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Finansinspektionen: Decision Regarding The Countercyclical Buffer Rate

Date 16/09/2016

Finansinspektionen (FI) shall, in accordance with the Capital Buffers Act (2014:966), set a countercyclical buffer guide and a countercyclical buffer rate for each quarter.

Pensions And Long-Term Retirement Saving: A Macroeconomic Perspective - Speech By Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive At The UK Financial Conduct Authority, Delivered At The 24th Pensions And Savings Symposium

Date 16/09/2016

Key points:

• Looking at the issues on the FCA agenda, pensions and long-term retirement savings are probably top of the list in terms of their importance to our society.
• The lifetime model is a core building block of macroeconomics, and it remains an essential lens through which to assess today’s challenges around retirement income and pensions.
• If there are two big investments in the life cycle model – a home and a pension – the cost of both in real terms has risen.
• There is an argument that pension saving would be assisted by people holding more housing in their stock of pension assets, based on the real appreciation in the value of housing. I don’t subscribe to this argument.

Ripple Raises $55 Million In Series B Funding - New Strategic Investors Including Banks Will Enable Ripple To Accelerate Customer Adoption

Date 16/09/2016

Ripple, the global provider of financial settlement solutions, announced yesterday that it has completed a $55 million Series B financing. The company will use the funds to accelerate its rapid customer growth, pursue strategic partnerships and grow the team internationally.

Wholesale Gas Prices Continue To Fall In The EU But Electricity Prices End Their Decreasing Trend In Some Countries

Date 16/09/2016

The downward trend of wholesale energy prices continued in most of the EU in 2015, according to the latestACER/CEER Market Monitoring Report1, whose wholesale volumes were published today. The results will be discussed with stakeholders in a workshop next week in Ljubljana2. Gas prices decreased across Europe as a result of declining oil prices, a greater availability of gas and increased gas-to-gas competition. For the first time since 2008 average electricity prices increased in a few countries in 2015; however overall prices remained far below 2008 levels. In some countries this can be explained by a high share of renewable energy and overcapacity in generation.

A New RTGS Service For The United Kingdom: Safeguarding Stability, Enabling Innovation

Date 16/09/2016

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TOCOM And Nikkei Add New Leveraged And Inverse Indices

Date 16/09/2016

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc. and Nikkei Inc. will add 10 new leveraged and inverse indices based on the Soybean, Corn and the others. They will be published from September 20, 2016.

August 2016: SIX Swiss Exchange Structured Products Increase Turnover

Date 16/09/2016

EEX New Participant: METAENERGIA S.p.A.

Date 16/09/2016

METAENERGIA S.p.A. has been admitted to exchange trading for Phelix Futures/Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures/Options, French Financial Power Futures/Options, Italian Financial Power Futures/Options, Spanish Financial Power Futures/Options, Swiss Financial Power Futures, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, Greek Financial Power Futures and Romanian Financial Power Futures.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report - 16 September, 2016

Date 16/09/2016

Click here to download the Malawi Stock Exchange weekly trading report for the week ending 16 September, 2016.

Jonas Törquist Appointed New Chief Operating Officer Of EPEX SPOT - Thierry Morello Steps Down After 15 Years Of Steering European Power Trading At EPEX SPOT

Date 16/09/2016

Jonas Törnquist will succeed Thierry Morello as Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Management Board of European Power Exchange EPEX SPOT as of 18 October 2016. Morello steps down from his position after 15 years of creating and developing the power spot exchange business, first through Powernext and later EPEX SPOT.