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The Second Asian Monetary Policy Forum Addresses Regional Financial Issues

Date 29/05/2015

The second Asian Monetary Policy Forum (AMPF) takes place in Singapore today at the Pan Pacific Hotel.  Held in conjunction with the annual conference of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER), the Forum is co-organised and funded by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). 

GoldMoney Customers Find Reasons To Buy - GoldMoney Weekly Market Report And Customer Metrics

Date 29/05/2015

GoldMoney customers have been bucking the general market trend and buying up the yellow metal this week.

SIFMA’s Asset Management Group Urges FSB And IOSCO To Drop Efforts To Create Systemic Risk Methodology For Asset Managers And Funds

Date 29/05/2015

SIFMA’s Asset Management Group (“SIFMA AMG”) today submitted a comment letter expressing concerns with the second public consultation on Assessment Methodologies for Identifying Non-Bank Non-Insurer Global Systemically Important Financial Institutions, published by the Financial Stability Board (“FSB”) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”). 

CBOE Holdings To Present At Sandler O’Neill 2015 Global Exchange And Brokerage Conference On June 4

Date 28/05/2015

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced CBOE Holdings’ Chief Executive Officer Edward T. Tilly will present at the Sandler O’Neill 2015 Global Exchange and Brokerage Conference in New York on Thursday, June 4, at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Office of Financial Research Update: Systemwide Commonalities In Market Liquidity

Date 28/05/2015

The OFR released a working paper today:

Systemwide Commonalities in Market Liquidity identifies hidden liquidity regimes (high, medium and low) across a broad range of financial markets that can be used for characterizing periods of market stress and identifying underlying predictors of liquidity shocks. This regime might have allowed for meaningful predictions up to 15 trading days in advance of the 2008 financial crisis. These methods offer a potential framework for monitoring and predicting a systemwide collapse in market liquidity, which could signal a collapse of liquidity in the funding markets and a broader financial crisis.

Notice Of Letter Of Arrangement Between The Office Of The Superintendent Of Financial Institutions And The Ontario Securities Commission

Date 28/05/2015

The Ontario Securities Commission recently entered into a Letter of Arrangement with the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), for purposes of facilitating the OSC receiving from OSFI the derivatives data reports required under the exemptive relief granted by the OSC to certain Canadian Banks, under decisions dated December 17, 2014. Under the Letter of Arrangement, the authorities have agreed that, for administrative purposes, the Canadian Banks will submit the reports to OSFI and that, upon receipt, OSFI will send the reports to the OSC.

FIA Launches Innovators Pavilion To Showcase New Technology In The Futures, Options And Cleared Swaps Industry

Date 28/05/2015

FIA announced the launch of Innovators Pavilion, a showcase for startup companies providing forward-thinking solutions for the futures, options and cleared swaps industry. 

OCC Appoints Joseph Kamnik As General Counsel - Cawley Named Senior Vice President And Corporate Secretary

Date 28/05/2015

OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that Joseph Kamnik, currently the firm’s Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel,  has  been promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective June 1. Kamnik will oversee OCC’s legal and regulatory affairs, and provide counsel on a broad range of legal matters to OCC’s management and board of directors. He will report to Craig Donohue, Executive Chairman.

SEC Charges Two Stock Promoters With Conducting Market Manipulation Schemes

Date 28/05/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a pair of penny stock promoters in Canada with manipulating two microcap stocks to create the false appearance of market interest.

Radio Televisione Italiana Lists Its First Ever Bond With The Irish Stock Exchange

Date 28/05/2015

Radio Televisione Italiana, the state owned public radio and television broadcaster, has listed its first debt instrument on the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE). The €350m 1.5% notes due 28 May 2020 are admitted to Main Securities Market (MSM).