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Maitland Launches AIFMD Fund Platform In Luxembourg

Date 16/05/2014

Maitland has received approval from the Luxembourg regulator (CSSF Luxembourg) for its Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (AIFMD) compliant management company and its specialised investment fund. This together provides fund managers with a solution to the regulatory and supervisory burden associated with the AIFMD, enabling them to focus on their core fund management activities.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Malayan Banking Berhad To List Yen-Denominated Foreign Bond On TOKYO PRO-BOND Market With Value Of JPY 31.1 Billion

Date 16/05/2014

Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange approved a yen-denominated bond with a total value of JPY 31.1 billion (Fixed-interest corporate bond) from Malayan Banking Berhad (http://www.maybank.com/en/investor-relations.page) for listing on the professional-oriented TOKYO PRO-BOND Market.
Platts: Global Petrochemical Prices Continued Slow Slide, Down 1% In April

Date 16/05/2014

Prices in the $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market fell another 1% in April to $1,363 per metric ton (/mt), down just $8/mt from March, according to the monthly Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI), released today on the sidelines of the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference in Pattaya, Thailand. The PGPI is a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals and is published by Platts, a leading global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider and a top source of benchmark price references.
SGX Clears Over USD 3 Billion In Non-Deliverable Interest Rate Swap

Date 16/05/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has cleared more than USD 3 billion notional worth of Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) and Thai Baht (THB) Non-Deliverable Interest Rate Swaps (NDIRS) since its launch a month ago on 7 April 2014.
Michel Barnier, Member Of The European Commission, Responsible For Internal Market And Services - Creating A Financial Architecture That Supports Cross-Border Banking - Conference On Ensuring Sustainable Finance In Transition Economies, Warsaw, 16 May 2014

Date 16/05/2014

Thank you Ralph Atkins for moderating, and thanks to President Marek Belka and the National Bank of Poland, Suma Chakrabarti and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and to Tim Adams and the Institute of International Finance for inviting me to this conference.

ESMA Announces Creation Of Consultative Working Group For The MDRWG

Date 16/05/2014

Following the call for expressions of interest published in December 2013, ESMA today announces the creation of the Consultative Working group of the Market Data Reporting Working Group.
ICAP launches UK SEF - IGDL, The First Global SEF, Regulated By The CFTC & FCA

Date 16/05/2014

ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announced yesterday that its UK subsidiary, ICAP Global Derivatives Limited (IGDL), has officially launched having received temporary Swap Execution Facility (SEF) approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). IGDL is the first global SEF and Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF), regulated by both the CFTC and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Report -16 May, 2014

Date 16/05/2014

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly report.
Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Influential Economist And Former U.S. Under Secretary For International Affairs, Professor John B. Taylor, Appointed As MAS Term Professor At National University Of Singapore

Date 16/05/2014

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have jointly appointed Professor John B. Taylor, the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University, and the George P Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution, as the MAS Term Professor in Economics and Finance from 18 to 25 May 2014. Prof Taylor will be hosted by the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ Department of Economics, the NUS Business School, and the Economic Policy Group at the MAS during the term of the Professorship.
Consumer Credit Firms Must Raise Advertising Standards, Says UK's Financial Conduct Authority

Date 16/05/2014

Credit firms need to do more to ensure their adverts and promotions do not mislead potential customers. The findings come as Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) statistics show that one in five adverts from consumer credit firms, for products including payday loans, fell short of the FCA’s financial promotion expectations - although most firms were quick to make changes once the shortcomings were pointed out.