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Slide Presentation (PDF): Regarding Audit Committees At SEC Speaks 2014 - Paul Beswick, Chief Accountant, Office of the Chief Accountant, Feb. 25, 2014

Date 25/02/2014

Slide Presentation (PDF): Audit Committee: Back to Basics

CME Group Launches FuturesFundamentals.com Educational Website - New, Interactive Resource Explains How Futures Markets Impact Everyday Life

Date 25/02/2014

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced today that it has launched FuturesFundamentals.com, an innovative educational website to help explain the role of futures markets in everyday life.

Nigeria: Minister Of Finance And Coordinating Minister For The Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Demands Urgent Action On Audit

Date 25/02/2014

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has asked for urgent action with regard to an independent forensic audit of conflicting claims of unaccounted funds made by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamdio Sanusi.

Federal Reserve Governor Daniel K. Tarullo, At The 30th Annual National Association For Business Economics Economic Policy Conference, Arlington, Virginia, February 25, 2014, Monetary Policy And Financial Stability

Date 25/02/2014

The financial crisis and its aftermath prompted an almost immediate call for change in financial regulation. Beyond the basic reaction that prudential regulation needed to be stronger and less subject to arbitrage, considerable support grew for the formerly minority view that regulation also needed to be firmly grounded in a macroprudential perspective explicitly directed at the stability of the financial system as a whole, not just at each regulated firm individually. The crisis also prompted increased attention to the relationship between monetary policy and financial stability. Here the lines of debate seem more sharply drawn than in the area of financial regulation. While few today would take the pre-crisis view common among central bankers that financial stability should not be an explicit concern of monetary policy, there is considerable disagreement over--among other things--the weight that financial stability concerns should carry compared with traditional monetary policy goals of price stability and maximum employment.

Bitcoin: Statement From MtGox

Date 25/02/2014

Dear MtGox Customers,

In the event of recent news reports and the potential repercussions on MtGox's operations and the market, a decision was taken to close all transactions for the time being in order to protect the site and our users. We will be closely monitoring the situation and will react accordingly.

Moscow Exchange Begins Releasing Indicative Swap Rates

Date 25/02/2014

Moscow Exchange began releasing indicative swap rates (swap fixing) on 24 February for RUB/USD swaps with 1W, 2W, 1M, 2M, 3M, 6M, 9M, and 1Y maturities.

Deutsche Börse: DAX Has Been Licensed To Nikko Asset Management To Underlie Passive Mutual Fund In Japan

Date 25/02/2014

Deutsche Börse today announced that the DAX index has been licensed to Nikko Asset Management Co. Ltd., a leading independent investment management firm based in Tokyo, to serve as the basis for a passive mutual fund that will be available on March 10.

ESMA Stakeholder Group Elects Chair And Vice-Chairs

Date 25/02/2014

The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has elected Jesper Lau Hansen as its new Chair, and Judith Hardt and Peter De Proft, as its Vice-Chairs.

Bloomberg Helps Fixed Income Dealers Navigate Electronic Markets

Date 25/02/2014

Today, Bloomberg unveiled its Electronic Trade Order Management Solution, or ETOMS, a managed service used by U.S. regional broker-dealers to access and engage fixed income electronic markets as both liquidity providers and liquidity takers.

EEX: First Trade In Swiss Power Futures Registered For Clearing

Date 25/02/2014

Yesterday, the first trading transaction in Swiss Power Futures was registered on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) for clearing via European Commodity Clearing (ECC). The trade for delivery in the third quarter of 2014, was concluded between EDF Trading Limited and Gunvor International B.V., Geneva Branch, and matched by the broker, GFI Securities Limited. The volume comprised 11,040 megawatt hours traded at a price of EUR 34.65 per MWh.