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Nadex Product Schedule For The Japan Holiday On March 21, 2018

Date 14/03/2018

Due to the Japan Holiday on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, the Japan 225 contracts will have a modified trading schedule.  Please refer to the Holiday Product Schedule Guidelines for specific product trading hours.

Accomplishments Of The Last 5 Years - Speech By John Griffith-Jones, Chairman, FCA, Delivered At An Event Hosted By TheCityUK At Linklaters LLP, London

Date 14/03/2018

Highlights

• The FCA has established itself as a world leading regulator over the last 5 years
• There are ways of ensuring that the UK can remain a wholesale banking, asset management and insurance market place for all nationalities
• The FCA’s best defense against demands for future regulatory changes will be its own quality

EBA Advises European Commission On The Use Of Prudential Backstops To Prevent The Building Up Of New NPLs

Date 14/03/2018

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its advice on the Commission's proposal for statutory prudential backstops on banks' provisioning practices for new loans that turn non-performing. The EBA notes that the backstop complements the existing prudential set of measures and the new accounting provisions under IFRS9 and the advice aims at providing some qualitative considerations as well as a conservative impact analysis of the proposed measures. 

SEC Proposes Targeted Changes To Public Liquidity Risk Management Disclosure

Date 14/03/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to public liquidity-related disclosure requirements for certain open-end investment management companies.  Under the proposal, funds would discuss in their annual report the operation and effectiveness of their liquidity risk management program, replacing a pending requirement that funds publicly provide the aggregate liquidity classification profile of their portfolios on Form N-PORT on a quarterly basis. 

EBA Issues Opinion On Measures To Address Macroprudential Risk

Date 14/03/2018

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion following the notification by the French High Council for Financial Stability (HCSF) of its intention to tighten the large-exposure limits applicable to large and highly indebted non-financial corporations (NFCs) resident in France or groups of connected NFCs assessed to be highly indebted and based in France. Based on the evidence submitted, the EBA does not object to the adoption of the proposed measure, which the HCSF intends to apply only to global or other systemically important institutions (G-SIIs and O-SIIs) with the aim of accounting for changes in the intensity of macroprudential/systemic risk that could pose a threat to financial stability in France.

Brexit: EP Recommends Association Agreement For Future EU-UK Relations

Date 14/03/2018

• Respecting the integrity of the internal market, customs union and four freedoms
• Securing equal and fair treatment for EU citizens living in the UK and British citizens living in the EU
• Preserving the rights of citizens as set out in the Good Friday Agreement (Irish border)

SEC: Theranos, CEO Holmes, And Former President Balwani Charged With Massive Fraud - Holmes Stripped Of Control Of Company For Defrauding Investors

Date 14/03/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Silicon Valley-based private company Theranos Inc., its founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and its former President Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani with raising more than $700 million from investors through an elaborate, years-long fraud in which they exaggerated or made false statements about the company’s technology, business, and financial performance.  Theranos and Holmes have agreed to resolve the charges against them.  Importantly, in addition to a penalty, Holmes has agreed to give up majority voting control over the company, as well as to a reduction of her equity which, combined with shares she previously returned, materially reduces her equity stake.

Tehran Stock Exchange Weekly Market Review From 10 March 2018 To 14 March 2018

Date 14/03/2018

Click here to download Tehran Stock Exchange's weekly market review.

SEC: Former Equifax Executive Charged With Insider Trading

Date 14/03/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former chief information officer of a U.S. business unit of Equifax with insider trading in advance of the company’s September 2017 announcement about a massive data breach that exposed the social security numbers and other personal information of about 148 million U.S. customers.   

Tehran Stock Exchange Introduces Market To Students

Date 14/03/2018

TSE’s Public Relations staff provide frequent introduction courses for school students about the capital market industry.