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Bank Of England: Change Of Publication Date For The Financial Stability Report
Date 08/11/2019
The Financial Stability Report will be published at 17:00 on Monday 16 December.
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UK Financial Conduct Authority: Statement On MiFID II Inducements And Research
Date 08/11/2019
The FCA welcomes the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (US SEC) extension of no-action relief relating to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) inducements and research provisions.
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Bank Of England: Minutes Of The Meeting Of The Court Of Directors Held On 13 September 2019
Date 08/11/2019
The Bank's Court of Directors acts as a unitary board, setting the organisation's strategy and budget and taking key decisions on resourcing and appointments. Required to meet a minimum seven times per year, it has five executive members from the Bank and up to nine non-executive members.
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New Trading Participants At EEX In October 2019
Date 08/11/2019
In October 2019, Grand Energy Distribution EOOD (Sofia), innogy Commodity Markets GmbH (Essen) and Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke AG (Luzern) have been admitted to exchange trading on the EEX derivatives markets for power. Tallon Commodities Limited (London) was admitted to exchange trading on the EEX derivatives market for power and on the spot market for contracts on emission rights. INTL FCStone Europe S.A. (Luxemburg) was admitted to trading in freight financial futures and options, futures and options on emission rights and financial futures on agricultural products. E&T Consult Ltd (Swatar) was also admitted as trading participant on the derivatives markets for power, agricultural products, freight and iron ore. ACT Financial Solutions B.V. (Amsterdam) was additionally admitted to trading Financial Futures in Agricultural Products.
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Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report - 8 November 2019
Date 08/11/2019
Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly trading report.
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BIS: Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme - Argentina And China - Net Stable Funding Ratio And Large Exposures Framework
Date 08/11/2019
Yesterday the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published assessment reports on the implementation of the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) and the large exposures framework (LEX) in Argentina (NSFR, LEX) and China (NSFR, LEX).
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UK Financial Conduct Authority: 22 Years Of Pension Savings Gone In 24 Hours
Date 08/11/2019
Victims of pensions scams could lose 22 years’ worth of savings within 24 hours, according to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR).
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EBA Shows That Efforts To Improve EU Banks’ Asset Quality Have Proven Successful But Pockets Of Risks Remain
Date 08/11/2019
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a Report on trends in asset quality of the EU banking sector, which show it has significantly improved over the last four years. Total non-performing loans (NPLs) decreased from over EUR 1.15 trillion in June 2015 (6% as a percentage of total loans) to EUR 636 billion as of June 2019. The NPL ratio declined to 3%, the lowest ratio since the EBA introduced a harmonised definition of NPLs across European countries. The average coverage ratio slightly increased from 43.6% to 44.9% over the same period.
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ECC: Mizuho Becomes New General Clearing Member And Trading Participant
Date 08/11/2019
The European Commodity Clearing (ECC) welcomes Mizuho Americas’ investment banking subsidiary Mizuho Securities USA LLC as a new General Clearing Member (GCM) and as Trading Participant on the European Energy Exchange (EEX). As a GCM, the bank is now authorised to provide clearing services for all customers of EEX Group’s clearing house as well as for all products and markets cleared by ECC.
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BEQUANT And Avelacom Collaborate To Build A Diverse And Liquid Ecosystem For Professional Crypto Traders
Date 08/11/2019
BEQUANT, a leading cryptocurrency exchange with prime brokerage services is collaborating with Avelacom, the high-performance global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider; to provide crypto currency market participants with faster access to BEQUANT’s market infrastructure via Avelacom’s low latency network.
