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New York State Department Of Financial Services Announces PricewaterhouseCoopers Regulatory Advisory Services Will Face 24-Month Consulting Suspension - Pay $25 Million; Implement Reforms After Misconduct During Work At Bank Of Tokyo Mitsubishi

Date 18/08/2014
- Under Pressure from BTMU Executives, PwC Removed Warning in Report to Regulators Regarding the Bank's Scheme to Falsify Wire Transfer Data for Sanctioned Clients
- PwC Director: "[I]f you find something at this point it will open up a whole other can of worms." . . . "[To] raise an issue of data completeness at this point does not do anyone, especially the bank, any good."
- Today's Action Follows NYDFS One-year Suspension of Deloitte FAS for Misconduct During Standard Chartered Consulting Work
SIFMA Announces Changes To The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index

Date 18/08/2014

SIFMA today announced it has made changes to the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index to enhance benchmark transparency, reliability and access for all users.
EBA Publishes New XBRL Taxonomy For Remittance Of Supervisory Reporting As Of 31 December 2014

Date 18/08/2014

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a new XBRL taxonomy to be used by competent authorities for remittance of data under the EBA Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting. The new taxonomy will have as reference date 31 December 2014 onwards and will be used for the first reports on asset encumbrance and funding plans. The new taxonomy presents the data items, business concepts, relations, visualisations and validation rules described by the EBA Data Point Model (DPM) which are contained in the ITS on supervisory reporting and in the EBA Guidelines on definitions and templates on funding plans.
SEC Charges Former Bank Executive And Friend With Insider Trading Ahead Of Acquisition

Date 18/08/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former bank executive in Massachusetts and his friend with insider trading in advance of the bank’s acquisition of another financial institution.
FINRA Charges Wedbush Securities For Systemic Market Access Violations, Anti-Money Laundering And Supervisory Deficiencies

Date 18/08/2014

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has filed a complaint against Los Angeles-based Wedbush Securities Inc. for systemic supervisory and anti-money laundering (AML) violations in connection with providing direct market access and sponsored access to broker-dealers and non-registered market participants.

Thomson Reuters And West Point's Combating Terrorism Center Release New Study On Illicit Behavior - Connectivity Between Terrorist And Criminal Activity Is Highest In Developed, Resource-Rich Countries, And Those With Policies Actively Supporting Criminal Elements Bucking Conventional Assumptions

Date 18/08/2014

Thomson Reuters today announced the publication of a new study in conjunction with The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, which looks at the interrelationship between illicit activity in economic and political arenas. The report, Risky Business: The Global Threat Network and the Politics of Contraband, utilizes Thomson Reuters Accelus World-Check data and examines the relationships of those who produce and profit from illicit activity for financial or political purposes.
BM&FBOVESPA Clearinghouse Starts Operating

Date 18/08/2014
- New clearinghouse infrastructure a milestone in the evolution of Brazil’s financial and capital markets.
- BM&FBOVESPA Clearinghouse goes into operation using the new Closeout Risk Evaluation (CORE) integrated risk calculation system, one of the most secure and efficient in the world.
- First phase is the migration of the exchange-traded and OTC derivatives market.
Exegy, TMX Datalinx And FIF Launch MarketDataPeaks Service In Canada

Date 18/08/2014

Exegy Inc., the market data appliance company, TMX Datalinx®, the information services division of TMX Group, and the Financial Information Forum (FIF) announced today the launch of the first Canadian website to track real-time market data messaging rates at no charge for the Canadian markets.
Swedish National Pension Fund To Use SuperDerivatives’ Market Data

Date 18/08/2014

AP3, the third Swedish national pension fund, one of five buffer funds within the Swedish national pension system, has selected SuperDerivatives’ award-winning market data, DataX, for investment analysis and valuation.
DGCX Moves To New Offices In The DMCC Free Zone

Date 18/08/2014

Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), the region’s first derivatives exchange, has announced that it has moved to a new permanent office in the DMCC Free Zone, the global gateway for commodity trade and enterprise in Dubai and the region.