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  • Canadian Securities Regulators Finalize Rule Amendments Regarding Disclosure Of Women On Boards And In Senior Management

    Date 15/10/2014

    The securities regulatory authorities in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan (“participating jurisdictions”) announced today the final implementation of amendments to National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices and Form 58-101F1 Corporate Governance Disclosure. Provided all necessary Ministerial approvals are obtained, these rule amendments will come into effect on December 31, 2014, in time for the 2015 proxy season.

  • EBA Discloses Probe Into EU Bankers Allowances

    Date 15/10/2014

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the findings of its investigation regarding discretionary remuneration practices across the EU banking sector. The report shows that some institutions have classified the so-called ‘role-based' allowances in a way that increases the fixed component of remuneration, which may impact on the limitation of the bonus cap. As a result of this analysis, the EBA issued an Opinion to the European Commission and EU competent authorities calling for supervisors to ensure that institutions' remuneration practices on allowances comply with EU legislation.

  • BBA: Changes That Increase Fixed Costs Could Be Counterproductive

    Date 15/10/2014

    Responding to the European Banking Authorities report on discretionary remuneration practices, a spokesman for the BBA said: “The British banking industry has made great strides in recent years to reform the way in which highly paid staff are remunerated. 

  • DTCC Proposes Central Clearing For The U.S. $1.6 Trillion Institutional Tri-Party Repo Market - An Established, Proven Central Clearing Function Would Play A Critical Role In Ensuring Stability And Transparency For Participants In The U.S. Tri-Party Repo Market

    Date 15/10/2014

    The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) subsidiary Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) intends to submit a rule filing with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and an Advance Notice filing to both the SEC and the Federal Reserve to provide central clearing for the over $1.6 trillion institutional tri-party repo market. Central clearing would play a key role in providing stronger participant and systemic safeguards for the tri-party repo market. FICC provides the only central clearing function for tri-party repo trades in the U.S. and is the only platform ready to serve this market.

  • ISE And KCG Jointly Enhance Execution Capability For Multi-Legged Options Strategy Orders With Stock Component

    Date 15/10/2014

    ISE today announced that KCG, an independent execution-only trading firm, has enhanced its execution capabilities for the stock component of multi-legged options strategy orders. These enhanced execution capabilities access liquidity directly from the equities exchanges, whereas previously, orders were sent only to alternative execution destinations, such as dark pools. As a result of this enhancement, fill rates for multi-legged options orders that include stock have increased.