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IOSCO and IFRSÂ® Foundation to strengthen cooperation in the development and implementation of IFRS Standards The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the IFRS Foundation have today announced a Statement of Protocols that describes an ambitious programme of work to promote and facilitate transparency within capital markets through the development and consistent application of IFRS Standards. The Statement outlines objectives for each of the following interactions between IOSCO and the IFRS Foundation: 1. strategic discussions: discussion of broad financial reporting issues between the leadership of IOSCO and the IFRS Foundation; 2. development of IFRS Standards: sharing of information and active contribution from IOSCO to the standard-setting process; and 3. implementation of IFRS Standards: sharing information to support both parties in their work in the application of IFRS Standards on a globally consistent basis. This Statement builds upon existing protocol arrangements between IOSCO and the IFRS Foundation, issued in 2013.

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the IFRS Foundation have today announced a Statement of Protocols that describes an ambitious programme of work to promote and facilitate transparency within capital markets through the development and consistent application of IFRS Standards.

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today charged three individuals for illegally offering and issuing shares without registering a prospectus with the SC.

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The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in May was 143,823 ( â³ 5.7% MoM / â³ 11.2% YoY) and its average daily volume was 7,570 . See the TABLE 1 for the composition of the trading volume.

This announcement contains a brief description of new functionality, the release plan for technical specifications and invitations to technical information meetings.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is releasing the newsletter no 18 on "Statement on capital arbitrage transactions", June 2016.

ERI Scientific Beta, the smart beta index provider venture of EDHEC Risk Institute, today announced that assets tracking its smart beta indices had reached USD 10.3bn.

Navatar, the connected growth platform for financial services firms, is proud to announce the expansion of its global footprint with the launch of a new office in London. The Navatar London office will help boost its presence in the EMEA market and complement sister offices in New York and India.

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges, clearing houses and data services, announced today that the ICE U.S. Treasury Bond indices have been selected as the new benchmarks for a range of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) offered by BlackRock iShares®, Direxion, and Yuanta Securities Investment Trust Company (Yuanta SITC).

Thomson Reuters Intelligent Tagging clients can now deploy its capabilities behind their secure firewalls, enabling them to manage and potentially extract meaning and value out of massive amounts of data, and possibly more efficiently draw intelligence from them.

As announced in the customer information on 9 February and on 11 April, EEX intends to launch additional trading venues (non-MTFs) for German and French power derivatives in response to on-going MiFID II legislation.

Nasdaq, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that it plans to commence a public offering of U.S. dollar-denominated senior notes pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”, and such offering, the “Offering”). The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the Offering, together with cash on hand and/or borrowings under the Company’s senior credit facility, to fund the cash consideration payable by the Company for its acquisition of 100% of the equity interests in U.S. Exchange Holdings, Inc. (the indirect owner of three electronic options exchanges: International Securities Exchange, ISE Gemini and ISE Mercury) (the “ISE Transaction”) and related expenses and for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation, the repayment of indebtedness or the funding of other future acquisitions.

Good morning. I’m Ken Bentsen, President and CEO of SIFMA. It’s a pleasure to be here.

FTSE Russell announces that there will be no changes to the constituents of the Straits Times Index, following the June quarterly review.

The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) notifies that it temporarily prohibits short selling in the following instrument under Articles 23 (1) and 26 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012. This follows a decision made by another EU Competent Authority.

FTSE Russell announce that there will be one change to the constituents of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI, following the semi-annual review of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series today. Hap Seng Consolidated will be added to the index with UMW Holdings being deleted.

The index series is reviewed semi-annually in accordance with the index ground rules.

Moscow Exchange (ticker: MOEX) announces trading volumes for May 2016. Total trading volumes increased by 33.5% YoY to RUB 58.1 trln.

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