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SIFMA’s Ken Bentsen Delivers Opening Remarks At Green Finance Symposium

Date 19/04/2016

SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., delivered opening remarks today at a symposium entitled “Green Finance: A Growing Imperative.” The event was co-hosted by the Paulson Institute, the Green Finance Committee (GFC), China Society for Finance and Banking under The People’s Bank of China’s (PBOC), the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), UNEP and Bloomberg Philanthropies.  Bentsen was followed by Paulson Institute Chairman Henry M. Paulson, Jr. and PBOC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan. An excerpt is as follows with full remarks found here.

Remarks By US Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew At A Meeting Of The Financial Stability And Oversight Council

Date 18/04/2016

At today’s meeting, the Council will provide an update on our review of potential risks from asset management products and activities.  Patrick Pinschmidt, the Executive Director of the Council, will discuss the Council’s review and describe the public statement the Council will consider for release. 

Deutsche Börse: Unscheduled Adjustments In MDAX - Adjustments To The Free Float And Replacement Of Wincor Nixdorf AG Share Class - Changes To Be Effective As Of 21 April

Date 18/04/2016

On Monday, Deutsche Börse announced unscheduled changes to MDAX. As a result of the expected acquisition of Wincor Nixdorf AG by the acquirer Diebold, Incorporated, the tendered share line of Wincor Nixdorf AG (ISIN DE000A169QN2) will be deleted and replaced with the prior Wincor Nixdorf AG share line (ISIN DE000A0CAYB2). This change is due to the end of the final tender period of the acquisition from 15 April 2016. This process ensures that the relevant criteria of index continuity and tradability are upheld.

CalPERS Approves New Real Assets Strategic Plan - Plan Aligns Real Estate, Infrastructure, And Forestland Programs, Maintains Existing Focus And Direction

Date 18/04/2016

The California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) today approved a new five-year strategic plan for its Real Assets asset class. The new plan for the asset class, which includes the Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Forestland programs, largely continues the investment goals and parameters of the programs' previous strategic plans, but better harmonizes nomenclature and aims to further reduce risks, costs, and complexity.

CFTC Announces Additional Names To Its List Of Foreign Entities That Illegally Solicit U.S. Residents In Forex And Binary Options - Registration Deficient (RED) List On CFTC Website Identifies Companies Operating Illegally Without Being Registered

Date 18/04/2016

As part of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) ongoing efforts to help protect Americans from fraud, today the agency announced the addition of 23 new names to the RED List. Started in September 2015, the RED List — standing for “Registration Deficient” — contains the names of unregistered foreign entities that the CFTC has reason to believe are soliciting and accepting funds from U.S. residents at a retail level for, among other things, trading in foreign currency (forex) or binary options, and who are required to register with the CFTC but, in fact, are not registered (see CFTC Press Release 7224-15, September 9, 2015).

2016 CBOE Risk Management Conference Europe - CBOE To Host 5th Annual CBOE RMC Europe September 26 – 28, In County Wicklow, Ireland

Date 18/04/2016

Chicago Board Options Exchange^® (CBOE^®) will host the 5th annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC) Europe, from September 26 through September 28, 2016, at the Powerscourt Hotel in County Wicklow, Ireland.           

Nigerian Stock Exchange Extends Trading Hours

Date 18/04/2016

Infoteria To Partner With Dragonfly Fintech - Simplifying Solution Implementation And User Operation Through Integrated Products

Date 18/04/2016

Infoteria Corporation (IC), a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Singapore Fintech startup, Dragonfly Fintech (DF), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to pursue a partnership to develop solutions that will enhance payment, clearing and settlement solutions for the financial services industry. The key area for collaboration will be in applying IC's ASTERIA middleware product to create a more user friendly abstraction of DF's Transaction Ecosystem Platform Solution (TEPS).

European Central Bank: Results Of The March 2016 Survey On Credit Terms And Conditions In Euro-Denominated Securities Financing And Over-The-Counter Derivatives Markets (SESFOD)

Date 18/04/2016

• Less favourable credit terms for counterparties across the entire spectrum of securities financing and OTC derivatives transaction types.
• Less favourable non-price credit terms being offered in securities financing transactions but at the same time more favourable financing rates for many types of collateral.

Notice Of The Annual General Meeting 2016 Of Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA

Date 18/04/2016

The Annual General Meeting of Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA will be held on 12 May 2016 at 16.00 hrs at the offices of Oslo Børs ASA, Tollbugata 2, Oslo.