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SEC Awarding Nearly $2 Million To Three Whistleblowers

Date 08/03/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the payment of almost $2 million to three whistleblowers. 

Reuters Reports Deutsche Boerse London Stock Exchange Targeting Cost Savings In Excess Of EUR 300 Million

Date 08/03/2016

Reuters reports that Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange are targeting cost savings of more than EUR 300 million, once a merger of the two exchanges is completed, sources familiar with the matter said today.

SEC Announces Charges Against Unregistered Fund Manager Accused Of Hiding Criminal Past

Date 08/03/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against an unregistered fund manager accused of hiding his checkered past while providing false and misleading data to investors and an independent research firm.

EBA Publishes New DPM And XBRL Taxonomy 2.5 For Remittance Of Supervisory Reporting

Date 08/03/2016

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a revised XBRL taxonomy that Competent Authorities should use for the remittance of data under the EBA Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting. The revised taxonomy will be used for reference dates from 31 December 2016 onwards.

Office Of Financial Research Update - “Stressed To The Core: Counterparty Concentrations And Systemic Losses In CDS Markets”

Date 08/03/2016

The OFR released a working paper today, entitled, “Stressed to the Core: Counterparty Concentrations and Systemic Losses in CDS Markets,” and an accompanying blog by Stacey Schreft, OFR Deputy Director for Research and Analysis. The paper applies the Federal Reserve’s supervisory stress test scenarios to examine the impacts on banks — and the banking system as a whole — from default of their largest counterparties in the credit derivatives markets. The authors find higher loss concentrations for the banking system than for individual firms and potential for large indirect losses when a major counterparty defaults.

ESAs Publish Final Draft Technical Standards On Margin Requirements For Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives

Date 08/03/2016

Bats Global Markets, T3 Index to Launch SPYIX Market Volatility Index - Measures Expected 30-Day Volatility In SPDR S&P 500 (SPY), The #1 Traded Security Globally

Date 08/03/2016

Bats Global Markets (Bats) and T3Index (T3) today announced the launch of the SPYIX (“the Spikes”), an index measuring expected 30-day volatility in the most actively traded security worldwide, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY).

EBA Issues Amended Standards On Supervisory Reporting For Institutions

Date 08/03/2016

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) amending the Commission's Implementing Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 on supervisory reporting.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Commemorates International Women’s Day - Calls For Action To Step Up Gender Equality

Date 08/03/2016

The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, held series of activities to commemorate International Women's Day and to advocate for gender equality. Created to inspire women, International Women's Day celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women's past, present and future, while calling for greater equality.

EBA Amends DPM And XBRL Taxonomy 2.4 For Remittance Of Supervisory Reporting

Date 08/03/2016