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Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report For Week Ended 21 November 2014

Date 21/11/2014

A turnover of 1.359 billion shares worth N14.565 billion in 20,844 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of The Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.850 billion shares valued at N30.863 billion that exchanged hands last week in 27,397 deals.

FIA Elects Two New Board Members

Date 21/11/2014

FIA today announced the election of two new members to its board of directors: Tom Kadlec, president of ADM Investor Services, and George Simonetti, managing director and head of Markets Clearing and Futures Execution in Wells Fargo Securities’ Markets Division.

SEC Charges CEO And Close Friend With Insider Trading Ahead Of Company Sale

Date 21/11/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against a then-CEO and a close friend he provided with confidential details about his New Jersey-based company’s nonpublic merger discussions that enabled the friend to make $164,260 in trading profits after it was sold to a private equity firm.

TOM MTF statistics Week 47 2014

Date 21/11/2014

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 47, 2014.

The FCA’s New Competition Powers: What Do They Mean For The Financial Services Industry? - Speech By Deb Jones, Director Of Competition At The FCA, At A Scottish Financial Enterprise Lunch, Hosted By Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, Edinburgh.

Date 21/11/2014

Introduction 

I want to thank Scottish Financial Enterprise for inviting me here to speak today and Maclay and Murray & Spens for their hospitality. I’m here as Director of Competition at the Financial Conduct Authority. Although I’m based down in London in the Competition Department, I work just as closely with colleagues in Edinburgh as those in Canary Wharf.

Deirdre Somers, CEO Of The Irish Stock Exchange, Talks About Leadership To Executive MBA students In University College Cork

Date 21/11/2014

Deirdre Somers, the CEO of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE), has today returned to her alma mater, University College Cork (UCC), to deliver a guest lecture on leadership to students of UCC’s Executive MBA programme.

OECD Russia Corporate Governance Roundtable

Date 21/11/2014

The last of OECD Russia"s three annual corporate governance roundtables took place on 19 November.

Testimony, By Federal Reserve Governor Daniel K. Tarullo, On “Physical Commodities” Before The Permanent Subcommitee On Investigations, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

Date 21/11/2014

Chairman Levin, Ranking Member McCain, and other members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify at today's hearing. Let me begin by also thanking the subcommittee for its work on issues raised by the physical commodities activities of financial holding companies. Based on my quick perusal of the report you issued Wednesday, I am sure it will be an important input into our deliberations at the Federal Reserve on how we might adjust our regulatory and supervisory programs to address the risks that can be associated with these activities.

Boost Employee Stock Ownership Plan Business Refine Information Disclosure Requirement - Shenzhen Stock Exchange Issue Memo Of Information Disclosure On Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Date 21/11/2014

In order to carry out Guidance on Trial of Employee Stock Ownership Plan of Public Companies(hereinafter referred as Guidance) issued by China Securities Regulatory Commission, propel and guide the public companies to carry out employee stock ownership plan in compliance with law effectively, and standardize the information disclosure of the public companies and relevant parties, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) recently issued Memo of Information Disclosure on Employee Stock Ownership Plan(hereinafter referred as Memo).

NSD Launches New Electronic Matching Services

Date 21/11/2014

National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has launched new electronic matching services for OTC transactions. Now the company’s clients can receive  information about potential counter instructions for OTC transactions with securities.