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EBA Seeks Views On How To Review The Maturity Ladder For Liquidity Reporting

Date 16/11/2016

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today for consultation a proposal to review its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on additional monitoring metrics for liquidity, which mainly consists of reintroducing a maturity ladder in line with the reporting requirements laid down in the Commission's Delegated Act on the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR). These revised ITS aim at providing Competent Authorities with harmonised information on institutions' liquidity risk profile, taking into account the nature, scale and complexity of their activities. The consultation runs until 2 January 2017.

Why Are Interest Rates Low? - Speech By Bank Of England Deputy Governor For Financial Stability, Sir Jon Cunliffe

Date 16/11/2016

In a speech at the University of Manchester on Wednesday, Bank of England Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, Sir Jon Cunliffe, discusses the factors that have influenced the level of interest rates over the recent past. He examines the policy challenges posed by a prolonged period of low underlying interest rates, and looks ahead at the trade-offs that the Monetary Policy Committee will have to make to bring inflation back to target.

CFTC Staff Issues Results Of Supervisory Stress Test Of Clearinghouses

Date 16/11/2016

The Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a report detailing the results of a supervisory stress test of major clearinghouses. The purpose of the analysis was to assess the impact of a hypothetical set of extreme but plausible market scenarios across multiple clearinghouses and their clearing members.

GAIN Capital launches ForeignExchange.com - ForeignExchange.com Is A New International Money Transfer Service

Date 16/11/2016

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) today announced the Beta launch of ForeignExchange.com, its new international money transfer service, in the UK market.  ForeignExchange.com meets the growing need for cheaper, easier and trusted online services for international money transfers.

IPC Launches Connexus Infrastructure Services - Augments Connexus Cloud With Private And Hybrid IaaS Capabilities Globally

Date 16/11/2016

IPC, a leading provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, today announced the launch of Connexus Infrastructure Services (CIS), a managed private and hybrid Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) with global availability at premier colocation facilities. Powered by IPC's Connexus Cloud, CIS is part of IPC's Financial Markets Network, one of the industry's largest secure encrypted communications platforms connecting a community of over 200,000 users across 6,000 market participant locations in 700 cities.  

Thomson Reuters Launches Thomson Reuters Pricing Evaluation Score - New Measure Provides Enhanced Transparency Into TRPS Evaluated Fixed Income Prices, Helps Customers Meet Increasingly Stringent Valuation And Reporting Rules

Date 16/11/2016

Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of the Thomson Reuters Pricing Service Evaluation Score (“TRPS Score”), a measure of the level of incorporated market color in any given TRPS evaluated price. The TRPS Score incorporates known information associated with an investment instrument’s evaluation, ranging from the level of available market data to the individual attributes of the issue, based on a measurement scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the maximum score.

CMC Markets Celebrates Double Success At Shares Awards

Date 16/11/2016

• The company has now won the prestigious Financial Services Provider of the Year award four years in a row
• CMC Markets also awarded the Best Online Trading Platform

Tehran Stock Exchange Weekly Market Review - From 12 November 2016 To 16 November 2016

Date 16/11/2016

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International Commodities And Derivatives Association Signs Memorandum Of Understanding With The China Futures Association

Date 16/11/2016

The International Commodities and Derivatives Association, (‘ICDA’), represented by Daniel Day-Robinson, Chairman, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the China Futures Association (‘CFA’), represented by Mr Mingwei Wang, Chairman of CFA. The signing ceremony, took place during ICDA’s 2016 Bürgenstock conference, which hosts the world’s oldest meeting of international regulators in private session. The Memorandum envisages wide-ranging co-operation between the two associations to include training and global advocacy.

European Parliament - Money Market Funds: Breakthrough Agreement Between MEPs And Slovak Presidency

Date 16/11/2016

An agreement on the EU money market funds regulation has been struck by the European Parliament, Council and Commission, after lengthy negotiations, more than three years after the Commission published the original proposal.