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Geofinance - Speech By Sam Woods, Bank Of England, Deputy Governor, Prudential Regulation And Chief Executive Officer, Prudential Regulation Authority, Mansion House City Banquet, London, 4 October 2017

Date 04/10/2017

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At the Mansion House City Banquet this evening, Deputy Governor for Prudential Regulation Sam Woods will explore the impact of geography on the shape of banks, insurers and financial regulation – “a dynamic we might call geofinance”. With the revolution in regulation following the financial crisis coming to its end, and with changes to the geopolitical landscape looming large, Sam predicts that geofinance will be “the defining challenge of the next few years”. Alongside the speech, the PRA have announced a new approach to ensure that UK banking groups are “at least as strong as their parts”. 

TMX Group Consolidated Trading Statistics – September 2017

Date 04/10/2017

TMX Group Limited today announced September 2017 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha), Montréal Exchange (MX) and NGX.

Testimony On Examining The SEC's Agenda, Operation, And Budget, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Washington D.C., Oct. 4, 2017, Before The Committee On Financial Services, United States House of Representatives

Date 04/10/2017

Chairman Hensarling, Ranking Member Waters, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today about the work of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission or agency).

Irish Stock Exchange 2016 Profits Up 21% To €8m

Date 04/10/2017

• 2016 was a standout year for the ISE - we are well-positioned to embrace the challenges and opportunities of Brexit" - CEO Deirdre Somers
• Revenues up 6% to €29m as listing revenues grow and equity trading volumes hit a record high
• Growth in debt listings makes the ISE fastest growing bond market in the world
• 70% of ISE revenue comes from outside Ireland

Invest Global – Buy Local: 429 International Stocks On The Vienna Stock Exchange

Date 04/10/2017

In June 2017, the Vienna Stock Exchange launched the segment global market. Since then, it has massively enlarged the range of offers for domestic investors and continuously added new international stocks. Today, an additional 137 blue chips from countries like France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands have been added to the price list, which already includes more than 130 US stocks and 160 German stocks. The Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli returned to the Milan stock exchange today as well. The global market of the Vienna Stock Exchange makes the largest initial public offering in Europe of this year immediately tradable for domestic investors at local fees.

MIAX Options - Rollout Of Modifications To Existing Complex Order & Opening Functionality Beginning October 9, 2017

Date 04/10/2017

The MIAX Options Exchange will introduce modifications to the following functionality beginning Monday, October 9, 2017.

Borsa Italiana Welcomes Pirelli: The Biggest Continental European IPO In 2017

Date 04/10/2017

• Pirelli is the biggest continental European IPO to date in 2017
• The company raised €2.275 billion, valuing it at €6.5 billion
• 30th debut on Borsa Italiana’s markets since the beginning of the year

OCC Appoints Three New Members To Board Of Directors

Date 04/10/2017

OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced that Kurt Eckert, Partner and Head of Market Structure at Wolverine Trading, Rachelle Keller, Chief Operating Officer for Prime, Futures and Securities Services at Citi, and Stephen Luparello, Managing Director and General Counsel for Citadel Securities, have joined the Board of Directors as Member Directors.

Borsa İstanbul Hosts Prof. İlber Ortaylı

Date 04/10/2017

Borsa İstanbul hosted historian-author Prof. İlber Ortaylı on Friday, September 29, 2017.  Prof. Ortaylı delivered a presentation entitled “Turkey’s Economic History” to an audience of approximately 450 persons including the Vice Governor of Sarıyer, executives of brokerage houses and BİST 100 companies and Borsa İstanbul Group staff. In his presentation, Prof. Ortaylı provided striking information about the economic history of Turkey.

US Treasury Details Efforts To Reduce Burden Of Tax Regulations

Date 04/10/2017

The Treasury Department, under the leadership of Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin, today released a report on planned upcoming actions that it believes would reduce the burden of eight tax regulations identified earlier this year. Treasury also announced today that it continues to work to identify additional regulations for modification or repeal by evaluating significant regulations issued recently and initiating a comprehensive review of all regulations, regardless of when they were issued. The comprehensive review has already identified over 200 regulations that Treasury believes should be repealed, which will begin in the fourth quarter of 2017.