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DTCC’s Mihal Nahari Elected To The Board Of Chile’s Central Securities Depository

Date 19/12/2012

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) of the U.S. and The Depósito Central de Valores, S.A. (DCV) of Chile announced today that Mihal Nahari, DTCC’s Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer, has become a member of the board of The Depósito Central de Valores, S.A. (DCV) of Chile, the country’s central securities depository.
European Commission Adopts Implementing Rules For The Directive On Alternative Investment Fund Managers

Date 19/12/2012

The European Commission has acted to solidly underpin the new rules for Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) by today adopting a Delegated Regulation supplementing the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMD) (see MEMO/10/572).
Forum Economic Forecast: Weak Growth And Fragile Recovery To Continue In 2013 - Export-Led Recovery Unlikely With Eurozone In Recession And Growth Sub-1%, Forum’s Economics Expert Predicts

Date 19/12/2012

While 2012 has been tough, conditions in 2013 should get better, but only marginally so.
European Commission Adopts Technical Standards For The Regulation On OTC Derivatives, Central Counterparties And Trade Repositories

Date 19/12/2012

The European Commission has today adopted nine regulatory and implementing technical standards to complement the obligations defined under the Regulation on OTC derivatives, central counterparties (CCPs) and trade repositories (the so-called European Markets Infrastructure Regulation - EMIR) which was adopted on 4 July and entered into force on 16 August 2012 (see MEMO/12/232). They were developed by the European Supervisory Authorities and have been endorsed by the European Commission without modification. The adoption of these technical standards finalises requirements for the mandatory clearing and reporting of transactions, in line with the EU's G20 commitment made in Pittsburgh in September 2009.
European Commodity Clearing Welcomes OeKB As A New Clearing Member

Date 19/12/2012

European Commodity Clearing AG (ECC) has admitted Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (OeKB) as a new General Clearing Member. As a specialised banking institution, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (OeKB) supplies the Austrian market with central infrastructural and financial services and has many years of experience in the energy sector. In the future, OeKB will offer clearing services for the Austrian gas market to trading participants.

ESMA Clarifies Rules For Alternative Investment Funds And Their Managers

Date 19/12/2012

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a consultation on Guidelines on key concepts of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). The Directive provides the legal framework for both alternative investment funds (AIFs) and their managers (AIFMs).
db X-trackers Launches Full Replication Equity Index ETFs On Xetra

Date 19/12/2012

The issuer db X-trackers has been offering three equity index funds with indirect and direct index tracking since Wednesday. The new ETF's, which fully replicate the DAX, EURO STOXX 50 and FTSE 100 indices, are denoted by the inclusion of “DR” in the product name.
SunGard’s Valdi Adds Hosted Access To Pan-European Trading Platform Equiduct

Date 19/12/2012

SunGard has extended its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based Valdi offering to provide its customers with access to Equiduct, the pan-European trading platform focused on offering retail participants access to best execution. SunGard’s Valdi hosted access infrastructure is proximity-hosted with Equiduct’s trading engine, which helps Valdi customers benefit from low-latency market data and order routing.
Audit Oversight Board (AOB) Malaysia Participated In The First Global Survey Of Audit Regulators

Date 19/12/2012

Auditors and audit firms need to do more to improve their consistency of performance, noted by the first global survey on audit regulators’ inspection findings released by the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) yesterday.
euNetworks Connects London’s Newest Data Centre - Enables Volta’s Great Sutton Street Facility With High Bandwidth Services - Designed For Businesses Requiring Central London Location And Ultra-Fast And Resilient Connectivity

Date 19/12/2012

euNetworks Group Limited (SGX: H23.SI), a pan-European bandwidth infrastructure provider, today announced it has connected up London’s newest addition to the data centre market. Connectivity services from euNetworks will be available when Volta’s data centre becomes operational early in 2013.