of Securities For CES Stock Connect 300 Index

Date 17/08/2016

Responding to the forthcoming launch of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, China Exchanges Services Company Limited (CESC) today (Wednesday) announced there will be a change to the universe of securities for its CES Stock Connect 300 Index (CES 300) upon the start of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect.