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UK's Financial Conduct Authority Fines RBS And NatWest For Failures In Mortgage Advice Process

Date 27/08/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest £14,474,600 for serious failings in their advised mortgage sales business.
MNI Russia Business Sentiment Survey - August 2014

Date 27/08/2014

The MNI Russia Business Indicator declined 3.1 points to 51.5 in August from 54.6 in July as the imposition of tougher sanctions by the EU and US hit companies’ access to credit.
Westpac MNI China CSI Falls To 113.3 in August From 114.8 In July - Personal Finances Weaken Amid Poor Employment Outlook

Date 27/08/2014

Consumer sentiment fell slightly in August, from July’s already historically low level, hit by a sharp deterioration in consumers’ views about their current financial situation amid a weak employment outlook.
HKEx: Update On Legal Proceedings: US District Court For The Southern District Of New York Issues Ruling On LME’s Motion To Dismiss Pending Class Actions On Grounds Of Sovereign Immunity

Date 27/08/2014

As disclosed in the announcements on 4 and 7 August 2013 as well as on 14 March and 13 May 2014 (collectively, the “Announcements”), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx” or the “Company”), along with its subsidiaries, The London Metal Exchange (“LME”) and LME Holdings Limited (“LMEH”), were named as co-defendants in class action lawsuits filed in the United States (“US”) regarding alleged anti-competitive and monopolistic behaviour in connection with aluminium metal warehousing.
CFTC Orders Merrill Lynch To Pay $1.2 Million Fine For Supervision Failures - Firm’s Supervisory Failures Over Fee Processing Led To Client Overcharges At Times

Date 27/08/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (Merrill Lynch) for failing to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ processing of futures exchange and clearing fees charged to its customers from at least January 1, 2010 through April 2013. Merrill Lynch is a CFTC-registered Futures Commission Merchant and approved swap firm located in New York, New York.

SEC Announces Pilot Plan to Assess Stock Market Tick Size Impact for Smaller Companies

Date 27/08/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed a proposal to establish a national market system plan to implement a targeted 12-month pilot program that will widen minimum quoting and trading increments (tick sizes) for certain stocks with smaller capitalization. The Commission plans to use the pilot program to assess whether such changes would enhance market quality for smaller capitalization stocks for the benefit of investors and issuers.
Methodology Change To The NASDAQ-100 Index - December Modification To Fully Reflect Market Cap Of N-100 Companies

Date 27/08/2014

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced changes to the methodology of the NASDAQ-100 Index® (Nasdaq:NDX).
Federal Reserve Board: Minutes Of The Board's Discount Rates Meetings From July 14 And July 28, 2014

Date 26/08/2014

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meetings for July 14 and July 28, 2014.
NASDAQ Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date August 15, 2014

Date 26/08/2014

At the end of the settlement date of August 15, 2014, short interest in 2,237 NASDAQ Global MarketSM securities totaled 8,021,392,824 shares compared with 8,235,627,809 shares in 2,227 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of July 31, 2014. The Mid-August short interest represents 4.44 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.94 days for the prior reporting period.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Closed On Labor Day

Date 26/08/2014

FERC will be closed Monday, September 1, 2014 in observance of Labor Day.