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OCC Reports Third Quarter Trading Revenue Of $5.7 Billion

Date 19/12/2014

Insured U.S. commercial banks and savings institutions reported trading revenue of $5.7 billion in the third quarter of 2014, down $0.7 billion, or 11 percent, from $6.4 billion in the previous quarter, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported today.

WSE Opens Public Consultations On Draft Amendments To Best Practices Of WSE Listed Companies

Date 19/12/2014

• Public consultations on the draft amendment of the Best Practices of WSE Listed Companies are open
  
• The consultations are addressed to a large group of capital market participants
  
• The draft includes the key corporate governance matters in the European Union
  
• The consultations are open until the end of February 2015

TOM MTF Statistics Week 51, 2014

Date 19/12/2014

This week on TOM MTF a total of 826,818 equity and index option contracts were traded resulting in a 34% TOM MTF market share. The highest weekly turnover in TOM’s history was recorded, surpassing the previous record.

EEX Adjusts Auction Calendar For 2015 – Croatia To Join Auctions On The Common EU Auction Platform

Date 19/12/2014

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has admitted Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund as auctioneer for Croatia. As a result, Croatia fulfills all requirements for the participation in the emissions auctions on the common EU auction platform. As a result, EEX will auction emission allowances on behalf of Croatia from the beginning of 2015.

Edify Debuts On The Luxembourg Stock Exchange - Listing Strengthens The Position Of Luxembourg As A Leading Venue For Investment Companies

Date 19/12/2014

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) welcomed today the listing of Edify S.A., a Luxembourg-based investment company with a market capitalisation of EUR 243 million.

Financial Stability Oversight Council Announces Nonbank Financial Company Designation - Council Names MetLife For Consolidated Supervision And Enhanced Prudential Standards

Date 19/12/2014

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) today announced that it voted to designate a nonbank financial company to address potential threats to financial stability.  The Council used its authority under Title I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act) to subject MetLife, Inc. to consolidated supervision and enhanced prudential standards.  The vote was nine to one. 

European Commission - Fit For Service: Council Appoints Permanent Members Of The Single Resolution Board And Adopts The Methodology For Banks' Contributions To The Resolutions Funds

Date 19/12/2014

Today the Council formally appointed the Chair, the Vice-Chair and the four other permanent members of the Single Resolution Board. This concludes a recruitment process which started in July 2014. The methodology for calculating banks' contributions to the Single Resolution Fund was also been adopted today.

Reuters Launches UK Edition Of Reuters App For iOS And Android Devices

Date 19/12/2014

Today Reuters, the world’s largest multimedia news provider, announced a new UK edition of its news app for iOS and Android devices. This is the first time a UK edition of the Reuters app has been available for download, and it launches alongside new versions in Chinese and Japanese, each customised to deliver regionally-relevant content as well as global news coverage.

Porto Seguro Begins GRC Journey With Nasdaq's BWise - GRC Platform Enables Convergence Of Key Risks In Internal Audit, Internal Control, Compliance And Operational Risk Management

Date 19/12/2014

Nasdaq's BWise (Nasdaq:NDAQ), a global leader in enterprise Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (eGRC), announced today that it has been selected by PortoSeguro, one of Brazil's largest insurance companies, to help support its new business risk management process. Porto Seguro will use BWise for Internal Audit, Internal Control, Compliance and Operational Risk Management as well as to support its new loss database for compliance with Superintendência de Seguros Privados (SUSEP), a local regulation institution for insurance companies.

ACER: REMIT Implementing Acts Enter Into Force On 7 January 2015

Date 19/12/2014

The REMIT implementing acts were published yesterday in the Official Journal of the European Union and will enter into force 20 days later, that is to say on 7 January 2015. The REMIT implementation timeline can now be defined as follows: