• Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing walks away from its planned takeover of the London Stock Exchange Group
• The SEC extends its no-action relief related to MiFID II's unbundling rules
• Cboe Europe CEO Mark Hemsley to step down
• France's Autorité des Marchés Financier assesses closing-auction growth
• Euronext lays out new strategic plan
• Deutsche Börse-subsidiary Tradegate acquires Equiduct
• Cboe Europe launches new EU venue as Brexit preparations accelerate
• FCA hits out at ESMA criticism on derivatives rule