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SEC: Consultant To Chinese Private Equity Firms Settles Insider Trading Charges

Date 09/06/2016

CFTC Proposes Additional Interest Rate Swaps For Clearing Requirement

Date 09/06/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today proposed amending CFTC regulation 50.4(a) to require certain additional interest rate swaps to be cleared by market participants through a registered derivatives clearing organization (DCO) or a DCO that has been exempted from registration under the CEA (Exempt DCO). The scope of proposed expanded regulation 50.4(a) would make the CFTC’s clearing requirement consistent with those proposed or finalized in 2015 or 2016 by the CFTC’s counterparts in Australia, Canada, the European Union, Hong Kong, Mexico, and Singapore. The proposed rule will be open for public comment for 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

Moscow Exchange Indices Monthly Review: May 2016

Date 09/06/2016

In May, Moscow Exchange"s Indices reflected the negative trend on the Russian stock market. The MICEX Index was down 2.77% to 1,899.01 (from 1,953.05 on 29 April), while the dollar-denominated RTS Index fell 4.92% to 904.33 (from 951.11).

CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee To Meet On June 27, 2016

Date 09/06/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) will hold a public meeting on June 27, 2016 at the CFTC's Washington, DC, headquarters. CFTC Commissioner Sharon Bowen is the sponsor of this Advisory Committee.

OCC Commends EC Extension Of QCCP Deadline

Date 09/06/2016

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, and a leading advocate for clearing equivalency on behalf of the U.S. listed options industry, today commended the European Commission for its decision to extend the deadline for CCPs to be deemed qualifying central counterparties (QCCP) until December 15, 2016.

Bats Welcomes Aptus Capital Advisors As New Issuer On The Bats ETF Marketplace Becomes 11th Issuer To List On Bats In The U.S.

Date 09/06/2016

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), the #1 U.S. market for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading, today welcomed Aptus Capital Advisors as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace with the launch of the Aptus Behavioral Momentum ETF (Bats: BEMO).

Beware Of Activist Investors? Like It Or Not Activist Investors Are Here To Stay And Are Radically Changing The Business Landscape, By IMD Professor Nuno Fernandes

Date 09/06/2016

Activist investors are relatively new – but very influential – players in international capital markets.

Activist investors are shareholders at publicly traded companies who attempt to affect change in an organization either by directly appealing to, or putting heavy pressure on, the company’s board of directors, bypassing the normal advisory process.

Bats ETF Marketplace Becomes Primary Listing For Three Deutsche Asset Management ETFs

Date 09/06/2016

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), the #1 U.S. market for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading, announced that three Deutsche Asset Management funds successfully transferred to the Bats ETF Marketplace from NYSE Arca today.

Katherine Tew Darras Appointed ISDA General Counsel

Date 09/06/2016

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) has today announced the appointment of Katherine Tew Darras as General Counsel.

London Stock Exchange Group: ELITE Connect Partners With Canadian Investor Relations Institute

Date 09/06/2016

• ELITE Connect selected by world’s third largest investor relations society as sole webcasting services provider
• CIRI members will have access to ELITE Connect’s unique open access digital platform
• Partnership demonstrates power of ELITE Connect to enhance connections between IR professionals and investors
• ELITE Connect is LSEG’s digital platform for public companies, intermediaries and institutional investors