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S&P Dow Jones Risk & Volatility Index Dashboard - November 2015

Date 19/11/2015

FXcompared Launches Industry-First International Money Transfer Index™ - Index Provides Greater Transparency For The Industry And For Customers When Sending Money Abroad

Date 19/11/2015

FXcomparedtoday launched the FXcompared International Money Transfer Index™ (IMTI™) – the industry’s most comprehensive index for monitoring the cost of using banks to send money abroad.

Publication Of The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) And UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Review Into The Failure Of HBOS

Date 19/11/2015

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are today publishing the review into the failure of HBOS Group.

Moscow Exchange Continues To Support Gift Of Life And Vera Charities

Date 19/11/2015

Moscow Exchange on 18 November hosted a round table meeting with Chulpan Khamatova, co-founder of Gift of Life, a charity that supports the families of children with cancer; Ingeborga Dapkunaite, co-chair of the fundraising council of hospice support foundation Vera; and Moscow Exchange employees. Moscow Exchange signed new agreements to continue supporting Gift of Life and Vera, and plans to allocate a significant portion of its total charity budget to the two foundations, as well as holding a number of joint events involving the charities and Exchange employees.

Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Records Safe, Sound Operation In 1st Year

Date 19/11/2015

Yesterday, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) held a sum-up symposium to mark the first anniversary of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect. Fang Xinghai, Vice Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), attended the symposium and delivered a speech, and Gui Minjie, SSE Chairman of the Governors, also addressed the symposium. Fang said that on the basis of the existing practical experience, the CSRC would strive to improve the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, expand the trading limits and the underlying scope, further strengthen cross-border regulatory cooperation and step up efforts in cross-border law enforcement. Meanwhile, the CSRC would effectively carry out the mutual recognition of funds in China’s mainland and Hong Kong, continue to advance the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, and further push forward the integration of the two capital markets in China’s mainland and Hong Kong. Gui said in his speech that the SSE would vigorously propel the process of the two-way opening-up of the capital market in China’s mainland, including optimizing and improving the mechanism of Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, press ahead with the smooth opening and stable operation of the China Europe International Exchange (CEINEX), spare no efforts in launching the international financial assets trading platform of Shanghai Free Trade Zone and study the launch of Shanghai-London Stock Connect. 

CEINEX Launched With RMB Products’ Debut

Date 19/11/2015

China Europe International Exchange (CEINEX) was launched in Frankfurt, the financial capital of Germany, on November 18, as a joint venture of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), Deutsche Borse Group and the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX).

London Stock Exchange Welcomes First Indian ETF Issuer

Date 19/11/2015

• ZyFin and Sun Global Investments issue first Indian fixed income ETF in London
• Reinforces London Stock Exchange’s position as leading European venue for  ETF issuance

ESMA Will Not Exempt The Collateralisation Of Bank Guarantees For Energy Derivatives Under EMIR

Date 19/11/2015

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has decided not to further extend the existing grace period of three years for the non-financial firms’ use of non-collateralised bank guarantees to cover transactions in energy derivatives cleared by European central counterpar-ties (CCPs). ESMA therefore reminds firms concerned that from 15 March 2016 CCPs author-ised under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) will need to fully collateralise commercial bank guarantees used to cover transactions in derivatives relating to electricity or natural gas produced.

BlackRock ETP Landscape: Corporate Debt, Stimulus Fuel Flows

Date 19/11/2015

The BlackRock ETP Landscape series of reports provides commentary on the global Exchange Traded Product (ETP) industry as of October 2015.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency: Second Meeting Of The Advisory Council On The Systems Of Accounting And Auditing

Date 19/11/2015

The Advisory Council will hold its second meeting as follows.

The meeting is not open to the public. The summary is to be publicized on the FSA website after the meeting.