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Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee, June 18-19, 2013

Date 10/07/2013

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on June 18-19, 2013. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.

Statement At Open Meeting By SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar

Date 10/07/2013

Today the Commission votes on a proposal (the “Proposing Release”) that contains a number of changes which would help protect investors and provide the Commission with information it needs to advance its regulatory, oversight, and enforcement functions.

Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Publishes 2013 Risk And Trend Mapping For Financial Markets And Savings

Date 10/07/2013

The French financial regulator, the AMF, has inventoried the main risks facing financial markets in mid-2013, more than five years after the crisis began. From this perspective, it analyses market diversity and changing trends in household savings and collective investment, along with the consequences for investor protection, financial stability and the financing of economic activity.

SIX Group: Land Register Of Canton Berne Activated In Terravis

Date 10/07/2013

From today, Terravis will provide authorized users with data from the land register and cadastral surveying of Canton Berne and enable electronic business processing with the land registers. The activation is part of Switzerland’s eGRIS e- government project (electronic real estate information).

CME Group Awarded Derivatives Intelligence's 2013 Exchange Of The Year

Date 10/07/2013

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it was awarded Derivatives Intelligence's 2013 Global Derivatives Award for Exchange of the Year.

Roll Weighted Version Of The S&P GSCI Launched By S&P Dow Jones Indices - Index Incorporates Capped Component Methodology For UCITS Compliance

Date 10/07/2013

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of the S&P GSCI® Roll Weight Select, which aims to reduce the negative impact of contango by modifying the weights of the commodities according to the relative change in the realized roll yield for each commodity in the index. The Index is designed to maintain maximum liquidity by including only the most liquid front month contracts and only the 14 most liquid commodities representing each sector, according to the rules of the S&P GSCI Equal Weight Select.

Morgan Capital Advisors Joins SIX Swiss Exchange - New Participant On The Highly Liquid And Efficient Marketplace For Swiss And International Securities

Date 10/07/2013

Today, SIX Swiss Exchange welcomes Morgan Capital Advisors LLP as a new participant. Gregor Braun, Head New Member Sales, comments: "We wish our 111th participant successful trading on our high-performance platform." Morgan Capital Advisors is a proprietary trading company active across fixed income cash, derivative and ETF markets.

Advise Technologies Launches New AIFMD e-Filing Solution - Automated Tool Enhances Efficiency And Reliability For Filers

Date 10/07/2013

Advise Technologies, LLC, an award-winning software solutions provider for global regulatory and investor reporting, announced today that it has launched a new electronic filing tool for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) in Europe. The new offering will alleviate the filing process for investment advisors and provide a working solution based on the Annex IV reporting template of the AIFMD and related European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) guidance.

European Commission: Proposal For A Single Resolution Mechanism For The Banking Union – Frequently Asked Questions

Date 10/07/2013

1. Why is the Commission proposing a Single Resolution Mechanism in addition to the draft Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive?

The proposed Directive on Bank Recovery and Resolution (BRRD) (see IP/12/570) would, when adopted, determine the rules for how EU banks in difficulties were restructured, how vital functions for the real economy were maintained, and how losses and costs were allocated to the banks’ shareholders and creditors. It would provide more comprehensive and effective arrangements to deal with failing banks at national level, as well as arrangements to tackle cross-border banking failures.

Opalesque 2013 France Roundtable: Regulators, Lawmakers Already Discussing UCITS VI - French Institutions Show More Interest In Hedge Funds

Date 10/07/2013

Edouard Viellefond, a top regulator at French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), participated at the Opalesque 2013 France Roundtable, sharing unique insights not only into AIFMD but what is coming with UCITS V and the discussions the regulators and lawmakers are already having about UCITS VI.