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  • Office Of Financial Research Update - "The Difficult Business Of Measuring Banks’ Liquidity: Understanding The Liquidity Coverage Ratio"

    Date 07/10/2015

    The OFR released a working paper today entitled, "The Difficult Business of Measuring Banks’ Liquidity: Understanding the Liquidity Coverage Ratio" and an accompanying blog by Greg Feldberg, OFR Acting Deputy Director for Research and Analysis. The paper uses a series of increasingly complex examples to demonstrate issues in analyzing the Liquidity Coverage Ratio, a new metric bank regulators adopted after the financial crisis to help ensure banks maintain enough liquid assets to cover their financial obligations during times of stress.

  • Qatar Stock Exchange Announces Rights Issues Selling Mechanism

    Date 07/10/2015

    With reference to Selling Rights Issue Rules issued by QFMA pursuant to its Board decision no. (3) for the year 2014 dated 09.03.2014, published in the Official Gazette(fifth edition dated 25.03.2014). And further to the Qatar Stock Exchange Rulebook,QSE would like to inform you of the following:

    First: Purpose:

    The purpose of this Market Notice is to define the rights issues selling and pricing mechanism in QSE, in light of the QFMA regulations in this regards and in particular Article (7a) of the Rules. 

  • Blackstone Charged With Disclosure Failures - Private Equity Advisers To Pay Nearly $39 Million Settlement

    Date 07/10/2015

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that three private equity fund advisers within The Blackstone Group have agreed to pay nearly $39 million to settle charges that they failed to fully inform investors about benefits that the advisers obtained from accelerated monitoring fees and discounts on legal fees.  Nearly $29 million of the settlement will be distributed to affected fund investors.

  • EBA Launches Call For Expression Of Interest For New Members Of Its Stakeholders Group

    Date 07/10/2015

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a call for expression of interest for membership to its Banking Stakeholder Group (BSG), as the mandate for the majority of its members will expire in April 2016. The call for expression of interest is open to candidates representing stakeholders across the European Union. The deadline for application is 15 December 2015.

  • FINRA Expels Halcyon Cabot Partners And Bars CEO And CCO For Fraud, Sales Practice Abuses, And Widespread Supervisory And AML Failures - Firm Engaged In Scheme To Conceal Kickback Of Private Placement Fees

    Date 07/10/2015

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has expelled New York-based Halcyon Cabot Partners, Ltd., and barred Chief Executive Officer Michael Morris and Chief Compliance Officer Ronald Heineman from the securities industry, for fraud, sales practice abuses, and widespread supervisory and anti-money laundering failures. FINRA found that Halcyon, Morris and Heineman engaged in a scheme to conceal a kickback of private placement fees.