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Fairness, Transparency And Industry Competitiveness - IIROC Debt Market Regulation Fee Model Takes Effect November 1

Date 29/10/2015

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) today announced it has received approval from the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) of a new cost-recovery fee model for debt market oversight.   

Canadian Regulators Finalize Offering Memorandum Exemption

Date 29/10/2015

The securities regulatory authorities in Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan (collectively, the participating jurisdictions) today published Multilateral CSA Notice of Amendments to National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions Relating to the Offering Memorandum Exemption. The amendments will introduce an offering memorandum prospectus exemption in Ontario and will modify the existing offering memorandum exemption in Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Québec and Saskatchewan to strengthen investor protection. As a result of the amendments, the offering memorandum exemption will now be available in all jurisdictions of Canada.

Viteos Awarded HFM 2015 Best Shadow Accounting Services Firm - For Second Year, Leadership Recognized In Client Service And Innovation

Date 29/10/2015

Viteos, a leading middle office firm for hedge fund managers, announced today it has been named as Best Shadow Accounting Services Firm for the second consecutive year by HFM in its annual 2015 US Hedge Fund Services Awards. This award builds on the recognition Viteos has now consistently received as HFM’s Best Asia Middle Office Services Firm (2015), and Best European Middle Office Services Firm (2015).

Thomson Reuters Pricing Service Broadens Its Pricing Content Offering With Marketplace Lending - Collaboration With MountainView IPS Provides Evaluated Pricing For Hard-To-Value Loans

Date 29/10/2015

Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of evaluated pricing for Marketplace Lending – derived by Thomson Reuters Pricing Service (TRPS) and MountainView IPS – to assist fixed income investors and investment managers with third-party, fair market valuation and price verification for hard-to-value loans. The new offering will be part of the TRPS global solution that provides users of the DataScope suite with evaluated prices to support portfolio, fund and single-security valuations.

US Justice Department Announces Four Banks Reach Resolutions Under Swiss Bank Program

Date 29/10/2015

The Department of Justice announced today that Luzerner Kantonalbank AG (Luzerner), Habib Bank AG Zurich (HBZ), Banque Heritage S.A. and Hyposwiss Private Bank Genève S.A. (Hyposwiss Geneva) have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program.  These banks will collectively pay penalties totaling more than $25 million and continue to cooperate with the department.

Fourth Quarter Bond Issuance Higher, Fed Interest Rate Hike Likely In December: SIFMA Releases Government Issuance And Rates Forecast For 4Q 2015

Date 29/10/2015

SIFMA today issued its quarterly government securities issuance and rates forecast for 4Q 2015. The full report is available at the following link: http://www.sifma.org/govtforecast4q2015/           

Oslo Børs VPS Holding 3rd Quarter 2015

Date 29/10/2015

Oslo Børs VPS Holding reports a profit of NOK 73 million for the third quarter of 2015 (NOK 59 million). 

SIX Exchange Regulation As Host For IOSCO

Date 29/10/2015

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: Opening Bell Ceremony With MannKind Corporation

Date 29/10/2015

Yesterday morning, (28.10.15), MannKind Corporation celebrated its Dual Listing at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by taking part in the "Opening Bell Ceremony".

BATS Exchange Selected As Listing Destination For Three New WisdomTree ETFs - First WisdomTree ETFs To List On BATS Began Trading Today

Date 29/10/2015

BATS Global Markets (BATS), the #1 U.S. market for the trading of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today announced that three new ETFs from WisdomTree, one of the world’s leading ETF sponsors and asset managers, began trading today on BATS Exchange.