MIAX Options Exchange - MIAX Options: PLMM Assignments For May 31, 2016
Please be advised that the Primary Lead Market Maker (PLMM) role in the option classes listed below will be re-assigned to the following firms effective for trading Tuesday, May 31, 2016.read more...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom Parliament Treasury Committee Update: Costs And Benefits Of...
The Treasury Committee publishes its report 'The economic and financial costs and benefits of the UK’s EU membership'.read more...
View ArticleHKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts
Please be advised that pursuant to Exchange Rule 617(d) and HKCC Rule 402, the Exchange and the Clearing House have determined that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 1 June...
View ArticleSGX Welcomes Hyflux Ltdâs Perpetual Capital Securities
Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed the listing of Hyflux Ltd’s perpetual capital securities with a distribution rate of 6% per annum, to be paid semi-annually, on the Mainboard under the stock...
View ArticleThe 12th. MEDCAP FORUM Brings Together 100 Companies And 200 Investors At The...
100 Small and Midcap companies listed on the Spanish stock market and more than 200 institutional investors will participate during two days in the 12th MedCap Forum of Small and Medium Capitalisation...
View ArticleSponsored Funds: More Solutions For Investors - Bank Julius Baer Adds 30...
The Sponsored Funds segment of SIX Swiss Exchange allows investors to trade fund shares just like regular shares: for each fund a market maker - the Sponsor - provides binding buy and sell prices. Now...
View ArticleESMA Issues Q&A On MAR Implementation
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today issued Question and Answers (Q&A) regarding the implementation of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).read more...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi Global Market Signs FinTech MOU With Flat6Labs
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and Flat6Labs U.A.E. FZ-LLC (Flat6Labs), on 25 May 2016, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on technology...
View ArticleThailand Futures Exchange Appoints 3 Market Makers For Stock Futures
Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) welcomes three new market makers namely KGI Securities (Thailand) pcl (KGI), Trinity Securities Co., Ltd. (TNITY) and RHB Securities (Thailand) pcl (RHBS) to...
View ArticleESMA Issues Opinion On MiFID II Standards On Ancillary Activities
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an Opinion in response to a letter sent by the European Commission (Commission) asking to amend its draft RTS 20 under the Markets...
View ArticleA Model of the International Monetary System -- by Emmanuel Farhi, Matteo...
We propose a simple model of the international monetary system. We study the world supply and demand for reserve assets denominated in different currencies under a variety of scenarios: a Hegemon vs. a...
View ArticleCarbon Emissions and Business Cycles -- by Hashmat Khan, Christopher R....
U.S. carbon dioxide emissions are highly procyclical--they increase during expansions and fall during recessions. Given this empirical fact, we estimate the response of emissions to four prominent...
View ArticleHousehold Risk Management -- by Adriano A. Rampini, S. Viswanathan
Households' insurance against shocks to income, health and other non-discretionary expenditures, and asset values (that is, household risk management) is limited, especially for poor households. We...
View ArticleExperimental Evidence on the Demand for and Costs of Rural Electrification --...
We present results from an experiment that randomized the expansion of electric grid infrastructure in rural Kenya. Electricity distribution is the canonical example of a natural monopoly. Randomized...
View ArticleReturns to Education: The Causal Effects of Education on Earnings, Health and...
This paper estimates returns to education using a dynamic model of educational choice that synthesizes approaches in the structural dynamic discrete choice literature with approaches used in the...
View ArticleHeight and Cognition at Work: Labor Market Productivity in a Low Income...
Taller workers earn more, particularly in lower income settings. It has been argued that adult height is a marker of strength which is rewarded in the labor market, a proxy for cognitive performance or...
View ArticleThe Economics of "Radiator Springs:" Industry Dynamics, Sunk Costs,...
Interstate Highway openings were permanent, anticipated demand shocks that increased gasoline demand and sometimes shifted it spatially. We investigate supply responses to these demand shocks, using...
View ArticleThe Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions -- by Carlos Dobkin, Amy...
We examine some economic impacts of hospital admissions using an event study approach in two datasets: survey data from the Health and Retirement Study, and hospital admissions data linked to consumer...
View ArticleGainfully Employed? Assessing the Employment and Earnings of For-Profit...
We draw on population-level administrative data from the U.S. Department of Education and the Internal Revenue Service to quantify the impact of for-profit college attendance on the employment and...
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