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IIROC, CARP And Prosper Canada Credit Ontario Budget Measures For Strengthening Investor Protection

Date 28/04/2017

Measures included in yesterday's Ontario budget will help strengthen investor protection and send a strong message of deterrence to those who would abuse the trust of their clients, say representatives of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), CARP and Prosper Canada.

Britons Want To See More Cooperation With EU In Security And Fighting Terrorism New Poll Finds - National Angle - Future Of Europe/European Integration − United Kingdom

Date 28/04/2017

In the eyes of a growing number of all EU citizens, belonging to the Union is a good thing. The new Eurobarometer survey also reveals which aspects of EU membership are most important to Britons.

• Support in EU membership up
• Over two-thirds want EU to do more on terrorism, unemployment, environment, tax fraud

Report On Foreign Portfolio Holdings On U.S. Securites At End-June 2016

Date 28/04/2017

The final results from the annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at the end of June 2016 were released today on the Treasury website at https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx. The survey was undertaken jointly by Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The next survey will cover holdings at the end of June 2017; preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28, 2018.

CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight Issues Guidance On The Calculation Of Projected Operating Costs By Designation Contract Markets And Swap Execution Facilities

Date 28/04/2017

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) today issued Guidance on the calculation by designated contract markets (DCMs) and swap execution facilities (SEFs) of projected operating costs for purposes of complying with DCM Core Principle 21 and CFTC Regulation 38.1101(c) and SEF Core Principle 13 and CFTC Regulation 37.1303.

STOXX Announces Results Of Annual Emerging And Developed Markets Classification Review

Date 28/04/2017

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced the results of the annual Emerging and Developed Markets Country Classification review.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 28/04/2017

The current reports for the week of April 25, 2017 are now available.

Nigerian Stock Exchange: Stock Market Weekly Report For April 28th, 2017

Date 28/04/2017

A total turnover of 1.333 billion shares worth N9.671 billion in 16,300 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 896.748 million shares valued at N5.918 billion that exchanged hands last week in 11,185 deals.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Index Dashboard: Europe

Date 28/04/2017

BOX Regulation: Customer Cross Orders

Date 28/04/2017

BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) recently filed to expand the execution range for a Customer Cross Order. Under the proposed change, a Customer Cross Order will automatically execute if the execution price is at or between the best bid and offer on BOX, provided that it is not at the same price as a Public Customer Order on the BOX Book. The requirement that the Customer Cross Order not trade through the NBBO will remain the same.

Decisions Taken By The Governing Council Of The ECB (In Addition To Decisions Setting Interest Rates)

Date 28/04/2017

Monetary policy

Central bank compliance with prohibitions on monetary financing and privileged access

On 10 April 2017, in accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which assigns the ECB the task of monitoring the compliance of EU central banks with the prohibitions referred to in Articles 123 and 124 of the TFEU and the related Regulations, the Governing Council approved the compliance report covering the year 2016. Further information on this matter can be found in a dedicated section of the ECB’s Annual Report 2016, which was published on the ECB’s website on 10 April 2017.