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ESMA Updates Its Q&A Document On Prospectus Related Issues

Date 15/12/2015

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its Questions and Answers document (Q&A) on prospectus related issues.

BATS Welcomes Two New Pacer ETFs - New ETFs Begin Trading Today On The BATS ETF Marketplace

Date 15/12/2015

BATS Global Markets (BATS), the #1 U.S. market for the trading of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today welcomed two new ETFs from Pacer ETFs to the BATS ETF Marketplace.

Xignite Market Data APIs Available On Soundhound Inc.’S Natural Language Voice Technology Platform, Houndify Enables Users To Receive Spoken Stock Quotes

Date 15/12/2015

Xignite, the leading provider of cloud-based financial market data solutions, announced today the integration of Xignite market data APIs into SoundHound Inc.’s new Houndify platform, the leading sound recognition and search technology provider. Introduced today, the platform allows developers to create voice-enabled apps that combine voice recognition and natural language understanding, allowing for the fastest and most accurate results. In addition to Xignite market data APIs, Houndify developers will also be able to access API data from Accuweather, Expedia, FlightStats, and Sportradar.

Significant Setback: Protection Of EU Pension Savers To Be Reduced By The EU Parliament?

Date 15/12/2015

Workplace pension savings play an increasingly important role in supplementing declining public pension benefits in Europe. For this reason it is of crucial importance that the prudential framework for European Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORPs) or pension funds, the IORP II Directive, be balanced and up to the task. 

European Power Exchange To Extend Its Services To Other European Regions - EPEX SPOT Designated As NEMO On Its Markets

Date 15/12/2015

The European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT has been designated by the national regulatory authorities in the EU members states Germany, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Austria and Luxembourg as Nominated Electricity Market Operator (NEMO). The EU Regulation establishing a guideline on Capacity Allocation and Congestion Management (CACM), in force since 14 August 2015, obliges all EU member states to officially designate an Electricity Market Operator for the Day-Ahead and Intraday markets within four months. Its objective is to promote effective competition in the generation, trading and supply of electricity, to ensure the optimal use of the transmission system while respecting the need for a fair and orderly market and price formation. The decision by the Belgian national authority to designate a NEMO is expected soon. Switzerland, also covered by EPEX SPOT but not being part of the European Union, has not implemented the EU Regulation for the time being.

ESMA Publishes Updated AIFMD Q&A

Date 15/12/2015

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated questions and answers on the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The Q&A include a new questions and answers on the depositary liability regime.

ICE Futures U.S. Achieves Daily Volume Record In Mini MSCI Complex - Records Set In Mini MSCI EAFE Index And Mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index

Date 15/12/2015

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced today that ICE Futures U.S. achieved a daily volume record in the mini MSCI® futures complex on December 14, 2015. Within the portfolio, daily volume records were also set in the mini MSCI EAFE index future, which tracks equities in the developed markets of Europe and Asia, and the mini MSCI Emerging Markets index future.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Consults On Aspects Of The Markets In Financial Instruments Directive II Implementation

Date 15/12/2015

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published its first consultation paper on the implementation of the new European Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) in the UK.  MiFID was originally introduced in 2007 and the revised regime aims to strengthen investor protection, increase market resilience, reduce systemic risks and increase the overall efficiency and transparency of financial markets.

United Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: Independent Review Of The Report Into The Failure Of HBOS Inquiry

Date 15/12/2015

Latest evidence

• 14 Dec 2015 - Independent review of the report into the failure of HBOS - oral evidence | PDF version (295 KB) HC 654 | Published 15 Dec 2015

  Evidence given by Andrew Green QC, Blackstone ChambersIain Cornish, Specialist Adviser, Stuart Bernau, Specialist Adviser

Moscow Exchange: Revised MICEX 10 Index To Come Into Force

Date 15/12/2015

According to the MICEX 10 Index Methodology, the MICEX 10 Index list revised on a regular basis will come into force on 12 January 2016.