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IronFX And EmurgoHK Create Joint Venture With Launch Of New Crypto Exchange

Date 28/08/2018

IronFX and EmurgoHK intend to launch their regulated exchange as a seamless bridge between crypto and traditional online trading. The new destination, called IronX, will operate as a regulated, service-focused exchange, creating a highly efficient trading ecosystem that facilitates funding via both FIAT and Crypto. Against the successful ongoing private IRX Token sale, IronX is aiming to launch as early as Q4 2018.
U.S. Justice Department Announces Deferred Prosecution Agreement With Basler Kantonalbank - Bank Admits To Helping U.S. Taxpayers Conceal Income And Assets From The United States; Agrees To Pay $60.4 Million

Date 28/08/2018

Basler Kantonalbank (BKB), a bank headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) that was approved today by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division, United States Attorney Benjamin G. Greenberg, and Chief Don Fort for Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation. As part of the agreement, Basler Kantonalbank will pay $60.4 million in total penalties.
Thomson Reuters Announces Substantial Issuer Bid/Tender Offer For Up To US$9 Billion Of Its Common Shares

Date 28/08/2018
- Up to US$9 billion to be returned to shareholders via substantial issuer bid/tender offer (SIB) to commence today
- Price range for the SIB of US$42.00 to US$47.00 per share represents a (0.4)% to 11.5% premium over the company’s volume weighted average price on the NYSE over the last 20 trading days
- Woodbridge to participate in the SIB on a basis proportionate with its 64% ownership in Thomson Reuters
- SIB expected to be completed on October 2, 2018 and is subject to closing of the previously announced Financial & Risk/Blackstone transaction and is being launched now to coordinate with that closing
CFTC: DSIO Issues Time-Limited, Conditional No-Action Relief For Excluding Certain Loan-Related Swaps From Counting Toward The Swap Dealer Registration De Minimis Threshold

Date 28/08/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) announced today that it has issued conditional, time-limited no-action relief to a banking entity for not counting certain loan-related swaps towards its swap dealer de minimis threshold (under paragraph (4) of the “swap dealer” definition in Regulation 1.3).
Thomson Reuters And Blackstone Agree To Close Financial & Risk Transaction On October 1, 2018

Date 28/08/2018

Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI) today announced that it and private equity funds managed by Blackstone have agreed to close the sale of a 55% interest in the company's Financial & Risk business on October 1, 2018, subject to satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions. The closing of the transaction is not subject to any financing condition. An affiliate of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and an affiliate of GIC will invest alongside Blackstone. After the closing, the Financial & Risk business will be known as Refinitiv.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz On Staff No-Action Relief For Excluding Certain Loan-Related Swaps From Counting Toward The Swap Dealer Registration De Minimis Threshold

Date 28/08/2018

The necessity of today’s staff relief underscores yet again the deficiencies of using notional value as the metric for swap dealer registration. As I have stated previously, notional value is a poor measure of activity and a meaningless measure of risk, and therefore is an inadequate metric by which to impose the large costs and achieve the substantial policy objectives associated with swap dealer regulation.
Amman Stock Exchange: Ringing The Bell To Start The Trading Session For Today Tuesday, 28 August 2018

Date 28/08/2018

The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) hosted Bindar Trading and Investment Company in the periodic celebration of ringing the bell to start the trading session, in the aim of announcing the inclusion of the third issue of the corporate bonds of (50) as a whole, with a total value of JD (5) million and fixed interest rate of (7.25%).
Sustained Growth For The DIFC Courts As Value Of Commercial Claims Surge

Date 28/08/2018
- Decade of full operational service marked by strong growth
- Main court sees value of cases amounting to AED 2.2 billion
- Small Claims Tribunal (SCT) witnesses a 60% rise in volume of cases
- Paperless trials and blockchain partnership to drive service excellence
Moscow Exchange: Megafon Shares To Leave The MOEX Indices

Date 28/08/2018

On 30 August 2018, Megafon shares will leave the MOEX Russia Index, RTS Index, MICEX Broad Market Index, RTS Broad Market Index, MICEX Telecoms Index, RTS Telecoms Index and Equity Subindex of the Pension Indices following the buy back its own share s by the company and the reduction of the company’s free float to 2 percent.

EBA Launches Consultations On Supervisory Reporting For The Reporting Framework 2.9 And Prepares For Its Modular Release

Date 28/08/2018

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today three public consultations on amendments to the Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting for the reporting framework 2.9. The proposed changes to the ITS on supervisory reporting, which are part of the EBA reporting framework 2.9, aim to keep reporting requirements in line with changes in the regulatory framework and with the evolving needs for Supervisory Authorities' risk assessments. The EBA will move to a new modular release for the next reporting framework 2.9 and is, therefore, also publishing its forward schedule of the modular release to help users in their planning.