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Jeffrey S. Mooney Named Associate Director In The SEC Office Of Clearance And Settlement

Date 14/12/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Jeffrey S. Mooney has been named Associate Director of the Office of Clearance and Settlement in the agency’s Division of Trading and Markets.

EBA Sees Further Improvements In EU Banks Resilience But Highlights Challenges Connected To Profitability, Funding And Operational Risk

Date 14/12/2018

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its annual report on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU banking sector. The report is accompanied by the results of the EBA's 2018 EU-wide transparency exercise, which provide detailed information, in a comparable and accessible format, for 130 banks across the EU. Overall, the EU banking sector has continued to benefit from the positive macroeconomic developments in most European countries, which contributed to the increase in lending, further strengthening of banks' capital ratios and improvements in asset quality. Profitability remains low on average and has not yet reached sustainable levels.

LSEG Announces Appointment Of Donald Robert As A Non-Executive Director And Then To Succeed Donald Brydon As Chairman After 2019 AGM

Date 14/12/2018

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG plc, the “Group”) today announced the appointment of Donald (Don) Robert as a Non-Executive Director of the Board of LSEG, as of 1 January 2019. He will succeed Donald Brydon as Chairman of LSEG after the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on 1 May 2019. 

ETFGI Reports That Assets Invested In ETFs And ETPs Listed In The United States Reached US$3.59 Trillion At The End Of November 2018

Date 14/12/2018

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that that assets invested in ETFs and ETPs listed in the United States reached US$3.59 trillion at the end of November 2018, an increase of 2.6% from US$3.50 trillion at the end of October. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Market Report For December 14th 2018

Date 14/12/2018

A total turnover of 1.169 billion shares worth N14.762 billion in 14,554 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.107 billion shares valued at N11.192 billion that exchanged hands last week in 14,430 deals.

EBA Issues A Call For Expressions Of Interest To Participate In Its Working Group On APIs Under PSD2

Date 14/12/2018

The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a call for expressions of interest to participate in the its working group on Application Programming Interfaces under PSD2 (WG-API). The group will be composed of EBA staff, national competent authorities and representatives of a variety of external stakeholders, and will be chaired by the EBA.

Redesigning Europe’s Financial Landscape - Speech By Luis De Guindos, Vice-President Of The ECB, At The 6th Frankfurt Conference On Financial Market Policy, Frankfurt, 14 December 2018

Date 14/12/2018

It is a pleasure to be here today.

As you know, there is a long tradition of the ECB participating in SAFE conferences here in Frankfurt. The second conference in 2014 was already dedicated to “Banking beyond banks” acknowledging important changes underway in the European financial landscape.[1] Indeed, this was a prescient choice of topic given the growth of the non-bank sector, which has continued unabated ever since. In a recent speech[2], I also highlighted the rapid growth of asset management in the euro area and at the global level, and the impact this is having on the structure of the euro area financial sector. In fact, in 2008, total assets held by investment funds made up just 15% of banking sector assets. In 2017, these assets had grown to 42% of total banking sector assets, amounting to €12 trillion. As the non-bank sector continues to grow, so does the need to ensure that our supervisory and regulatory framework is fit for purpose.

Reports On The Tariff Network Code Implementation For Gas For Denmark, Poland, Portugal And Slovenia Published

Date 14/12/2018

The Agency published today four Reports on the implementation of the Network Code on Harmonised Transmission Tariff Structures for Gas. These Reports present the analysis of the Agency for the transmission system of Poland -both for the national transmission system and the Yamal pipeline-, Portugal and Slovenia.

Don Robert To Step Down From Bank Of England's Court Of Directors

Date 14/12/2018

Following his appointment as Chairman of London Stock Exchange Group with effect from 1 May 2019, Don Robert is to step down as a non-executive director at the Court of the Bank of England from that date.

Nigerian Stock Exchange: Migration Of REITs And Closed End Funds From The Main Board To A Separate Board Under The Equities Segment

Date 14/12/2018

The Nigerian Stock Exchange “the Exchange” or “NSE” today announced the migration of REITs and Closed End Funds (CEFs) to aseparate board under Equities, effective December 17, 2018. This follows an earlier notification made by The Exchange on a restructuring of the framework regarding the trading of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Closed End Funds listed on its platform.