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EBRD: Energy Policy Makers Discuss Climate Technologies In Istanbul - Turkish Ministry Of Energy And Natural Resources Hosts Workshop For Post-Soviet And Southern And Eastern Mediterranean Countries

Date 16/06/2015

Energy efficiency, renewable energy and other low-carbon technologies are the focus of a joint workshop by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and hosted by the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources in Istanbul.

Oslo Børs To Open A New Marketplace, Merkur Market

Date 16/06/2015

Oslo Børs is to open a new marketplace, Merkur Market, which will offer listing and electronic trading of shares and equity certificates for both small and large companies as a supplement to the regulated Oslo Børs marketplaces. The new marketplace will open in January 2016. 

Euronext: Key Trading Milestones Reached In New Rapeseed Meal Contract

Date 16/06/2015

Euronext today announced that seven months after the launch of its Rapeseed Meal futures contract in November 2014, it reached key milestones in its growth on Monday June 15 2015:

EEX Excellence Award 2015

Date 16/06/2015

In 2015, EEX will present the Excellence Award, its advancement award for outstanding research papers in the field of energy and exchange trading, for the fifth time.

ESMA Chair, Steven Maijoor, Delivers Opening Remarks To ECON Hearing On MiFID II

Date 16/06/2015

Steven Maijoor, ESMA Chair, participated in a hearing of Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, at the European Parliament, this morning on MiFID II.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Reprimands And Fines Phillip Securities (Hong Kong) Limited $1 Million Over Mis-Selling Of Investment Product

Date 16/06/2015

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Phillip Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (Phillip Securities) $1 million for failings over its sale of a fund to four clients.

Japan Exchange Group: Notice Of Resolutions Of The 14th Annual General Shareholders Meeting

Date 16/06/2015

Notice of Resolutions of the 14th Annual General Shareholders Meeting

FCA Fines Firms Over £1.47 Billion In 2014 - Average FCA penalty Value In 2014 Two And A Half Times Higher Than Previous Year

Date 16/06/2015

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) penalised firms a total of £1.47bn in 2014, according to the 2015 Global Enforcement Review published today by Kinetic Partners, a division of Duff & Phelps. In compiling the annual report, Kinetic Partners analysed publicly available data from financial services regulators across the UK, US and Hong Kong to determine regulatory trends and their effects on the financial services industry. 

Steven Maijoor Chair European Securities And Markets Authority Delivers Opening Remarks To ECON Hearing On MiFID II

Date 16/06/2015

Dear Members of the European Parliament,

Ladies and gentlemen,

I am delighted to have been invited by the Chair and Members of ECON to present the work of ESMA on the implementing measures under MiFID 2/MIFIR.

Let me start by re-iterating that MIFID2/MIFIR is the most significant and voluminous piece of Level 2 regulation that ESMA has ever undertaken. We have now gone through two rounds of public consultation and have received very extensive input from stakeholders. We have also periodically updated the Parliament on our progress, and discussed key issues of the Technical Standards and Technical Advice.

Platts JKM™ For July-Delivered LNG Plunged 41.3% From Year Ago On Poor Demand - Prices Edged Up 6.7% Month Over Month Trending Seasonality Demand

Date 16/06/2015

Prices of spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) for July delivery to northeast Asia averaged $7.600 per million British thermal units (/MMBtu), according to the latest Platts Japan/Korea Marker (Platts JKM®) data for month-ahead delivery.