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Qatar Stock Exchange: Official Business And Trading Hours During The Month Of Ramadan

Date 16/06/2015

Missouri Federal Court Orders Gregory Christopher Evans To Pay A Penalty Of Over $1.2 Million For Fraud And Unauthorized Swaps Trading

Date 16/06/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Senior Judge Ortrie D. Smith of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri entered a Consent Order against Defendant Gregory Christopher Evans imposing a civil monetary penalty of $1,213,578.94 and permanently banning Evans from registering with the CFTC and engaging in any commodity-related activity, including swaps trading. Evans is a resident of Kansas City, Missouri.

EBA Issues Revised List Of ITS Validation Rules

Date 16/06/2015

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules in its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, highlighting those which have been deactivated either for incorrectness or for triggering IT problems. Competent Authorities throughout the EU are informed that data submitted in accordance with these ITS should not be validated against the set of deactivated rules.

US Federal Agencies Finalize Revisions To The Capital Rules Applicable To Advanced Approaches Banking Organizations

Date 16/06/2015

The Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today finalized revisions to the regulatory capital rules adopted in July 2013.

EBA Issues Amended Technical Standards On Leverage Ratio Disclosure And Reporting

Date 16/06/2015

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its updated Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on disclosure and supervisory reporting of leverage ratio for EU institutions. The ITS include changes to templates and instructions to update the leverage ratio disclosure and reporting framework following the Commission's adoption of the Delegated Act on the Leverage Ratio on 10 October 2014. As part of the EU Single Rulebook in the banking sector, these standards aim at harmonising reporting and disclosure of the leverage ratio across the EU by providing institutions with uniform templates and instructions.

Moscow Exchange Pays Out RUB 8.8 Billion In Dividends

Date 16/06/2015

On 16 June 2015, Moscow Exchange completed dividend payments to shareholders for 2014. The dividend was RUB 3.87 per ordinary share for a total of RUB 8.8 billion. This represented 55.12% of the Exchange's 2014 consolidated net profit under IFRS.

SEC Announces Charges Against Retirement Plan Custodian In Connection With Ponzi Scheme

Date 16/06/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against an Ohio-based self-directed IRA provider accused of ignoring red flags for accounts with investments that turned out to be fraudulent.

Wallix Group Lists On Alternext Paris - Raises €9.1 Million, Market Capitalisation €40.9 Million

Date 16/06/2015

EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary dedicated to promoting and growing the market for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs), todaycelebrated the listing of Wallix Group, a software company supplying cyber-security and governance solutions for access to information systems. Wallix Group listed on Alternext in Paris. 

Qatar Central Securities Depository Rises Foreign Ownership Percentage Of Ezdan To 49%

Date 16/06/2015

Qatar Central Securities Depository (QCSD) announced that it had amended the foreign ownership percentage in the shares of the Ezdan Holding Group to become 49% of the company''''s capital, as of Wednesday, June 17, 2015.

Summer Reception: EEX Discusses The Progress Of Market Design With Political Representatives In Berlin - Parliamentary Evening For The Further Implementation Of The Energy Turnaround

Date 16/06/2015

Yesterday evening, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) welcomed numerous representatives from the political sector, associations and the energy industry to its parliamentary summer reception above the rooftops of Berlin. With this event, EEX, which is represented by political offices in Berlin and Brussels, emphasised the major importance that the political sector and regulation have for the business of the energy exchange. Special guests of honour and speakers at the event were Rainer Baake, State Secretary for Energy at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and Thomas Bareiß, Energy Commissioner of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group.