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SEC Charges Woman And Stepson For Involvement In ZeekRewards Ponzi And Pyramid Scheme

Date 20/12/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against a woman and her stepson for their involvement in a North Carolina-based Ponzi and pyramid scheme that the agency shut down last year.
EBA Consults On Disclosure Of Encumbered And Unencumbered Assets

Date 20/12/2013

The EBA launched today a public consultation on draft Guidelines on disclosure of encumbered and unencumbered assets aimed at providing transparent and harmonised information on the subject across EU Member States. The consultation runs until 20 March 2014.
Bank Of America Merrill Lynch Announces 2014 Composition And Weights For The Merrill Lynch Commodity Index eXtra

Date 20/12/2013

Bank of America Merrill Lynch today announced the 2014 composition and weights for the Merrill Lynch Commodity index eXtraSM (MLCX). The MLCX is designed to provide a liquid, consistent, representative and cost-efficient benchmark for commodity market performance and for investment in commodities as an asset class. The MLCX contains the following six market sectors: Energy, Base Metals, Precious Metals, Grains & Oil Seeds, Livestock, and Soft Commodities & Others.
EBA Publishes Final Guidelines On Capital Measures For FX Lending To Unhedged Borrowers Under The SREP

Date 20/12/2013

The European Banking Authority (EBA) today published its final Guidelines on capital measures for FX lending to unhedged borrowers under the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP). These Guidelines bring forward supervisory convergence across the EU and address the ESRB Recommendation, following their 2011 Report on lending in Foreign Currencies[1], mandating the EBA to draft Guidelines on this specific aspect.
TOM MTF Statistics Week 51 - Daily Volume Record

Date 20/12/2013

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 51 - 2013.

EBA Publishes Technical Advice On Possible Treatments Of Unrealised Gains

Date 20/12/2013

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its technical advice on possible treatments of unrealised gains measured at fair value. The advice provides specific recommendations that will inform the European Commission (EC) as to whether changes to legislation should be introduced in order to sterilise the effect of unrealised gains on regulatory capital (so-called "prudential filters").
Public Responses To The August 2013 Proposed Regulatory Framework For Haircuts On Non-centrally Cleared Securities Financing Transactions

Date 20/12/2013

The FSB published in August 2013 its report entitled Policy Framework for Addressing Shadow Banking Risks in Securities Lending and Repos, that included consultative proposals on minimum standards for methodologies to calculate haircuts on non-centrally cleared securities financing transactions and a framework of numerical haircut floors (in Annex 2 of the report).
VP Rehn’s Comments To Media On Standard & Poor’s Downgrading Of EU From AAA (Negative Outlook) To AA+ (Stable Outlook)

Date 20/12/2013

The Commission takes note that S&P has lowered the EU´s long-term rating to AA+, while at the same time changing the outlook to stable.
MARF Receives Its First Issue Launched By COPASA - To The Value Of € 50 Million

Date 20/12/2013

The Mercado Alternativo de Renta Fija (MARF), a new financing alternative developed by BME, today admitted the first issue, launched by the company COPASA, through a senior unsecured bond placement, for a value of €50 million.
IOSCO Publishes Report On Regulation Of Retail Structured Products

Date 20/12/2013

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today published the final report onRegulation of Retail Structured Products, which provides a toolkit outlining regulatory options that securities regulators may find useful to regulate retail structured products.