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Saracens And Ospreys Select OSTC For Its ZISHI Sports Career Transition Programme

Date 20/09/2019

“Developing Wealth Management Talent Of The Future: What & How?” – Speech By Ms Thong Leng Yeng, Executive Director, Financial Centre Development Department, Monetary Authority Of Singapore, At The Euromoney Asia Private Banking Seminar And Debate On 20 September 2019

Date 20/09/2019

A very good morning. It gives me great pleasure to join you today at the second Euromoney Asia Private Banking Seminar and Debate. 

Moscow Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures (CL-9.19)

Date 20/09/2019

On 20 September 2019, the final settlement price was determined for the Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures (CL-9.19):

Athens Exchange Group: 14th Annual Greek Roadshow In London

Date 20/09/2019

The 14th Annual Greek Roadshow in London came to a close yesterday. Companies listed on the Greek Stock Exchange presented their business plans and outlook to the international investor community.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Participates In FIA Expo 2019

Date 20/09/2019

TOCOM participates in FIA’s 35th Annual Futures & Options Expo (FIA Expo 2019), which is to take place from October 29 to October 31, 2019 at the Hilton Chicago in Chicago, the United States.

Improving The Suitability Of Financial Advice - Speech By Debbie Gupta, Director Of Life Insurance And Financial Advice Supervision At The FCA, Delivered At Money Marketing Interactive Conference 2019, Harrogate

Date 20/09/2019

Highlights

• There are 4 broad areas of work we are focusing on: improving standards, targeting firms that cause the most harm, supporting consumers and helping advisers.
• The impact of poor quality advice can’t be easily undone or reversed. 
• Advisers play an increasingly important role in the choices people make, and the impact of those choices on their quality of later life.
• The information provided by firms has helped us take action to stop those doing the most harm.

SGX Welcomes INTL FCStone As Derivatives Trading And Clearing Member

Date 20/09/2019

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed INTL FCStone Pte. Ltd. as a Trading and Clearing Member of its derivatives market.

FINRA EVP Of Enforcement Susan Schroeder Announces Departure

Date 19/09/2019

FINRA announced today that Susan Schroeder plans to leave FINRA later this year, after leading the Department of Enforcement since 2017. Schroeder led the consolidation of FINRA’s enforcement functions into a new, unified group. The consolidated enforcement team now comprises 340 employees working in New York, Rockville, and 14 district offices handling disciplinary actions from across FINRA, from potential fraud to trading-based misconduct to sales practice violations.

Statement On Volcker Rule Amendments, SEC Commissioner Robert J. Jackson Jr., Sept. 19, 2019

Date 19/09/2019

Yesterday the Commission finalized the rollback of the Volcker Rule—the risktaking limits that keep banks from gambling with taxpayer money. These limits are designed to help regulators address a basic problem of incentives: bankers, anticipating taxpayer-funded bailouts, prefer to take excessive risks to maximize their bonuses.[1] That’s why I’ve called upon my colleagues to finalize the rules required by the Dodd-Frank Act to prohibit pay practices that reward excessive risktaking. Instead, having done nothing about banker bonuses, we are weakening structural limits on risk.

IFC Crosses $10 Billion Threshold For Green Bond Issuance

Date 19/09/2019

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today crossed the $10 billion threshold in cumulative green bond issuance, after a trade with Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, GPIF.