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Federal Reserve Governor Jerome H. Powell, At The Clearing House Annual Conference, New York, New York, November 17, 2015, Central Clearing In An Interdependent World

Date 17/11/2015

Thank you for inviting me to speak today. I attended The Clearing House annual meeting in 2013 and spoke about financial market infrastructure reform. Two years have passed, and this is a good opportunity to take stock. I'll start by reviewing the progress made in strengthening central counterparty (or CCP) clearing, and then offer some thoughts on expanded central clearing for repurchase agreement (or repo) markets--an area of significant current interest. 

SEC Charges Pump-And-Dump In Marley Coffee Stock

Date 17/11/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against several alleged perpetrators behind a $78 million pump-and-dump scheme involving the stock of Jammin’ Java, a company that operates as Marley Coffee and uses trademarks of late reggae artist Bob Marley to sell coffee products.

MiFID: ESMA Makes Available Pan-EU Data On Suspensions And Removals From Trading

Date 17/11/2015

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has  launched today a new database which makes available information on suspensions and removals from trading including restoration details that national supervisory authorities have to notify under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).  

Solarflare® Dramatically Improves Risk Management With Enhanced “DVR-Like” Realtime Lossless Data Recording - Capture SolarSystem (CSS) Enables Simple Ubiquitous Packet Capture Deployment On The Top Of Every Server Rack In The Data Center

Date 17/11/2015

Solarflare, the leader in application-intelligent networking solutions, today announced enhancements to its CSS to address the key risk management and compliance issues facing financial institutions. The latest version of CSS allows customers to capture the entire network traffic flow in a rapidly searchable form, providing greater visibility and network instrumentation capabilities for regulatory reporting, risk analytics, performance monitoring, threat detection and more. 

EBRD: Foreign Banks’ Funding To Emerging Europe Increased For The First Time Since 2011

Date 17/11/2015

The fall in foreign banks’ funding to countries in eastern Europe may be bottoming out. A new report from the Vienna Initiative committee released today shows that foreign bank funding to central, eastern and south-eastern Europe (CESEE) countries, excluding Russia and Turkey, rose in the second quarter of 2015 for the first time since 2011. 

MIAX Options Holiday Schedule - Thanksgiving 2015

Date 17/11/2015

Please be advised the MIAX Options Exchange will be closed on Thursday, November 26, 2015 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.  

MiFID: ESMA Makes Available Pan-EU Data On Suspensions And Removals From Trading

Date 17/11/2015

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has  launched today a new database which makes available information on suspensions and removals from trading including restoration details that national supervisory authorities have to notify under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).  

UK Chancellor's Speech To GCHQ On Cyber Security - Chancellor Lays Out New Plan For £1.9 Billion Cyber Investment, And Details Seven More Departments That Have Settled Ahead Of The Spending Review

Date 17/11/2015

Thank you.

Before I start my speech, I want to say a few words about the heart-breaking events that unfolded in Paris on Friday evening.

This was an assault not just on the people of France, but on all of us who value freedom and democracy. We stand with the people of France. We know that we must act as one, just as our enemies see us as one.

Xignite Streams Real-Time Equity Prices To Ipreo Investor Relations Platforms - HTML5 Widgets Powered By Xignite And ChartIQ

Date 17/11/2015

Xignite, the leading provider of cloud-based financial market data solutions, announced today that market intelligence provider Ipreo has selected Xignite market data APIs to provide real-time and delayed equity prices to Ipreo’s Investor Relations platform, BD Corporate. The Xignite InvestorX widget streams publicly traded company news and financial data in dynamic charts, designed by HTML5 financial charting provider ChartIQ, and has been deployed to 1,500 users.

Remarks By US Department Of The TreasuryDeputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin At The Clearing House Annual Conference

Date 17/11/2015

Good morning. Thank you Greg for the introduction, and thank you to The Clearing House for inviting me to speak today at your annual conference.