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Corporate Actions Survey Reflects A Positive Trend In Favour Of Automation And Standardisation - Survey Names SWIFT Among The Top Three Most Trusted Organizations To Support Better Data Quality And STP In Corporate Actions

Date 01/10/2015

SWIFT and CityIQ announce the results of joint survey with149 market participants worldwide about the state of play in the corporate actions marketplace. The survey also measures the evolution of automation and standardisation in this critical domain for financial institutions.

FSB Releases Progress Report On FX Benchmark Reforms

Date 01/10/2015

The FSB today published a progress report on implementation of its September 2014 recommendations for reforms to foreign exchange (FX) benchmarks. This report draws on assessments of market participants’ progress which were undertaken by the main foreign exchange committees as well as by central banks in other large FX centres.

Nasdaq To Launch First North 25 Index

Date 01/10/2015

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced the launch of First North 25, a new index for the 25 largest and most traded shares on Nasdaq First North and Nasdaq First North Premier. The First North 25 index will be launched and disseminated on October 15, 2015, and is an important part of Nasdaq’s continuous efforts to provide the leading platform for growth companies.

ASIC Consultation Papers On Financial Reporting And Foreign lLcensees

Date 01/10/2015

ASIC today released two consultation papers proposing to remake eight class orders that are due to expire (‘sunset’) in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Dubai Crude Oil For September 2015 Contract

Date 01/10/2015

Final settlement price of Dubai Crude Oil for September 2015 contract is 34,310 yen.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes: U.S. Index Dashboard

Date 01/10/2015

Some Demographic Groups Under-Represented Among Investor Households, FINRA Foundation Research Finds

Date 01/10/2015

More than 3 in 10 U.S. households own taxable investment accounts, but black and Hispanic households are significantly less likely than white households to hold taxable accounts, according to A Snapshot of Investor Households in America, a new report issued by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. Millennial households and those headed by single women also have low taxable account ownership rates.    

FINRA Statement Regarding Series 24 Exam

Date 01/10/2015

Due to a configuration error, some of the individuals who took the Series 24 supervisory examination in recent weeks incorrectly received a failing grade. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is notifying all of the affected firms and is correcting individual records in its CRD database.

SIFMA President And CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. Remarks At The SIFMA Liquidity Forum

Date 01/10/2015

SIFMA President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. delivered opening remarks and introduced the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s President and CEO William C. Dudley at the SIFMA Liquidity Forum in New York.

BM&FBOVESPA Presents The State-Owned Enterprise Governance Program

Date 30/09/2015

On Wednesday afternoon BM&FBOVESPA presented the State-Owned Enterprise Governance Program. BM&FBOVESPA Chief Executive Officer Edemir Pinto took part in this event alongside capital market representatives.