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IIROC's Work With Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) Results In Proposed Rule Amendments To Protect Vulnerable Investors - Measures Would Give Investment Firms/Registrants Tools To Help Protect Clients

Date 05/03/2020

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) applauds the work of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) in formalizing protective measures to assist investment dealers/individuals when they reasonably believe a vulnerable client is being financially exploited or a client may have diminished mental capacity.

Canadian Securities Regulators Adopt Harmonized Pre-File Review Of Prospectuses

Date 05/03/2020

Issuers across Canada will now be able to submit their prospectuses for confidential review by securities regulators before publicly filing them.

US Department Of Justice: Federal Jury Convicts Founder And Chairman Of A Multinational Investment Company And A Company Consultant Of Public Corruption And Bribery Charges - Former North Carolina State Political Party Chairman Previously Pleaded Guilty To Lying To The FBI In Connection With The Bribery Scheme

Date 05/03/2020

A federal jury sitting in Charlotte, North Carolina, has convicted the founder and chairman of a multinational investment company and a company consultant of public corruption and bribery charges, for orchestrating a bribery scheme involving independent expenditure accounts and improper campaign contributions. 

Nodal Exchange Achieves Record Volume And Market Share In Power In February

Date 05/03/2020

Nodal Exchange achieved record power futures trading volume in February 2020 with 259.5 million MWh ($6.6 Billion per side), including 73.9 million MWh related to the successful migration of power futures from Nasdaq Futures (NFX) on February 6.  This represents Nodal Exchange’s highest volume month ever, as well as its 19th consecutive record calendar month. 

Canadian Securities Regulators Propose Changes To Tackle Financial Exploitation And Diminished Mental Capacity Of Older And Vulnerable Clients

Date 05/03/2020

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment proposed amendments designed to clearly outline how registrants can address situations involving diminished mental capacity or the potential financial exploitation of vulnerable clients.

2020 US National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference Is Postponed - COVID-19

Date 05/03/2020

After careful consideration of the growing public health concerns associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19), the organizing sponsors of the 2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference (NICRC), scheduled March 9-12 in Denver, Colorado, have made the decision to postpone the conference.

Annual Revision Of GPW Benchmark Indices

Date 05/03/2020

GPW Benchmark announces the annual revision of WIG20, mWIG40, sWIG80 and WIG30 indices portfolios. Changes will come into force after close of business on March 20, 2020.

The Grand Unifying Theory (And Practice) Of Macroprudential Policy - Speech By Mark Carney, Governor Of The Bank Of England, Given At University College London

Date 05/03/2020

Economists suffer from physics envy.

We covet its neat equations and crave its deterministic systems.

EBA Tightens Measures To Mitigate Spreading Of The Coronavirus

Date 05/03/2020

• The EBA reviewed its Coronavirus readiness plan and cancelled all physical meetings scheduled between 6 and 14 March 2020 at its premises.
• EBA staff work-related travel planned in the next week has been cancelled, with the exception of critical business meetings. 
• EBA continues to require that all its staff members travelling from any affected areas work remotely for 14 days.

EDHEC-Risk Introduces A Comprehensive Investment Framework Blending Liability-Driven Investing And Factor Investing

Date 05/03/2020

Factor investing and liability-driven investing are widely recognized as two major advances in asset-liability management. Factor investing, which recommends that allocation decisions be expressed in terms of risk factors as opposed to standard asset classes, has blurred the traditional distinction between passive and active investing since investors are now aware that long-term outperformance with respect to cap-weighting indices can be accessed through systematic trading strategies. In parallel liability-driven investing, which is based on two fundamental building blocks known as a performance-seeking portfolio and a liability-hedging portfolio, has replaced the traditional concept of a “policy portfolio”, which had long been dominant in institutional money management. Interestingly, both paradigms are tightly connected with advances in research on portfolio optimization and asset pricing.