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The Case For Cooperation: Cross-Border CCP Supervision And The Role Of Central Banks - Introductory Remarks By Benoît Cœuré, Member Of The Executive Board Of The ECB, At A Conference On CCP Risk Management Organised By The Deutsche Bundesbank, The ECB And The Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago, Frankfurt Am Main, 27 February 2019

Date 27/02/2019

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Frankfurt. I thank you all for coming, especially those who have travelled from far away.

I am delighted to open this conference, which has been organised jointly with our colleagues from the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The idea behind today’s event is to establish a regular forum to exchange views on pressing issues around central clearing and its challenges in terms of risk management.

BETTER FINANCE: The Chief Lobbyist Of The Biggest European Bank To Be Named Chair Of The European Banking Authority… In Charge Of Supervising EU Banks

Date 27/02/2019

Back in 2015, a senior executive of the BNP Paribas group was appointed Governor of the French Central Bank. Now Jose Manuel Campa, the top Banco Santander lobbyist, is to be nominated as the new Chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA), following decisions of the EBA Board of Supervisors and of the ECON Committee of the European Parliament.

ACER Decides On Methodologies For Capacity Calculation In 13 Member States For Single Day-Ahead And Intraday Electricity Market Coupling

Date 27/02/2019

The Agency has published a decision setting the common methodology for the calculation of cross-border capacities in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia (the Core region) for the single day-ahead and intraday electricity market coupling. The adopted methodologies establish a flow-based capacity calculation approach for 13 Member States mentioned as well as  16 Transmission System Operators (TSOs) and 19 bidding zone borders.

Nivaura Poised For Growth Following $20m Strategic Seed Investment Round - Investors Include Allen & Overy, Linklaters, London Stock Exchange Group, Santander Innoventures And Transamerica Ventures (A Wholly Owned Aegon Subsidiary)

Date 27/02/2019

Nivaura, a regulated FinTech company focused on automating the issuance and administration processes for financial instruments, has closed a strategic funding round, raising $20m in seed and seed extension capital from a number of prominent partners.

Red Deer’s MiFID II Research Management Solution Selected by Engadine Partners LLP

Date 27/02/2019

Red Deer, the financial technology company dedicated to enhancing the performance of active investment managers, announced today that its Research Management solution has been selected by hedge fund Engadine Partners LLP (“Engadine”), to enable the firm to benefit from a flexible, tailored and operationally efficient approach to MiFID II.

European Council, Council Of The European Union - Capital Markets Union: Council Agrees Position On Easier Access To Financial Markets For SMEs

Date 27/02/2019

As part of the capital markets union, the EU is taking steps to help small and medium businesses access new sources of funding.

Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission Suspends CMS’s Former Responsible Officer Wu Yinong For 18 Months

Date 27/02/2019

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has suspended the licence of Mr Wu Yinong, a former responsible officer (RO) of China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited (CMS), for 18 months from 25 February 2019 to 24 August 2020 for breaching the SFC’s Code of Conduct and the Sponsor Guidelines (Notes 1, 2 & 3).

FTSE China Index Series Quarterly Review

Date 27/02/2019

• One addition to the FTSE China A50 Index in this review period
• No changes to the FTSE China 50 Index

TASE’s Opening Bell Ceremony Goes Global With The International Mayors Conference In Israel

Date 27/02/2019

Mayors from 26 countries from around the world gathered this morning at the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) building for the opening bell ceremony to mark the International Mayors Conference that is being held in Israel.

EEX New Participant: Société Générale S.A.

Date 27/02/2019

Société Générale S.A. has been admitted to exchange trading for Phelix Futures and Options, French Financial Power Futures and Options, Italian Financial Power Futures and Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures and Options, Spanish Financial Power Futures and Options, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, Swiss Financial Power Futures, Greek Financial Power Futures, UK Financial Power Futures, PXE Polish Financial Power Futures, PXE Czech Financial Power Futures, PXE Hungarian Financial Power Futures, PXE Slovakian Financial Power Future, PXE Romanian Financial Power Futures, Freight Financial Futures and Options (USD),   Spot Contracts on Emission Rights (Primary Auctions, Secondary Market), Futures and Options on Emission Rights and Financial Futures on Agricultural Products.