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A Comprehensive EU Response To The Financial Crisis: Substantial Progress Towards A Strong Financial Framework For Europe And A Banking Union For The Eurozone

Date 28/03/2014

This memo is updated to reflect latest developments. It is an information tool; not a legal text.

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INTRODUCTION

The financial crisis highlighted the need for better regulation and supervision of the financial sector. It is the reason why the European Commission has since 2010 proposed nearly 30 sets of rules to ensure all financial actors, products and markets are appropriately regulated and efficiently supervised. These rules are the basic framework for all 28 Member States of the EU and underpin a properly functioning Single Market for financial services.

Armada Markets Launches Chinese Yuan And Russian Ruble Trading

Date 28/03/2014

Armada Markets, a leading spot Forex and spot metals ECN broker in Northern Europe introduced today the Chinese yuan (USD/CNH) and the Russian ruble (USD/RUB) currency pairs to its MetaTader 4 platform. This makes Armada Markets one of the first spot Forex brokers in Northern Europe to launch trading in the Chinese yuan and the Russian ruble.

MCX Weekly Market Report - March 21, 2014 To March 27, 2014

Date 28/03/2014

Click here to download MCX's MCX weekly market report for the period March 21, 2014 to March 27, 2014.

HKEx: Exchange Publishes Results Of Its Latest Review Of Disclosure In Issuers’ Annual Reports

Date 28/03/2014

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), today (Friday) published a report on the findings and recommendations from its review of issuers’ annual reports1 for the financial years ended between December 2012 and November 2013.

db x-trackers II Barclays Global Aggregate Bond ETFs Launched On Xetra - ETFs Track Global Market For Fixed-Income Bonds With Investment-Grade Rating

Date 28/03/2014

Two new db x-trackers bond index funds from the ETF section of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management have been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Friday. 

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report- 28th March, 2014

Date 28/03/2014

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly trading Report for the week ending 28th March, 2014.

Atlas ATS First to Announce Options On Bitcoin - The Only FIX Protocol Digital Currency Exchange Sophisticates With ATLAS 2.0 On The Perseus Network

Date 28/03/2014

Atlas ATS, the only FIX protocol Wall Street grade exchange platform for digital currencies announced today a new platform, Atlas 2.0,  for trading in alt coins, options for digital currency and an array of advanced native order types for FIX API clients. Atlas 2.0 has been launched in Hong Kong and North America where Atlas ATS has established digital currency exchanges. The new platform provides trading for major alternative digital currencies, derivative products, a new multi-signature transaction wallet and a larger selection of advanced order types for clients using the FIX interface. Atlas 2.0 has been deployed on a global, secure, high precision private network exclusively managed under the Digital Currency Initiative (dci), a division of Perseus Telecom. 

Tokyo Stock Exchange: New ETFs Included In Real-Time Dissemination Of “TSE Indicative NAV”

Date 28/03/2014

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will newly calculate and publish the real-time Indicative Net Asset Value (Indicative NAV) per share for the below Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on our website beginning March 28, 2014.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority AFA Update: Issue # 23 - Revised Code Of Professional Conduct Formally Approved By Minister

Date 28/03/2014

Yesterday the Minister of Commerce, Craig Foss, issued a media release announcing the revised Code of Professional Conduct for Authorised Financial Advisers (AFAs) (Code), which will come into force on 1 May 2014.

Federal Reserve Governor Daniel K. Tarullo, At The Harvard Law School Symposium On Building The Financial System Of The Twenty-First Century: An Agenda For Europe And The United States, Armonk, New York, March 27, 2014 , Regulating Large Foreign Banking Organizations

Date 28/03/2014

The financial crisis exposed, in painful and dramatic fashion, the shortcomings of existing regulatory and supervisory regimes. In both the United States and the European Union (EU), the crisis also revealed some particular vulnerabilities created by foreign banking operations. This evening I would like to focus on these vulnerabilities and on how best we should address them.