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Federal Trade Commission Announces Agenda For Upcoming Big Data Workshop

Date 08/08/2014

The Federal Trade Commission has announced an agenda for its upcoming workshop, “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” taking place at 8 a.m. on Sept. 15 in Washington, D.C.

IMF Executive Board Discusses The IMF's Communication Strategy

Date 08/08/2014

On July 29, 2014, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) discussed a paper prepared by the Communications Department on “Review of the IMF’s Communication Strategy.”

CME Group Reaches All-Time High Open Interest Of 103.4 Million

Date 08/08/2014

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it reached an open interest record across asset classes standing at 103,387,860 open positions as of August 7, 2014. This exceeds the previous record of 103,056,895 contracts on August 25, 2011.

EBA Welcomes The Publication Of The European Commission Report On The Operation Of The ESFS

Date 08/08/2014

The European Commission published today its Report on the operation of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS). The report recognises the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the three European Supervisory Authorities in contributing to restoring confidence in the financial sector and promoting the Single Rulebook. It also identifies areas where adjustments might be needed in order to improve and strengthen the functioning of the current institutional set up, also in light of the establishment of the Banking Union. The EBA welcomes this assessment and emphasises that a more pronounced increase in resources, further clarifications in roles and responsibilities on supervisory matters and possibly greater involvement in the developments of primary legislation would enable it to more effectively perform its role as guardian of the single rulebook in the banking sector as well as promoter of supervisory convergence and enhance the protection of EU consumers.

ISDA Reporting Delegation Agreement Published

Date 08/08/2014

ISDA has today published the ISDA Reporting Delegation Agreement. This document is intended to help market participants meet their reporting obligations by providing a bilateral standard form of reporting delegation agreement whereby a reporting delegate may, on the client’s behalf, report relevant data to a trade repository. Jurisdiction-specific provisions are contained in each part of the Schedule. For ease of use, the jurisdiction-specific provisions for each jurisdiction are published separately. Market participants may choose to attach the relevant jurisdiction-specific provisions to the agreement. ISDA has also published the jurisdiction-specific provisions relating to the Australian requirements and the Singapore requirements. In the event of any change to the regulations or requirements for these jurisdictions, ISDA will also consider making changes or amendments to the relevant jurisdiction-specific provisions. ISDA will consider the drafting of jurisdiction-specific provisions for any other jurisdictions in due course.

Main Findings Of The Review Reports On The European System Of Financial Supervision

Date 08/08/2014

The European Commission today adopted the review reports on the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS), consisting of a report on the operation of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA),and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) – and a report on the mission and organisation of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). These two reports set out the findings of a review of the functioning of the new supervisory architecture, which was put in place in 2011 as part of the comprehensive reforms in response to the financial crisis (see MEMO/10/424).

ESMA Publishes Translations Of AIFMD Guidelines

Date 08/08/2014

Today ESMA published the official translations of ESMA’s guidelines on reporting obligations under Articles 3 and 24(1),(2) and (4) of the AIFMD  (ESMA/2014/869). Today’s publication triggers a period of two months within which competent authorities subject to these guidelines have to notify ESMA of their compliance position.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Temporary Prohibition Of Short Selling

Date 08/08/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) notifies that it temporarily prohibits short selling in the following instruments under Articles 23 (1) and 26 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012.  This follows a decision made by another EU Competent Authority.

SIX Swiss Exchange July 2014: Strong Month For Equities

Date 08/08/2014

Non Jordanian Investment At The Amman Stock Exchange During July 2014

Date 08/08/2014

The total value of shares bought by non-Jordanian investors during July 2014 was JD17.6 million, representing 17% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD22.7 million. Thus, the net of non-Jordanian investments during July 2014 showed a decrease of JD5.1 million.