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ESAs Seek Stakeholder Input On Automation In Financial Advice

Date 04/12/2015

The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – has launched a Discussion Paper on automation in financial advice, aimed at assessing what, if any, action is required to harness the potential benefits of this innovation and mitigate its risks.

OTC Clear Welcomes Citi As Its First Clearing Member From The US

Date 04/12/2015

OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited (OTC Clear), a subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) that provides clearing services for over-the-counter, or OTC, derivatives, has welcomed Citibank, NA, Hong Kong Branch (Citi) asits first Clearing Member from the US.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - November 2015

Date 04/12/2015

Highlights

- Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first 11 months of 2015 was $109.9 billion, an increase of 64 per cent when compared with $66.9 billion for the same period last year.

Summary Of November 2015 Activities At TOCOM - November Volume Averaged 100,810 Contracts Per Day, Up 5.1 % - Gold Daily Futures Volume Showed Significant Increase Of 40.7% From October

Date 04/12/2015

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange announced today that average daily volume for November 2015 was 100,815 contracts, up 5.1% from October 2015. Volume for Gold, TOCOM’s most active contract, was down 0.9% to 28,790 contracts. However, Gold Daily futures volume had strong gains, up 40.7% to 28,790 contracts. Crude Oil volume rose 17.5% to 17,786 contracts, leading to an overall increase for the month.

Semi-Annual Review Of The OMX Copenhagen 20 CAP Index - The New Portfolio Of The OMX Copenhagen 20 CAP Index Will Become Effective On December 21, 2015

Date 04/12/2015

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announces today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Copenhagen 20 CAP index, (Nasdaq Copenhagen: OMXC20CAP), which will become effective with the market open on Monday, December 21, 2015.

Semi-Annual Review Of The OMX Stockholm 30 Index - The New Portfolio Of The OMX Stockholm 30 Index Will Become Effective On January 4, 2016

Date 04/12/2015

Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces today the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Stockholm 30 Index (NASDAQ Stockholm: OMXS30) which will become effective with the market open on Monday, January 4, 2016.

UBS To Buy Back Certain Outstanding Bonds In Public Tender Offer - UBS Offers To Buy Back Certain Outstanding Bonds With An Aggregate Principal Amount Equivalent To Approximately CHF 16 Billion

Date 04/12/2015

UBS announces today that UBS AG is making cash tender offers to purchase 17 issues of its senior and subordinated debt and covered bonds having an aggregate principal amount equivalent to approximately CHF 16 billion. The offers are subject to customary conditions and restrictions and are subject to increase or decrease as set out in the tender offer memorandum. The tender offer period will end on 15 December 2015, unless extended, re-opened or earlier terminated as provided in the tender offer memorandum. The specific series of securities covered by each offer will be specified in the formal announcement of each offer to be published today.

In New Partnership, ISE ETF Ventures Launches First Latin American Real Estate ETF

Date 04/12/2015

ISE ETF Ventures today announced that it has partnered with Tierra Funds and XP Gestão de Recursos to launch the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) that offers exposure to a basket of Latin American real estate investment trusts (REITs) and real estate operating companies (REOCs). The ETF, which tracks the Solactive Latin America Real Estate Index (index ticker: LAREPR), begins trading today on NYSE Arca.

BOX Options Exchange Price Improvement Activity For November

Date 04/12/2015

In the month of November price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 306,462 per day. Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction, PIP, averaged $603,928 per day, while total savings to investors in November was $11.47M. With this, BOX has saved investors over $694M since its inception in 2004. Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of November was 465,614 contracts.

Canadian Securities Regulators Require Use Of SEDAR For Certain Exempt Market Filings

Date 03/12/2015

Members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have announced that amendments to National Instrument 13-101 System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) and Multilateral Instrument 13-102 System Fees for SEDAR and NRD (the Amendments) will come into force on May 24, 2016.