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Intercontinental Exchange Statement On Possible Offer For London Stock Exchange Group Plc

Date 01/03/2016

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses provided the following statement.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (“ICE”) notes the recent press speculation with respect to London Stock Exchange Group plc (“LSEG”) and confirms that ICE is considering making an offer for LSEG.

Japan Exchange Group Trading Overview - February 2016

Date 01/03/2016

Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview for February 2016.

Nasdaq Nordic Joins Global Campaign For ESG Disclosure

Date 01/03/2016

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced that its Nordic and Baltic exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Reykjavik, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius have committed to produce a guidance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure for listed companies by the end of 2016. Nasdaq Nordic is proud to join the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative’s “Campaign to Close the ESG Guidance Gap”. Seven Nasdaq and Nordic exchanges are now committed to the guidance disclosure, meaning the campaign will have 15 exchanges with published guidance and 20 exchanges committed to publish guidance by the end of 2016.

Nominations For Directors – NZX Limited

Date 01/03/2016

As previously announced, NZX will hold its Annual Meeting of shareholders on Friday 20 May 2016 in Auckland. Further details will be advised in the Notice of Meeting in due course.

SR Labs Ensures Clients’ Readiness For OPRA Increased Data Volume Challenge - Removes Need For Unnecessary Infrastructure And Bandwidth

Date 01/03/2016

The latest announcements by the Options Pricing Reporting Authority (OPRA), of changes to its Expanded Message Header, are expected to result in hugely increased data volumes.  SR Labs, a global leader in enterprise-grade market data and trading technologies, is pleased to confirm that the changes will have a minimal impact on the data volumes that their clients are processing via the Filtered Options Feed (FOF) solution. 

NZX: ADM Investor Services Inc. Accredited In Derivatives Market

Date 01/03/2016

NZX is pleased to announce that ADM Investor Services Inc. (ADMIS) has been accredited as a Derivatives Trading & Advising Participant and a General Clearing Participant for the NZX Dairy Derivatives Market. ADMIS becomes the third US based participant to gain full membership status since NZX was granted authorisation as a Foreign Board of Trade by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in 2014.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Volume In February 2016

Date 01/03/2016

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in February was 298,816 ( + 3.8% MoM / + 98.6% YoY) and its average daily volume was 14,941 . See the TABLE 1 for the composition of the trading volume. 

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Financial Policies Monitor

Date 01/03/2016

Based on the Strategic Directions and Priorities 2015–2016, announced in September 2015, the FSA has established the Financial Policies Monitor (System) to receive candid opinions and suggestions concerning financial policies and to reflect these in the FSA’s financial policies. This approach is aimed at establishing a structure to conduct proactive financial policies to keep pace with the changes in the domestic and global environment surrounding the financial fields.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Dubai Crude Oil For February 2016 Contract

Date 01/03/2016

Final settlement price of Dubai Crude Oil for February 2016 contract is 21,210 yen.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Expands Pilot For ‘Insurance & Futures’

Date 01/03/2016

The 2016 No. 1 Document of CPC Central Committee clearly sets out a number of requirements, including developing agricultural futures products, conducting pilot for agricultural options, and steadily expanding the insurance + futures pilots, etc.