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Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Publishes Final Guidelines For Large Bank Recovery Plans

Date 29/09/2016

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released final guidelines for recovery planning by large insured OCC-regulated institutions.
IBM Announces Planned Acquisition Of Promontory To Transform Regulatory Compliance With Watson - Promontory’s 600 Professionals And Offerings Will Form Foundation Of New Watson Financial Services Portfolio From IBM’s Industry Platforms Business

Date 29/09/2016

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to acquire Promontory Financial Group, a global market-leading risk management and regulatory compliance consulting firm. Upon close, the capabilities of Promontory combined with IBM's deep industry expertise and Watson’s cognitive capabilities will directly address the massive operational effort and manual cost of escalating regulation and risk management requirements. Promontory’s 600 professionals are based in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific — many of them have deep and varied expertise amassed over decades as senior leaders of regulatory bodies, financial institutions and Fortune 100 corporations. Promontory is widely regarded as the firm financial institutions turned to for guidance coming out of the 2008 financial crisis. The firm’s expertise and offerings directly address the standards for compliance implemented to ensure the integrity of the financial system, protect consumers and build trust through transparency.
Liquidnet's Fixed Income Platform Demonstrates Continued Momentum - One Year After Launch, Platform Delivers Critical Mass Of Liquidity For More Than 200 Institutional Investors Throughout The U.S. And Europe

Date 29/09/2016

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today marked the first anniversary of its fixed income dark pool. Since launching in September 2015, Liquidnet’s community of fixed income asset managers has grown to 215 active firms with over 490 users who have executed a total of $3.4 billion of corporate bond trades via the Liquidnet platform efficiently, anonymously, and with minimal market impact.
Tokyo Financial Exchange: Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-month Euroyen Futures - Effective From 28 September 2016

Date 29/09/2016

Tokyo Financial Exchange has decided to shift the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current December 2016 contracts to the March 2017 contracts, effective from 28 September 2016.
Closure Of Bursa Malaysia In Conjunction With Awal Muharram 2016

Date 29/09/2016

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia” or “the Exchange”) and its subsidiaries will be closed on Monday, 3rd October 2016, in lieu of Awal Muharram which falls on Sunday, 2nd October 2016.

Dubai Financial Services Authority Offices Closed On Sunday, 2nd October 2016 - Islamic (Hijri) New Year

Date 29/09/2016

To mark the Islamic (Hijri) New Year, the DFSA offices will be closed for business on Sunday, 2nd October 2016 and will reopen on Monday, 3rd October 2016.
New appointment To Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Committees

Date 29/09/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Thomas Atkinson, Executive Director of Enforcement, as a member of both the Securities Compensation Fund Committee (Note 1) and the Investor Compensation Fund Committee (Note 2) effective 28 September 2016.
Qatar Stock Exchange: QE Index, QE Al Rayan Islamic Index And QE All Share Constituents October 1st 2016

Date 29/09/2016

QE Index
- Qatari Investors Group will replace Al Meera Consumer Goods Company in QE Index.
SIX Swiss Exchange: European Bonds In A Low Interest Rate Environment

Date 29/09/2016

A guest contribution by the ETF provider SPDR analyzes the European Bond market in the current environment of extremely low interest rates.
Statement On The Proposed Rule Amendment To Shorten The Transaction Settlement Cycle, SEC Commissioner Kara M. Stein, Sept. 28, 2016

Date 29/09/2016

Good morning. I would like to thank staff in both Trading and Markets and DERA for their hard work on this proposal to shorten the settlement cycle for securities transactions. In particular, I would like to thank Jeffrey Mooney, Susan Petersen, Natasha Greiner, Charles Lin, and Narahari Phatak.