News Centre

ESMA Vacancy Notice - Policy Officer - Investment Management (deadline: 04/01/2016)

Date 08/12/2015

ESMA is looking for a Policy Officer - Investment Management (REF.: ESMA/2015/VAC32/AD5).

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Publishes Consultation Conclusions On Client Agreement Requirements

Date 08/12/2015

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today released consultation conclusions on the Further Consultation on the Client Agreement Requirements.

Testimony Of CFTC Chairman Timothy G. Massad Before The U.S. House Committee On Financial Services, Washington, DC

Date 08/12/2015

Thank you Chairman Hensarling, Ranking Member Waters and distinguished members of this Committee. I appreciate the opportunity to testify today.

You have asked me to set forth my views on the agenda, operations and structure of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), and to discuss the perspective I bring to its deliberations as one of ten voting members.

Aequitas Aims To Break The Virtual Canadian Market Data Monopoly - Filed Complaint With The Competition Bureau Of Canada Over Anti-Competitive Practices By TMX Group

Date 08/12/2015

Aequitas Innovations Inc. (Aequitas) has filed a formal complaint with the Competition Bureau of Canada, requesting a federal investigation into certain anti-competitive practices of the TMX Group. Aequitas believes that the TMX Group is using its dominant market position to maintain control over the pricing of market data in the Canadian capital markets. 

BISTECH Transformation Will Bring To Turkey One of the Most Advanced Exchange Technologies In The World

Date 08/12/2015

Having performed several successful transformations since the overhaul of Capital Markets Law in 2012 including; opening new markets, developing new products, and establishing strategic global partnerships, Borsa İstanbul and Turkish Capital Markets are excited these days with a new achievement.

Testimony On “Oversight Of The Financial Stability Oversight Council”, SEC Chair Mary Jo White, Before The Committee On Financial Services, United States House Of Representative

Date 08/12/2015

Chairman Hensarling, Ranking Member Waters, and Members of the Committee:

Thank you for inviting me to testify regarding the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council). Below I highlight my perspective on the Council and my role on it.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) established the Council to provide comprehensive monitoring of the stability of our nation's financial system.

Intercontinental Exchange Announces Expected Closing Date For Acquisition Of Interactive Data Corporation

Date 08/12/2015

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced it has received all required regulatory approvals and now expects to close the acquisition of Interactive Data Corporation (Interactive Data) on or around December 14, 2015.

Bank Of America Merrill Lynch Is Institutional Investor's Top Global Research Firm Of 2015 - Firm Widens Its Lead Over No. 2 J.P. Morgan In Annual Ranking Of Aggregated Survey Results

Date 08/12/2015

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is Institutional Investor's Top Global Research Firm of the Year for a fifth straight year. The bank amassed a total of 242 positions across the 12 research team surveys that II published in 2015.

trueEX Teams With J.P. Morgan And RBS To Introduce - ‘No-touch’ Swaps Trading For Buy-Side

Date 08/12/2015

trueEX, the fastest growing swap execution facility (SEF), along with J.P. Morgan and RBS, today announced the launch of trueFIX, a real-time, automated execution and processing solution for all US dollar, Euro and UK Sterling swaps.

EPEX SPOT: Success Of 15-Minute Contracts Reveals Potential For Further Auctions - Exchange Council Calls For Development Of Demand Response With Power Exchanges As Key Contributor

Date 08/12/2015

At the quarterly meeting of the Exchange Council of the European Power Exchange in Vienna, the success of the 15-minute auction on the German Intraday market was highlighted. Since its introduction in December 2014, volumes have experienced constant growth. In the past months the auction has pooled as much volume as the continuous 15-minute market – on average more than 10 GWh are traded per trading session. The sum of both 15-minute continuous and auction volumes in October 2015 shows a 42% increase in 15-minute contract trading compared to October 2014, while similar amount of energy from solar and wind have been generated during these two months. Moreover, since the auction go-live, the share of 15-minute products traded on the EPEX SPOT intraday markets has been increasing from 18% to 24% of the total Intraday volume. In the light of this success, EPEX SPOT is investigating the interest of the market and analysing the potential additional auctions on its Intraday markets.