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EDHEC-Risk Institute Study Shows Room To Improve Investment Solutions In The Australian Super System

Date 24/07/2014

Latest research argues that the Australian superannuation industry could be further strengthened by the development of an industry-led reporting standard and certification scheme.
LME And Colt Collaborate To Launch LMEnet

Date 24/07/2014

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is working with Colt Technology Services to launch LMEnet, a dedicated network that will provide market participants a fast, reliable and secure connection to the Exchange’s electronic systems, including LME Clear.
Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Revokes The Licences Of Union Securities Limited And Its Responsible Officers Ma Kin Chung And Cheng Tai Ha, And Bans Both For Life

Date 24/07/2014

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has revoked the licences of Union Securities Limited (Union Securities) and its two responsible officers, Mr Ma Kin Chung and Ms Cheng Tai Ha. Ma and Cheng have also been prohibited from re-entering the industry for life.
New BCBS Intraday Liquidity Reporting Tools Present Data Challenges For The Banking Community - New SWIFT Whitepaper Suggests Banks Should Act Without Delay To Embrace A Pragmatic Approach To Intraday Liquidity Management

Date 24/07/2014

SWIFT announces the availability of a new whitepaper on the challenges of managing intraday liquidity reporting against the backdrop of evolving regulatory requirements. The paper, entitledIntraday Liquidity Reporting – The case for a pragmatic approach, focuses on a set of quantitative monitoring tools published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) in collaboration with the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems in April 2013. The monitoring tools mandated by the BCBS require banks to assemble the necessary data to ensure effective monitoring of banks’ intraday liquidity risk, and their ability to meet payment and settlement obligations on a timely basis in normal and stressed conditions. The BCBS would like banks to start using the monitoring tools for reporting in January 2015, with full implementation by January 2017. Actual implementation depends upon the regulatory mandate at the national level.
FIX Trading Community Supports FX Market Efficiency With TESI Extension

Date 24/07/2014

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced that they have extended the Trading Enablement Standard Initiative (TESI) to include Foreign Exchange (FX) client enablement. TESI uses FIX protocols to achieve more efficient and standardised communication for trading enablements.

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Notice Of Soliciting Public Opinions On “Pre-Disclosure Issues (Draft Version For Opinion Soliciting) Of Shareholding Lessening By Shareholders Of Listed Companies* ”

Date 24/07/2014

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has formulated the “Pre-disclosure Issues (Draft Version for Opinion Soliciting) of Shareholding Lessening by Shareholders of Listed Companies for No. 13 Memorandum on Listed Companies’ Work of Day-to-day Information Disclosure”, in order to implement the requirements of the “Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Further Strengthening the Protection of Small and Medium-sized Investors’ Legitimate Rights and Interests in the Capital Market”, protect the legitimate rights and interests of small and medium-sized investors, and regulate the pre-disclosure issues of shareholding lessening by shareholders of listed companies.
ASX Lowers Fees For Interest Rate Futures Clearing Participants

Date 24/07/2014

From 1 October 2014, ASX will lower fees and increase growth incentives for clearing participants in its interest rate futures and over-the-counter (OTC) clearing business. This will be achieved by implementing a new fee schedule for interest rate futures and by providing volume discounts for OTC clearing.
Statement Of Commissioner Kara M. Stein - SEC Commissioner Kara M. Stein, Washington, D.C., July 23, 2014

Date 23/07/2014

I want to thank the staff for your thoughtful engagement with my office and all of the hard work that went into these recommendations. These rules are better for your great work, and your tireless efforts to reach the best policy outcome are commendable.
SEC Approves FINRA Rule To Prohibit Conditioning Settlements On Expungement

Date 23/07/2014

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a new rule prohibiting firms and registered representatives from conditioning settlement of a customer dispute on—or otherwise compensating a customer for—the customer's agreement to consent to, or not to oppose, the firm's or representative's request to expunge such information from the Central Registration Depository (CRD™) system.
Strengthening Money Market Funds To Reduce Systemic Risk - SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar Washington, D.C., July 23, 2014

Date 23/07/2014

Today, the Commission considers adopting long-considered reforms to the rules governing money market funds. I commend the hard work of the staff, particularly the Division of Investment Management and the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (“DERA”), who worked tirelessly to present these thoughtful and deliberate amendments. It is well known that the journey to arrive at the amendments considered today was a difficult one, and I can confidently say that this has been, at times, perhaps one of the most flawed and controversial rulemaking processes the Commission has undertaken.