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Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry today made the following statement at a board meeting of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on his vote approving the proposed Incentive-Compensation Rule, implementing Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Consumer Protection and Wall Street Reform Act of 2010. The Comptroller also signed the proposed rule on behalf of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

Continuing the in-depth analysis of S&P 500 (r) companies' sustainability reporting activities, Governance & Accountability Institute teamed with Bloomberg LP to analyze the data, scores and perceptions presented to investment professionals using the Bloomberg Professional information platform which features ESG data and assigns disclosure scores for public companies.

At the end of the settlement date of April 15, 2016, short interest in 2,305 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 8,009,519,261 shares compared with 8,166,679,657 shares in 2,301 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of March 31, 2016. The Mid-April short interest represents 5.12 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.90 days for the prior reporting period.

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued the following statement on today’s hearing in New York State Supreme Court on the case against Donald Trump and Trump University:

Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") staff is providing guidance with respect to its stock symbol reservation procedures. Currently, a stock symbol must consist of not more than three letters of the alphabet, as set out in Section 355 of the TSX Company Manual.

However, TSX is now giving listed issuers and applicants the option to reserve stock symbols that consist of four letters of the alphabet. TSX anticipates that four letter stock symbols will commence trading by the end of the fourth quarter of 2016.

TSX is now accepting initial reservation requests for four letter stock symbols. In order to provide applicants and listed issuers with an equitable allocation process, TSX will accept written requests for four letter stock symbols during an initial allocation and reservation period that will expire on May 20, 2016.

A Staff Notice dated April 26, 2016 has been posted on TSX's website at:

http://tmx.complinet.com/en/display/display.html?rbid=2072&element_id=1049

We propose a diffusion process to describe the global dynamic evolution of credit operations at a national level given observed operations at a subnational level in a sovereign country. Empirical analysis with a unique dataset from Brazilian federate constituents supports the conclusions. Despite the heterogeneity observed in credit operations at a subnational level, the aggregated dynamics at a national level were accurately described with the proposed model. Results may guide management of public finances, particularly debt manager authorities in charge of reaching surplus targets.

Axioma, a leading provider of innovative risk solutions for buy-side institutions, today announced the appointment of Sunay Shah as Head of Multi-Asset Class Solutions for EMEA, including Axioma Risk^TM, the company’s multi-asset class (MAC) risk solution.

Yesterday, EEX achieved a total volume of 54,742,532 MWh on its power derivatives market. This represents a new daily record, exceeding the previous high of 30.2 TWh that was achieved on 21 April 2016. In particular, new records in Phelix Futures (36.7 TWh), French Futures (8.5 TWh) and Italian Power (6.2 TWh) contributed to this.

A new ComStage Active ETF, from Commerzbank AG's ETF brand, has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Wednesday.

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and REIT Association of Singapore (REITAS) will be jointly organising the first ever REITs Race in Singapore on 7 May 2016 (Saturday), as part of efforts to raise awareness on REITs among investors. The race will be held in conjunction with SGX’s flagship retail investor education event – the SGX My First Stock Carnival – from 7-8 May 2016 at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza.

The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), the premier international energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East, today announced its first-ever listing of Middle East refined products.

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), today (Wednesday) issued a guidance letter on bonus issues of shares (bonus issues) by listed companies.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published a report proposing a series of measures aimed at enhancing the UK’s debt listing regime.

Yesterday evening marked the opening of Deutsche Börse’s FinTech hub in Frankfurt, making it one of the first major companies of the region to support the Hessian State Government's FinTech initiative to set up a FinTech cluster in Frankfurt. Deutsche Börse aims to promote Germany’s start-up and investment culture.

In 2015, European Energy Exchange (EEX) in line with its growth strategy achieved record results in both sales and profits. In the course of the year, EEX Group, now fully incorporated with the companies Powernext, EPEX SPOT and APX, implemented a series of measures which aimed to increase volumes in its core markets, while expanding its product portfolio into new regions and product classes.

The Mercado Alternativo de Renta Fija (MARF) has registered a project bond issue by AUNOR earmarked for the refinancing of the Autovía Noroeste motorway in Murcia -RM15- which the company operates through a concession.

The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the establishment of the Appeals Panel in accordance with ADGM Financial Services & Markets Regulations 2015.

The CRA Regulation requires issuers, originators and sponsor entities to report information in respect of Structured Finance Instruments (SFI) to ESMA.

Bursa Malaysia Berhad and its subsidiaries will be closed on Monday, 2 May 2016, in lieu of Labour Day which falls on Sunday, 1 May 2016.

A UK exit from the EU would immediately hit confidence and raise uncertainty which would result in GDP being 3% lower by 2020, which equates to GBP 2200 per household. The OECD states that such costs are already piling up in a new study released today.

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