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Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency: Revised Data Released For Stress Tests

Date 14/02/2019

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a revised dataset for use by covered institutions in the upcoming 2019 stress tests.

CFTC Charges Principal Of A Purported Commodity Trading Firm With Social Media Based Fraudulent Scheme

Date 14/02/2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that a federal court in a CFTC enforcement action entered a preliminary injunction prohibiting defendant Kelvin O. Ramirez (Ramirez), of Houston, Texas from engaging in fraud, misappropriation of customer funds, and regulatory violations in connection with an off-exchange foreign currency (forex) scheme.  The CFTC’s complaint charges that Ramirez defrauded more than 140 clients by falsely claiming he had millions of dollars in assets under management when he did not and there is no evidence of him trading.  Instead, as alleged, he absconded with his clients’ money.

ESMA: Compliance Table For The Guidelines On Market Making Activities Under The Short Selling Regulation

Date 14/02/2019

Exemption for market making activities and primary market operations under Regulation (EU) 236/2012 of the European Parliament and the Council on short selling and certain aspects of Credit Default Swaps (ESMA/2013/74)

Euronext Achieved A Strong Performance In 2018 - Achievement Of Most Of 2019 Targets One Year In Advance And Successful Integration Of Highly Accretive Acquisitions - 2019 Cost Target Announced

Date 14/02/2019

Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone with 1,300 listed issuers, today announces its results for the full year 2018.

Intercontinental Exchange Announces The Launch Of ICE Bonds

Date 14/02/2019

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced the launch of ICE Bonds, which offers access to deep liquidity pools, multiple trading protocols and a vast breadth of fixed income data and analytics.

CFTC Chairman Giancarlo To Keynote At FIA BOCA 2019

Date 14/02/2019

FSB Report Assesses FinTech Developments And Potential Financial Stability Implications

Date 14/02/2019

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a report today on FinTech and market structure in financial services. The publication is part of the FSB’s ongoing work to monitor FinTech market developments and their potential implications for financial stability. The FSB defines FinTech as technology-enabled innovation in financial services that could result in new business models, applications, processes or products with an associated material effect on the provision of financial services.

ETFGI Reports Assets Invested In Global ETFs And ETPs Industry Rises Back Above 5 Trillion US Dollars In January 2019

Date 14/02/2019

ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm covering trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, reported today that ETFs and ETPs listed Globally gathered net inflows of US$17.35 billion in January. Assets invested in the Global ETF/ETP industry finished the month up 7.13%, from US$4.82 trillion at the end of December, to US$5.16 trillion, according to ETFGI's January 2019 Global ETF and ETP industry landscape insights report, an annual paid-for research subscription service. (All dollar values in USD unless otherwise noted.)

BME: Grupo Sampol, Becomes New Issuer In MARF

Date 14/02/2019

MARF, BME’s Fixed Income market, today admitted to trading a new bond issue by SAMPOL Ingeniería y Obras for an amount of 25 million euros. This new issue marks the Mallorcan engineering company’s debut in fixed income markets and opens up new possibilities for the diversification of its funding sources. Thus, the company will have more financial alternatives available for its ongoing national and international projects.

UK And Canada Forge Closer Links To Foster Global Financial Services Innovation

Date 14/02/2019

TheCityUK and Toronto Finance International, two of the world’s leading advocates for financial and related professional services, today renewed their landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), facilitating increased access and co-operation between the UK and Canada.