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Comptroller Of The Currency Discusses Regulatory Reform And Diversity During Congressional Hearing

Date 16/05/2019

Comptroller of the Currency Joseph M. Otting today discussed efforts to implement reforms to ensure banks operate in a safe, sound, and fair manner as well as work to promote diversity within the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the federal banking system.

EEX Extends Emissions Auctions To Norway, Iceland And Liechtenstein

Date 16/05/2019

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has revised the calendar for the 2019 auctions of EU allowances (EUA) and EU aviation allowances (EUAA) for the 25 EU Member States participating in the common auction platform (CAP2) to include the allowances of the EEA EFTA states, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

EBA Updates On Its Work In Response To The Commission's Call For Advice On Basel III Implementation

Date 16/05/2019

The European Banking Authority (EBA) is currently finalising its impact assessment on the implementation of Basel III, in response to the European Commission's call for advice it received on 4 May 2018. The findings of the assessment in the areas of credit risk, operational risk, output floor and securities financing transactions will be published in a report by the end of July 2019. The findings in the area of market risk and CVA will be published at a later stage, owing to the later completion of these parts of the Basel III framework.

Capitalism Without Capital: Understanding Our New ‘Knowledge’ Economy - Speech By Professor Jonathan Haskel, External Member Of The Bank Of England Monetary Policy Committee, Given At The Ken Dixon Lecture At The University Of York

Date 16/05/2019

Jonathan looks at how the trend away from tangible to intangible capital can affect our interpretation of the economy and considers the importance of understanding these issues for policymakers.

Keynote Speech By ESMA Executive Director, Verena Ross At The ICMA Conference 2019

Date 16/05/2019

Today, ESMA Executive Director, Verena Ross delivered a keynote speech at the ICMA Annual General Meeting and Conference in Stockholm, Sweden.

May Acuiti Derivatives Insight Report Released Today - Performance Analytics From Across The Global Derivatives Market

Date 16/05/2019

Key findings:

• Revenue growth falters in April
• Non-bank FCMs suffer reversal after strong March
• Industry sentiment cools but remains optimistic

Nigerian Stock Exchange Admits MTN Nigeria Communications Plc To iIs Premium Board​

Date 16/05/2019

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (The NSE or Exchange) is pleased to announce the listing by introduction of 20.35 billion (20,354,513,050) ordinary shares of MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (“MTN Nigeria”) at N90 per share, on its Premium Board, on Thursday, May 16, 2019.

Horizons ETFs Launches Uranium ETF With Solactive Index As The Underlying

Date 16/05/2019

Solactive is pleased to announce the release of its Solactive Global Uranium Pure-Play Index (SOLGUPP)serving as the underlying for Horizons Global Uranium Index ETF (“HURA”).

OpenFin Raises $17 Million Series C From Wells Fargo And Barclays

Date 16/05/2019

OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of finance, has raised $17 million in Series C funding from major banks and leading Fintech investors. The funding round was led by Wells Fargo with participation from Barclays and existing investors including Bain Capital Ventures, J.P. Morgan and Pivot Investment Partners. The Series C round brings OpenFin’s total amount of venture funding to $40 million. Proceeds from the financing will be used to make OpenFin OS ubiquitous on financial desktops and to fund further product innovation. This includes OpenFin’s new Cloud Services offering, which enables banks, asset managers, wealth managers and hedge funds to provide their own private app stores for employees and customers out of the box.

Patrick Buhannic Voluntarily Withdraws From All Suits Against TradingScreen

Date 16/05/2019

TradingScreen Inc. (TS), the global, multi-asset class order and execution management system (OEMS), today announced that Patrick Buhannic has voluntarily agreed to be dismissed with prejudice from all the lawsuits brought by his brother Philippe Buhannic against TradingScreen and other defendants in New York State Court and U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. As a result, Philippe Buhannic is the only remaining plaintiff (representing himself pro se) in those actions.