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Moscow Exchange: On Settlement Price Of FX Futures

Date 21/09/2017

Thomson Reuters stopped publishing their FXFIX page, which was used as the source for the FX fixings against which FX Futures traded on MOEX Derivatives Market were settled against. 

ICE Benchmark Administration To Launch LBMA Silver Price On 2 October 2017

Date 21/09/2017

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) expects to start administering the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Silver Price benchmark and operate the underlying auction from 2 October 2017.

Japan's Financial Services Agency And Bank Of Japan: Comment Letter On The Volcker Rule

Date 21/09/2017

The Financial Services Agency and the Bank of Japan sent a comment letter on September 21, 2017 to the US regulators in response to the release from the OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) seeking input on revising the Volcker Rule.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Secures Conviction Against ETRADE Securities (Hong Kong) Limited For Marketing Of Unlicensed US Brokerage Services In Hong Kong

Date 21/09/2017

The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today convicted ETRADE Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (ETrade HK) for actively marketing to the Hong Kong public US brokerage services provided by E*TRADE Securities LLC (ETrade US) which was not a licensee of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).  

Global Emerging Market Regulators Accelerate Efforts Towards Development Of Sustainable Finance And Strengthening Of Cyber Resilience

Date 21/09/2017

Leading emerging market regulators met this week in Colombo, Sri Lanka, at the annual meeting and conference of the IOSCO Growth and Emerging Markets (GEM) Committee, chaired by the Chairman of Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), Tan Sri Ranjit Ajit Singh, who is also Vice Chair of the IOSCO Board. The GEM Committee annual meeting and conference were preceded by the meeting of the IOSCO Asia-Pacific Regional Committee, which were hosted by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka.

CEGH Czech Gas Market To Join PEGAS Platform In December

Date 21/09/2017

Paris based Powernext SA, the Austrian Central European Gas Hub AG (CEGH) and Power Exchange Central Europe (PXE) have today finalised their plans for the launch of the PEGAS CEGH Czech Gas Market. All spot products and futures contracts currently available on the PXE gas market will be opened on PEGAS on the 8th December 2017. 

UK's Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Findings From The Ageing Population Project

Date 21/09/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published an Occasional Paperoutlining the findings from a project that explored how the ageing population would impact the Financial Services industry.

Moscow Exchange: The MICEX10 Index Revised

Date 21/09/2017

Amendments to the MICEX10 Index following its quarterly review include the following:

VTB Bank, Magnit and Aeroflot ords will be added to the index, while FGC UES, NLMK ords and Surgutneftegas prefs will be excluded.

Financial Regulators Of Japan And Abu Dhabi Global Market Cooperate On FinTech

Date 21/09/2017

The Financial Services Agency of Japan (‘FSA’) and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (‘FSRA’) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (‘ADGM’) today announced the completion of a framework for co-operation to promote innovation in financial services in Japan and ADGM.

Landmark Final Wave Sees Four More CSDs Go Live On T2S Using SWIFT - In The Final Migration Wave, CSDs In Spain, Estonia, Latvia And Lithuania Successfully Migrate To T2S Using SWIFT’s Value Added Network Solution

Date 21/09/2017

SWIFT announces the successful migration of Iberclear (Spain) and the Baltic CSDs of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and their respective communities to live operations on T2S using its Value Added Network (VAN) solution for T2S.