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Steven Maijoor’s Keynote Speech At EuroFinUse Conference On The Better Finance Manifesto - How To Restore European Household’s Confidence In Long Term Savings And Investments

Date 28/03/2014

Steven Maijoor, Chair of ESMA

EuroFinUse Conference on The Better Finance Manifesto, Brussels

TheCityUK Comments On Planned MOU On Renminbi Clearing And Settlement In London

Date 28/03/2014

TheCityUK welcomes the announcement that the Bank of England and the People’s Bank of China have agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on renminbi (RMB) clearing and settlement in London on 31 March 2014, paving the way for the first RMB settlement bank in the UK.

CADES Opens Trading Of Euronext’s European Market To Celebrate Successful Bond Issue - €5 Billion Benchmark Issue Strongly Endorsed By International Investors

Date 28/03/2014

Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE),has congratulated CADES (Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale) on its successful €5 billion bond issue on 12 February 2014. A leading international issuer, CADES today celebrated that benchmark by ringing the bell that marks the start of trading in Paris.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Statement On Fair Treatment Of Long Standing Customers In Life Insurance

Date 28/03/2014

“The FCA publishes its Business Plan on March 31st that provides a picture of the key priorities and areas of work for the year ahead.

LIBOR: Three Former ICAP Brokers To Be Charged

Date 28/03/2014

Criminal proceedings by the Serious Fraud Office have commenced today against three former employees at ICAP Plc, Danny Martin Wilkinson, Darrell Paul Read and Colin John Goodman, in connection with the manipulation of LIBOR. 

Keynote Address At The 2014 Angel Capital Association Summit, Keith F. Higgins, Director, SEC Division Of Corporation Finance, Washington, D.C., March 28, 2014

Date 28/03/2014

Thank you for that introduction. It is a pleasure to be here today at what I understand to be the world’s largest gathering of angel investors. As Marianne can hopefully attest, we have always welcomed the views of the angel investor community – even the harsh, critical ones – and I welcome this opportunity to share some of my own thoughts with those who will be most directly affected by what we are doing over at the SEC. Before proceeding, however, I need to provide the standard disclaimer that the views that I express today are my own and do not represent the views of the Commission or its staff.

Bank Of China And Deutsche Börse To Extend Strategic Cooperation - Signing Ceremony Hosted By The Chinese President Xi Jinping And The German Chancellor Angela Merkel -Partners To Explore Joint Business Opportunities In Offshore Renminbi Market- Bank Of China To Become A Trading And Clearing Participant -CEO Francioni: Good Progress In Asia

Date 28/03/2014

Deutsche Börse and Bank of China today announced their strategic cooperation at a signing ceremony in Berlin hosted by President Xi Jinping and Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Chinese head of state is currently on a state visit to Germany.

London Stock Exchange Group Launches Third Annual Charity Trading Day

Date 28/03/2014

• Equity trading fees from today across the Group to be donated to charity
• Over £500,000 expected to be raised
• LSEG Foundation’s partner charities open London trading
• #LSEGCharityTradingDay

OCC Reports Fourth Quarter 2013 Trading Revenue Of $2.9 Billion

Date 28/03/2014

Insured U.S. commercial banks and savings institutions reported trading revenue of $2.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013, down $1.5 billion or 34 percent, from $4.5 billion in the third quarter. Trading revenues in the fourth quarter were $1.4 billion or 32 percent, lower than in the fourth quarter of 2012, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported today in the OCC's Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities.

Global Investors Attend 13th Edition Of STAR Conference At Borsa Italiana

Date 28/03/2014

• Record number of meetings; more than 1500
• 57 STAR companies and 38 ELITE companies attend the conference
• 175 investors from 125 different investment houses attend from around the world