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Statement On Passing Of Former SEC Chairman Rod Hills - Chair Mary Jo White

Date 30/10/2014

Roderick M. Hills, who passed away yesterday, had a brilliant legal career and was a man of great character.  He served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1975 to 1977, with distinction.  Chairman Hills was a true champion for America’s investors.  The SEC has lost a strong leader and friend.  Our deepest sympathy goes out to his loved ones.

New Reports Identify How The Insurance And Investment Industries Can Benefit From Standards

Date 30/10/2014

• Studies find that standards can play a significant role in helping Insurance industry analyse and assess risk through better modelling
• Standards can bolster existing industry codes increasing investor confidence by improving disclosure, verification processes and transparency
• Standards can create greater efficiency and clarity by standardizing contracts, product design and policy wording

OCC Revises Process For Managing Matters Requiring Attention

Date 30/10/2014

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today published revised policy and procedures for how it manages Matters Requiring Attention (MRA) resulting from its examination of supervised institutions.

BISX Q3, 2014 Statistical Report - January To September 2014 Statistical Report

Date 30/10/2014

BISX is pleased to announce its BISX All-Share Index and trading statistics for the nine month period ending September 30, 2014 with comparison to the same period of 2013.

Biggest Ever Cyber Security Exercise In Europe Today

Date 30/10/2014

More than 200 organisations and 400 cyber-security professionals from 29 European countries are testing their readiness to counter cyber-attacks in a day-long simulation, organised by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). In Cyber Europe 2014 experts from the public and private sectors including cyber security agencies, national Computer Emergency Response Teams, ministries, telecoms companies, energy companies, financial institutions and internet service providers are testing their procedures and capabilities against in a life-like, large-scale cyber-security scenario.

First 'Equivalence' Decisions For Central Counterparty Regulatory Regimes Adopted Today

Date 30/10/2014

The European Commission has today adopted its first 'equivalence' decisions for the regulatory regimes of central counterparties (CCPs) in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.

ECB Appoints Executing Asset Managers For The ABS Purchase Programme

Date 30/10/2014

• ECB contracts four executing asset managers for the Asset-Backed Securities Purchase Programme

• Buying decisions remain sole responsibility of the Eurosystem

• Purchases expected to start in the course of November, after the legal act is published

ECB Publishes Regulation On Supervisory Fees

Date 30/10/2014

• Regulation on supervisory fees sets out how the ECB recovers its expenditures for supervising the banking sector covered by the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM)

• ECB to fully assume its supervisory tasks on 4 November 2014

EBA, ESMA And EIOPA Publish Addendum To Joint Consultation On Mapping Of ECAIs

Date 30/10/2014

The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA - ESAs) published today an addendum to the joint consultation on the mapping of the credit assessments to risk weights of External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs). The addendum provides further details on the application of the rules proposed in the draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) in relation to particular ECAIs and is to be considered as an extension of the consultation process. The consultation period will be reopened until 30 November 2014 in order to collect additional comments.

Speech By Chair Janet L. Yellen At The National Summit On Diversity In The Economics Profession, Washington, D.C., October 30, 2014, Welcoming Remarks

Date 30/10/2014

I am very pleased that the American Economic Association (AEA) and the Federal Reserve Board have organized this conference on an important issue for our profession.