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European Banking Authority Publishes Consumer Trends Report

Date 28/02/2014

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its annual report on consumer trends, giving an overview of the analysis carried out in the area of consumer protection and financial innovation. The report identifies the consumer issues that may arise, or have arisen, from these trends, and describes the approaches the EBA will be taking in 2014 to address them.

Financial Stability Board Completes Peer Review Of Indonesia

Date 28/02/2014

The Financial Stability Board(FSB) published today its peer review of Indonesia.

Speech By Federal Reserve Governor Jeremy C. Stein At The 2014 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum, New York, New York, February 28, 2014, Comments On "Market Tantrums And Monetary Policy"

Date 28/02/2014

I am delighted to have the opportunity to discuss the paper "Market Tantrums and Monetary Policy." It is timely, provocative, and extremely insightful. Let me start by summarizing what I take to be the paper's main messages.¹ First, the authors argue that policymakers should pay careful attention not just to measures of leverage in the banking and shadow banking sectors, but also to the financial stability risks that might arise from the behavior of unlevered asset managers, such as those running various types of bond funds. Notably, assets under management in fixed-income funds have grown dramatically in the years since the onset of the financial crisis, even while various measures of financial-sector leverage have either continued to decline or remained subdued. 

European Banking Authority Consults On Draft Technical Standards On The Margin Periods For Risk Used For The Treatment Of Clearing Members' Exposures To Clients

Date 28/02/2014

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launches today a consultation on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) aimed at specifying the minimum margin periods of risk (MPOR) that institutions acting as clearing members may use for the calculation of their capital requirements for exposures to clients. These RTS will be part of the Single Rulebook aimed at enhancing regulatory harmonisation in the banking sector in the European Union. The consultation runs until 9 May 2014.

NYSE Member Firms Report Fourth-Quarter 2013 Results

Date 28/02/2014

New York Stock Exchange member firms that conduct business with the public reported a fourth-quarter 2013 after-tax profit of $2.07 billion and revenues of approximately $41.7 billion, compared with a $2.2 billion after-tax profit on revenues of about $37.7 billion in the third-quarter of 2013.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Expands Commodity Index Family With Forward Versions Of S&P GSCI And S&P GSCI Single Capped Commodities

Date 28/02/2014

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of forward 6- and 12-month versions of the S&P GSCI® and forward 3-, 6- and 12-month versions of the S&P GSCI Single Commodities index that apply Capped Component rules. Each of these indices is designed to measure commodity markets while seeking to reduce negative roll yield in times of contango.

Borsa Italiana: "Best European Exchange For Listing ETFs"

Date 28/02/2014

Borsa Italiana is awarded ‘Best European Exchange for ETF Listings by etfexpress

Dalian Commodity Exchange Announces Benchmark Listing Price Of PP Futures Contracts

Date 28/02/2014

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Confirms Tough New Rules For £200bn Consumer Credit Market

Date 28/02/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed the final rules that will govern the £200bn a year consumer credit market, which includes approximately 50,000 firms, from 1 April 2014.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On The Benchmark Listing Price Of PP Futures Contracts

Date 28/02/2014