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European Swap Clearing To Start In June 2016

Date 02/12/2015

Firms will have to centrally clear certain classes of interest rate swaps starting from 21 June 2016. The clearing obligation in the Europe Union (EU) will enter into force following the publication of the relevant technical standards in the Official Journal on 1 December 2015. This marks an important milestone in implementing the EU’s post-financial crisis’ derivatives regulation – the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) – and follows the G20 commitment to clear all standardised OTC derivative contracts, where appropriate, through central counterparties (CCPs).

GPW Launches New Single-Stock Futures

Date 02/12/2015

• GPW introduces six new futures on single stocks listed on the Main Market on 3 December
• Investors can now trade in futures in the stock of: Bank Millennium S.A., Bank Zachodni WBK S.A., Cyfrowy Polsat S.A., CCC S.A., Enea S.A., Energa S.A.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes: Europe Index Dashboard

Date 02/12/2015

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Regulation Remains Local, Finance Remains Global: Will This Change? Keynote Speech At ASIFMA Annual Conference 2015, Mr Ashley Alder, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission, 2 December 2015

Date 02/12/2015

Thank you Mark for inviting me to speak at your conference this year.

Today I want to talk about problems which still affect the regulation of cross-border finance, especially our favourite subject of extraterritorial rulemaking.

I’ll try to look at this from two viewpoints. First, a global one, mainly looking at the lessons learned from the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) Task Force on Cross-Border Regulation, which I chaired over the last two years, and which issued its public report in September. And I’ll also speak about these issues more from an Asian perspective.

Malaysia's Audit Oversight Board Revokes Registration Of Auditors For The First Time

Date 02/12/2015

The Audit Oversight Board (AOB) has revoked the registration of an audit firm Wong Weng Foo & Co along with the Managing Partner, Wong Weng Foo and its Partner, Abdul Halim Husin effective from 2 December 2015.

Vienna Stock Exchange: Monthly Statistics For November 2015

Date 02/12/2015

The monthly statistic includes turnover data broken down by market segments and markets, as well as index values.

Euronext Hires Paul Humphrey To Boost Senior Management Team

Date 02/12/2015

Euronext today announced it has appointed leading industry practitioner Paul Humphrey as Head of Fixed Income, Rates and FX (FICC) Strategy.

Brewin Dolphin Appoints Clearstream To Handle Its Fund Custody Business

Date 02/12/2015

• Brewin Dolphin is one of the UK’s largest private client investment managers 
• Efficiency gains and asset safety aspects were key decision criteria
• Clearstream’s Vestima platform well placed to help customers meet strict regulatory requirements for asset safety and efficiency in fund custody

Russell/Nomura Japan Equity Indexes Add 19 New Firms In 20th Reconstitution

Date 02/12/2015

FTSE Russell, the global index provider, and Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., today announced that 19 new firms were added to the Russell/Nomura Japan Equity Indexes as part of its 20th annual reconstitution process on December 1. The new constituent list for the indexes, which capture 98% of the float-adjusted market capitalization of the Japanese equity market, was posted on the Nomura Securities website.

FIX Trading Community Announces Enhancements To The FIX Protocol To Support MiFID II Legislation On Time Stamps

Date 02/12/2015

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced that the FIX Protocol will now support higher time stamp resolution to enable market participants to be MiFID II compliant.