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FSB Reports To G20 On Progress In Reforming Resolution Regimes And Resolution Planning

Date 12/11/2014

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published today its report to the G20 on progress in reform of resolution regimes and resolution planning for globally systemically important financial institutions (G-SIFIs). This progress report reviews what has been achieved so far and sets out further actions to implement the Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions fully in substance and in scope and ensure that all G-SIFIs are resolvable.

. The Amman Stock Exchange Participates In The 54th General Assembly Of WFE

Date 12/11/2014

The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) represented by Mr. Nader Azar, the CEO of the ASE participated in the 54th General Assembly and the Annual meetings of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) which was held in Seoul / Korea during October 27-29, 2014. The meetings were attended by chairmen and chief executives of 60 world's leading exchanges; during the Assembly, they elected Juan Pablo Cordoba, the CEO of Bolsa de Valores de Colombia as a new Chairman for the WFE; Ravi Narain, the Vice Chairman of the National Stock Exchange of India as a vice chairman; and Dr. Urs Ruegesegger, the Chairman of Six Swiss Exchange as the Chairman of the Working Committee. The new Board officers serve two - year terms. The WFE General Assembly also approved the membership of BATS Global Markets, Bahrain Bourse, Euronext and The Nigerian Stock Exchange. Together with these new members, WFE membership includes 64 regulated exchanges.

Traiana Expands TR Connect Regulatory Offering

Date 12/11/2014

Traiana, the leading provider of pre trade risk and post trade processing solutions, announces that TR Connect, its multi-jurisdictional regulatory reporting service, has been further enhanced to help firms meet the challenges of regulatory reporting on a global basis.

SWIFT Addresses The Know Your Customer’s Customer Compliance Challenge - New ‘SWIFT Profile’ Is The First In A Series Of Additional Value-Added Know Your Customer Services Linked To The KYC Registry

Date 12/11/2014

SWIFT announces the development of the SWIFT Profile, a unique report that provides a global overview of an institution’s correspondent banking activities, which banks can share at their own discretion. The new service will be available in January 2015 and forms part of SWIFT’s Know Your Customer (KYC) offering, which is designed to address the growing KYC challenge for banks.

EEX Expands Trade Registration Offering With CLTX Freight Contracts

Date 12/11/2014

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will launch Trade Registration services for products that are listed on its subsidiary Cleartrade Exchange (CLTX) in January 2015. As a first step, EEX will introduce futures on freight contracts.

Bank of England: Oversight Committee Publishes Report On Role Of Bank Officials In Relation To Conduct Issues In The Foreign Exchange Market

Date 12/11/2014

The Oversight Committee has today published an independent report by Lord Grabiner QC.  This follows his investigation into whether, between 2005 and 2013, any Bank of England official was involved in, or aware of, conduct issues in the foreign exchange (FX) market.

Clearstream: Liquidity Alliance Implements Next Generation Of Customer Connectivity

Date 12/11/2014

• The new portal will enable customers of the Liquidity Alliance members to benefit from significant enhancements which will further increase their collateral efficiency 
• Liquidity Alliance member Cetip from Brazil will act as a pilot for the entire Liquidity Alliance and has scheduled the implementation for November 2014
• ASX (Australia), Clearstream (Luxembourg and Germany), Iberclear (Spain) and Strate (South Africa) are part of the subsequent roll-outs

Thai Bourse Market Report For October 2014

Date 12/11/2014

• Daily average trading value up 29 pct year-on-year to USD 1.53 bln
• Market cap at USD 437 bln, down slightly from end-September
• Derivatives trading down 6.62 percent m-o-m to 184,181 contracts per day
• Foreign investors sold a net USD 497 mln in October

UBS Sees Strong Support For Its Share-For-Share Exchange Offer – Reduces Minimum Acceptance Condition And Extends Initial Acceptance Period

Date 12/11/2014

UBS and UBS Group announced today that based on a preliminary count, a total of 86.55% of UBS shares have been tendered into UBS Group AG’s share-for-share exchange offer. UBS Group AG has reduced the minimum acceptance condition to 66.67% and has extended the initial acceptance period of its share-for-share exchange offer to 20 November 2014.

Barclays Statement In Response To Foreign Exchange Settlement Announcement

Date 12/11/2014