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Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Releases Dodd-Frank Stress Test Scenarios For 2016

Date 28/01/2016

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released economic and financial market scenarios that will be used in the upcoming stress tests for covered institutions with more than $10 billion in assets. The supervisory scenarios include baseline, adverse, and severely adverse scenarios, as described in the OCC’s final rules that implement stress test requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.

Federal Reserve Board Releases Supervisory Scenarios For 2016 Comprehensive Capital Analysis And Review (CCAR) And Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test Exercises And Issues Instructions To Firms Participating In CCAR

Date 28/01/2016

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday released the supervisory scenarios for the 2016 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) and Dodd-Frank Act stress test exercises and also issued instructions to firms participating in CCAR. This year, CCAR will include 33 bank holding companies with $50 billion or more in total consolidated assets.

SEC: Hedge Fund Manager Agrees To Reimburse Investor Losses

Date 28/01/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a Manhattan-based investment advisory firm and its Toronto-based hedge fund manager have agreed to settle charges that they misled investors about a fund’s investment strategy and historical performance.  They will reimburse investors $2.877 million in losses.

ESMA Consults On MAR Guidelines Regarding Market Soundings And Delayed Disclosure Of Inside Information

Date 28/01/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has opened today a public consultation on draft guidelines clarifying the implementation of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). MAR strengthens the existing market abuse framework by extending its scope to new markets, platforms and trading behaviours. It contains prohibitions for insider dealing and market manipulation, and provisions to prevent and detect these. 

Euronext Announces Departure Of Luis Laginha

Date 28/01/2016

Euronext today announced that Luis Laginha, Chairman and CEO of Euronext Lisbon and Interbolsa and member of the Managing Board¹ of Euronext NV, has resigned and will step down from his role as CEO.  This departure was agreed mutually based on Luis Laginha’s desire to pursue other professional interests.  He will continue to fulfil his responsibilities until the shareholders’ meetings of both entities have taken place on 22 February 2016. 

Aequitas NEO Exchange Receives Application For First Listing - PowerShares Canada To List Its Next Exchange-Traded Fund On NEO

Date 28/01/2016

Aequitas NEO Exchange Inc. (“NEO”) is pleased to announce it has received its first listing application. PowerShares Canada¹ has filed a preliminary prospectus with Canadian securities regulators for PowerShares DWA Global Momentum Index ETF, and applied to have the ETF listed on NEO. This listing will be the first in a series of new listings expected on NEO in the coming months, demonstrating the importance of competition to drive innovation and efficiency in the Canadian capital markets.

EBA Launches An Impact Assessment Of IFRS 9 On Banks In The EU

Date 28/01/2016

In the context of the forthcoming implementation of the IFRS 9 Financial instruments standard (IFRS 9) in the EU, the European Banking Authority (EBA) is launching an impact assessment of the standard on a sample of approximately 50 institutions across the EU.

EGX Finishes The Periodical Review Of EGX Indices

Date 28/01/2016

Egyptian Exchange indices witnessed a number of changes during the periodic rebalance. 4 companies were excluded from EGX30, however 3 companies were included to it. 9 companies were removed from EGX50 and 8 companies were added to its constituents. 16 companies were excluded from EGX70 index. 2 companies of them were included to EGX30 constituents. Additionally 14 companies were removed from EGX100 and 13 companies were added to its constituents.

32nd Annual CBOE Risk Management Conference U.S. 2016

Date 28/01/2016

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) will host the 32nd annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC) U.S. from Monday, February 29 through Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point in Bonita Springs, Florida.

Azul Systems Extends Support For In-Memory Computing Architectures With New Release Of Zing Runtime For Java - Zing Release 16.01 Supports 2TB Of Pauseless Java Heap Memory

Date 28/01/2016

Highlights:

• Zing now supports an industry-leading 2TB of pauseless heap memory per Java instance, greatly improving the capabilities and response time of in-memory computing and simplifying deployments
• Zing 16.01 has added enhanced monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities, helping to further reduce operating costs for web-scale Java deployments
• Azul continues to expand the number of Apache Cassandra-specific performance improvements included in the Zing runtime