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Date 16/07/2013
Barclays Appoints Group Finance Director
Barclays announces that Tushar Morzaria will be appointed as Group Finance Director to succeed Chris Lucas in this role. Chris announced in February 2013 his intention to retire.
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Date 16/07/2013
Proposed Amendments To The 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions – Implementation Timing Proposal And List Of Key Changes
This note has been prepared by a working group under ISDA’s Credit Steering Committee to provide guidance on proposed timing for implementation ofa revised version of ISDA’s Credit Derivatives Definitions and a high level description of key areas where the working group anticipates proposing changes to those Definitions. This note does not constitute legal advice to any interested person from ISDA or the Credit Steering Committee. Further, neither ISDA nor the Credit Steering Committee undertake any duty of care, nor shall they otherwise be liable, to any interested person.
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Date 16/07/2013
UK's Financial Conduct Authority Fines Swinton Group Limited £7.38 Million For Mis-Selling Monthly Add-On Insurance Policies
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Swinton Group Limited (Swinton), one of the largest insurance retailers on the high street, £7,380,400 for mis-selling. The FCA found that Swinton’s aggressive sales strategy meant that it failed to treat customers fairly in its telephone sales of monthly add-on insurance policies.
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Date 16/07/2013
European Commission: Capital Requirements - CRD IV/CRR – Frequently Asked Questions
1. CONTEXT
Why was a revision of the Capital Requirements Directive necessary?
The package adopted by Council and Parliament and published in the Official Journal on 27 June 2013 builds on the lessons learnt from the recent crisis that has shown that losses in the financial sector can be extremely large when a downturn is preceded by a period of excessive credit growth. The financial crisis revealed vulnerabilities in the regulation and supervision of the banking system at European and global level. Institutions entered the crisis with capital of insufficient quantity and quality and, in order to safeguard financial stability, governments had to provide unprecedented support to the banking sector in many countries (i).
The overarching goal of the new rules is to strengthen the resilience of the EU banking sector so it would be better placed to absorb economic shocks while ensuring that banks continue to finance economic activity and growth.
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Date 16/07/2013
SGX: “Born To Trade” Builds On Rich Legacy Of Futures Trading In Singapore
Singapore Exchange (SGX) launches its “Born to Trade” initiative to support the futures trading profession and expand its community. Tapping on the 30-year rich and extraordinary legacy of derivatives trading in Singapore, the initiative also brings to the forefront the contributions of former and current traders towards the development of the Singapore derivatives market.
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Date 16/07/2013
Ex-Mortgage Advisor Sentenced To Two Years After UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Action
On Friday 12 July, at Maidstone Crown Court, following criminal action brought by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Michael Joseph James Lewis was sentenced to two years in prison on two counts of making/supplying documentation for use in fraud and ten counts of carrying on a mortgage advisory business despite being prohibited from doing so.
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Date 16/07/2013
ICAP’s Labour Market Indices Show Improved Year-On-Year Hiring Demand But Increased Competition For Jobs Following Recent Improvements
June data for the UK Labour Market Indices (UK LMI) shows higher vacancy levels compared to 2012 but increased applications per vacancy. Despite in-month vacancy declines, the ICAP Vacancy Index remains positive, growing 2.39pts in June. After recent improvements however, the ICAP Unemployment Index grew by 4.1% in June to reach levels 29% above 2012.
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Date 16/07/2013
Fidessa Extends Derivatives Capabilities With Susquehanna - Top Broker Joins Fidessa Community For Options Execution
Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) has today announced that Global Execution Brokers LP (GEB), a member of the Susquehanna International Group of Companies (Susquehanna), has joined the Fidessa community to offer options execution capabilities to its members. This means that all 750 brokers on the Fidessa network can now route order flow to Susquehanna, one of the largest and most sophisticated options executing brokers in the world, directly through their existing Fidessa connection.
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Date 16/07/2013
Board Succession At AFME
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has named Frédéric Janbon as its Chairman Elect. Frédéric Janbon will take up the role at the end of September when AFME’s current Chairman, Gaël de Boissard, Global Head of Fixed Income, CEO of the EMEA Region and Member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse, stands down.
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Date 16/07/2013
Sharp Rise In The Participation Of Households In The Spanish Stock Market - BME 2012 Report On Share Ownership Structure In Spain
- Non-resident investors remain the main owners of Spanish listed shares, at 39.2% of the market value
- Households are again the second most relevant share owners, a position they had lost to non-financial firms in 2004
- For the first time in 20 years shares beat investment funds as the preferred savings instrument of Spanish families
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