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Speech By Verena Ross, ESMA Executive Director At The 2016 Global Capital Markets Conference

Date 02/12/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) Executive Director, Verena Ross, today spoke at the ICI Global’s2016 Global Capital Markets Conference giving a broad ranging view of how ESMA’s work contributes to strengthening Europe’s capital markets.

NYSE Member Firms Report Third-Quarter Results

Date 02/12/2016

New York Stock Exchange member firms that conduct business with the public reported a third-quarter 2016 after-tax profit of approximately $3.7 billion and revenues of approximately $43.4 billion, compared with approximately $2 billion after-tax profit on revenues of about $38.8 billion in the third-quarter of 2015.

EEX New Participant: ED&F Man Capital Markets Limited

Date 02/12/2016

Flow Traders B.V. has been additionally admitted to exchange trading for Spot Contracts on Emission Rights (Secondary Market), Spanish Financial Power Futures, Greek Financial Power Futures, French Financial Power Futures, French Financial Power Options, Nordic Financial Power Futures, Italian Financial Power Options, Romanian Financial Power Futures, Nordic Financial Power Options, Futures on Emission Rights, Options on Emission Rights, UK Financial Power Futures, Belgian Financial Power Futures, Phelix Futures, Dutch Financial Power Futures, Italian Financial Power Futures, German Intraday Cap Futures, Spanish Financial Power Options, Phelix Options und Swiss Financial Power Futures.

Borsa İstanbul Converts Its Cash Assets To Turkish Lira

Date 02/12/2016

In support of the call by H.E. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of today, Borsa İstanbul decided to convert all its cash assets to Turkish Lira and keep such assets in accounts denominated in Turkish Lira as of December 2, 2016.

OCC Names New CFO, Treasurer, And Chief Compliance Officer - Donohue Says Appointments Of Shelly, Pribel And Adamczyk Will Help Address Evolving Needs Of OCC

Date 02/12/2016

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced three additions to its senior management team.

Federal Reserve Governor Daniel K. Tarullo At The Federal Reserve Bank Of Cleveland And Office Of Financial Research 2016 Financial Stability Conference, Washington, D.C., December 2, 2016, Financial Regulation Since The Crisis

Date 02/12/2016

Last summer, when I accepted President Loretta Mester's invitation to speak at this conference, I thought it would be a good occasion to step back and assess where we stand in our post-crisis efforts to promote financial stability in the United States. This morning I will offer such an assessment. I will begin by reviewing what has been accomplished. Then I will suggest how to approach the work that remains--including both tackling continuing vulnerabilities to financial stability and rationalizing the measures that have already been taken.

SEC: United Settles Charges In Case Of Flight Route To Benefit Public Official

Date 02/12/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the parent company of United Airlines has agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle charges in a case where shareholders wound up footing the bill so a public official could get more convenient flights.

Borsa İstanbul And Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC) To Cooperate

Date 02/12/2016

• As a further step of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) previously signed between DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Center) and Borsa İstanbul, the parties decided that spot and futures trading and settlement of gold and other precious metals on a single platform will be initiated.
• It was confirmed that, at the first stage, the parties will cooperate in order to create delivery centers in Istanbul and Dubai.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo On Proposed Rule For Capital Requirements Of Swap Dealers And Major Swap Participants

Date 02/12/2016

For some time now, I have been asking whether the amount of capital which regulators have caused financial institutions to take out of trading markets is at all calibrated to the amount of capital which is needed to be kept in global markets to support the health and durability of the global financial system. I have called on the Financial Stability Oversight Council and domestic and foreign financial regulators to conduct a thorough analysis in this regard. Those calls have been largely ignored. So, I hope that commenters to this capital proposal can help provide some insight into my question.

TOM MTF Statistics Week 48, 2016

Date 02/12/2016

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 48, 2016.