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  • IMF: Vienna 2 Proposes Enhancements In Cross-Border Supervision To European Authorities

    Date 26/10/2012

    The Steering Committee of the Vienna Initiative 2 has submitted observations and proposals on cross-border supervisory practices to a number of European authorities. These focus on critical aspects of home-host cooperation, which are of particular importance for host countries in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe where locally systemic affiliates of foreign banks operate.

  • Remarks At The George Washington University Center For Law, Economics And Finance Fourth Annual Regulatory Reform Symposium By SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro

    Date 26/10/2012

    Thank you for that kind introduction.

    And thank you for hosting this Financial Regulatory Reform Symposium. It is always good to be back at my Alma Mater.

    Four years ago this month, this nation was suffering from a near-collapse of our financial system.

    While there are differences of opinion as to what was the most significant trigger, a bi-partisan Senate Committee report -- known as the Levin-Coburn Report -- asserted that the crisis was the result of "high risk, complex financial products; undisclosed conflicts of interest; and the failure of regulators, the credit rating agencies, and the market itself to rein in the excesses of Wall Street.”

  • Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Former CITIC Pacific Senior Executive Convicted Of Insider Dealing

    Date 26/10/2012

    Mr Simon Chui Wing Nin, a former assistant director of finance at CITIC Pacific Limited (CITIC Pacific), was today found guilty of insider dealing in the company’s shares prior to a profit warning issued in 2008.

  • HKFE Announces Margin Rates For Adjusted Esprit Holdings Futures Contracts

    Date 26/10/2012

    Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 29 October 2012the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The margins are based on the clearing companys normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

  • European Parliament: Tougher Rules To Protect Investors And Curb High-Frequency Trading

    Date 26/10/2012

    Investors should be better protected, and financial market trading made fairer, by draft EU rules voted by Parliament on Friday. These rules would apply to all investment firms and to almost all financial instruments, from bonds to commodity derivatives. MEPs also tightened up proposed rules on high-frequency trading.