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The Art Of Risk Management: A Tale of Errors And Successes, By André d’Almeida Monteiro, B3 Chief Risk Officer

Date 26/10/2018

Risk management appeared as a new area of knowledge 25 years ago, causing profound changes around the world. Nowadays, universities have professors and courses specialized to risk, companies have risk management areas and risk is regularly discussed by boards of directors. Central banks and securities and exchange commissions have risk areas and a slew of recent regulation is based on risk. The purpose of risk management is to deal with future uncertainties in order to minimize severe potential losses. How did the art of risk management reach this status?

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Publication Of Prospectus

Date 26/10/2018

The following Prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and is available for viewing:

Prospectus dated 26 October 2018 relating to the £2,500,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of London Stock Exchange Group plc

ESAs Propose New Amendments To Technical Standards On The Mapping Of ECAIs

Date 26/10/2018

The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) launched today a public consultation to amend the Implementing Regulations on the mapping of credit assessments of External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) for credit risk to reflect the outcomes of a monitoring exercise on the adequacy of existing mappings, namely changes to the Credit Quality Steps (CQS) allocation for two ECAIs and the introduction of new credit rating scales for ten ECAIs. The Implementing Regulations are part of the EU Single Rulebook for banking and insurance aimed at creating a safe and sound regulatory framework consistently applicable across the European Union (EU). The consultation runs until 31 December 2018.

Borsa Istanbul: BIST Sustainability Index Constituents For November 2018 - October 2019 Index Period Have Been Determined

Date 26/10/2018

Annual company assesments of the BIST Sustainability Index have been completed. Constituent list and the list of stocks to be included in and exluded from the index to be effective from November 1, 2018 are shown below.

UK Serious Fraud Office: Barclays PLC And Barclays Bank PLC

Date 26/10/2018

As Barclays have reported in their Regulatory News Service announcement, the High Court has today ruled against the SFO’s application, seeking to reinstate the charges previously dismissed in the Crown Court.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Report - 26 October 2018

Date 26/10/2018

Click here to diwnload Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly report.

European Enforcers To Focus On New IFRSs And Non-Financial Information In Issuers’ 2018 Annual Reports

Date 26/10/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today publishes the priorities that the European enforcers will particularly consider when examining 2018 financial statements of listed companies. These priorities are set out in the annual Public Statement on European Common Enforcement Priorities (Statement), which promotes the consistent application of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and other financial and non-financial reporting requirements. 

EEX New Participant: AYEN Energija d.o.o.

Date 26/10/2018

AYEN Energija d.o.o. has been admitted to exchange trading for Phelix Futures and Options, French Financial Power Futures and Options, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, Italian Financial Power Futures and Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures and Options, Spanish Financial Power Futures and Options, Swiss Financial Power Futures, Greek Financial Power Futures, PXE Polish Financial Power Futures, PXE Czech Financial Power Futures, PXE Hungarian Financial Power Futures, PXE Slovakian Financial Power Futures and PXE Romanian Financial Power Futures.

Mandatum Life And Saxo Bank Partner To Launch Mandatum Trader Service

Date 26/10/2018

Mandatum Life will launch a new online trading service based on the Saxo Bank Group’s (Saxo Bank) state of the art investment and trading technology in the first half of 2019.

HKEX: New Initiatives On Equity Index Options In The After-Hours Trading (T+1) Session

Date 26/10/2018

Reference is made to the circular dated 7 February 2018 (Ref: MO/DT/026/18) and 17 April 2018 (Ref: MO/DT/075/18). Following the positive market feedback received after the inclusion of three equity index options, including Hang Seng Index (HSI) Options, Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HHI) Options, Mini-Hang Seng Index (MHI) Options in the After-Hours Trading (T+1) Session on 14 May 2018, the Exchange is pleased to announce the inclusion of Mini-Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (MCH) Options and the following initiatives in the T+1 Session in order to maintain market quality.