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KVH Is First In Japan To Deliver MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 Certified Services - Colt Group, KVH’s Parent Company, Certifies Its Next Generation Ethernet Service “etherXEN”

Date 12/08/2015

KVH’s parent company, Colt Technology Services, today announced that Colt  has achieved MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification for its point-to-point (E-Line), any-to-any (E-LAN) and hub and spoke (E-Access) services. This certification is the basis for both KVH and Colt’s global network services which includes KVH etherXEN, thereby making KVH the first operator in Japan to deliver services compliant with MEF CE 2.0 specifications.

Nasdaq Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date July 31, 2015

Date 12/08/2015

At the end of the settlement date of July 31, 2015, short interest in 2,308 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,830,242,446 shares compared with 7,950,616,084 shares in 2,310 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of July 15, 2015. The end-of-July short interest represents 4.65 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.36 days for the prior reporting period.

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency: Greg Coleman Named Deputy Comptroller For Large Bank Supervision

Date 11/08/2015

Greg Coleman today was named Deputy Comptroller for Large Bank Supervision at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

Remarks At A Press Conference Announcing Major Enforcement Charges Involving A Massive Hacking Trading Scheme, SEC Chair Mary Jo White, Newark, New Jersey

Date 11/08/2015

Good morning. Thank you, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, for inviting me to be here today. I congratulate all of the law enforcement agencies represented for their extraordinary efforts on this groundbreaking case to safeguard the integrity of our markets.

The EBA Issues Final Guidelines On Passport Notifications For Mortgage Credit Intermediaries

Date 11/08/2015

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on passport notifications for mortgage credit intermediaries in support of the transposition of the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD). The Guidelines will ensure that information about credit intermediaries carrying out business in more than one Member State is exchanged consistently between national authorities. 

SEC Charges 32 Defendants In Scheme To Trade On Hacked News Releases - Hackers, Traders Allegedly Reaped More Than $100 Million Of Illegal Profits

Date 11/08/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against 32 defendants for taking part in a scheme to profit from stolen nonpublic information about corporate earnings announcements.  Those charged include two Ukrainian men who allegedly hacked into newswire services to obtain the information and 30 other defendants in and outside the U.S. who allegedly traded on it, generating more than $100 million in illegal profits.   

ESMA Vacancy Notice - Supervisory Officer (Deadline: 18/09/2015)

Date 11/08/2015

Deadline: 18 September 2015. Please refer to our vacancy page for the details on this position (Ref. 2015/VAC20/AD6) and how to apply.

SEB Implements Axioma Risk™ As Its Global Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Platform

Date 11/08/2015

Axioma announced today that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB), one of the largest financial institutions in northern Europe with more than €180 billion in assets under management, has completed the implementation of Axioma Risk, the innovative multi-asset class risk-management platform launched by Axioma in 2013.

ESMA Vacancy Notice - Economist/Risk Analysis Officer (Deadline: 18/09/2015)

Date 11/08/2015

Deadline: 18 September 2015. Please refer to our vacancy page for the details on this position (Ref. 2015/VAC19/AD5) and how to apply.

FTSE Russell Announces Expansion Of Global Factor Index Series

Date 11/08/2015

• Two new indexes represent Dividend Yield and Momentum factors 
• Complement existing single factor indexes: Illiquidity; Residual Momentum; Quality; Size; Value and Volatility