Activity this week

Increased dividends

Ally Financial .12 from .08 Carnival .40 from .30 Chemical Financial .29 from .27

Conagra Brands .2125 from .20

Consolidated Tomoka Land .05S from .04S Exponent .21 from .18 Greene County Bancorp .0975 from .095

Hanmi Financial .21 from .19 Healthsouth .25 from .24 Herman Miller .18 from .17

Hope Bancorp .13 from .12

Landmark Infrastructure .355 from .3525 Linday .30 from .29 Mercantile Bank Corp .19 from .18

Morgan Stanley .25 from .20

Newmont Mining .075 from .05

Northern Trust .42 from .38

Phillips 66 Partners .615 from .586

Shell Midstream Partners .3041 from .291 Smucker .78 from .75 Stanley Black & Decker .63 from .58

Transmontaigne Partners .74 from .725

Two River Bancorp .045 from .04

United Community Finl .04 from .03

Union Bankshares .29 from .28

Unum Group .23 from .20

Valero Energy Partners .455 from .4275

Western Gas .5275 from .49125

g- Canadian funds

Stock splits this week

Cerulean Pharma 1-for10 reverse split

DryShips 1-for-7 reverse split

MFC Bancorp 1-for-100 reverse split

Acquisitions and mergers

KCG Holdings-Virtu Financial (1.4B)

Panera Bread Co.-JAB Holdings (7.5B)

Syneron Medical-Apax Partners (397M)

New stock listings NYSE American Homes 4 Rent 5.875pc pfd G BBX Capital Seaspan 8.2pc pfd G Nasdaq Global and Global Select Markets

Brighthouse Financial when issued PetIQ Playa Hotels & Resorts warrants

Stocks removed from trading NYSE Chesapeake Lodging Trust 7.75pc pfd A Korea Equity Fund SCE Trust 5.625pc pfd F Terreno Realty 7.75pc pfd A

Vornado Realty Trust when issued

Name changes

Cerulean Phama to Dar Bioscience

Wecast Network to Seven Stars Cloud Group