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Westpac MNI China Consumer Sentiment Indicator Bounces Back In September - Employment Outlook Improves Amid Better Expectations For Personal Finances

Date 28/09/2016

Consumer confidence in China regained some ground in September, buoyed by an improvement in consumers’ expectations about their future personal finances.

ASX AGM 2016 - Chairman And CEO speeches

Date 28/09/2016

Chairman’s Address

Introduction

Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the 2016 Annual General Meeting for ASX Limited.

Singapore Has Strong Framework For Combatting Money Laundering And Terrorism Financing - But Has Room For Improvement In Specific Areas

Date 28/09/2016

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has assessed that Singapore has a strong framework for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). This is Singapore’s first assessment since the FATF Standards were enhanced in 2012 to counter the increasing threat posed by money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF).

ASIC Extends Foreign Financial Service Provider Class Orders For Two Years And Consults On Related Class Order

Date 28/09/2016

ASIC has extended for two years seven class orders giving relief to foreign financial service providers (FFSPs) providing financial services to wholesale clients. These class orders were due to expire (‘sunset’) between 1 October 2016 and 1 April 2017.

SEC To Hold Forum To Discuss Fintech Innovation In The Financial Services Industry - Forum To Be Held On November 14 At SEC Headquarters

Date 27/09/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it will host a public forum to discuss financial technology (Fintech) innovation in the financial services industry.  The forum is designed to foster greater collaboration and understanding among regulators, entrepreneurs and industry experts into Fintech innovation and evaluate how the current regulatory environment can most effectively address these new technologies.

FIA Releases SEF Tracker For August 2016

Date 27/09/2016

Total trading volume on SEFs averaged $430.4 billion per day during the month of August, with an increase of 5.7% from the previous month and 14.6% from August 2015. Trading activity in interest rate products bounced back from a slow July, but credit volume reached its lowest level since February 2014. Check out August's full report and data here.

Canadian Securities Regulators Publish Update On Cyber Security

Date 27/09/2016

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published CSA Staff Notice 11-332 Cyber Security to promote cyber-security awareness, preparedness and resilience in Canadian capital markets.

CFTC Charges Kevin Michael Symons Of Foothill Ranch, California And His Company, FTS Financial, Inc., With Fraud And Jerry Austin Simmons Of Charlotte, North Carolina With Fraud And Failure To Register With The CFTC

Date 27/09/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, charging Kevin Michael Symons of Foothill Ranch, California, his wholly-owned company, FTS Financial, Inc. (FTS) of Irvine, California, and Jerry Austin Simmons of Charlotte, North Carolina with the fraudulent promotion of Simmons’ “Real Time Trade Room” (the Room), an online futures “trading” forum marketed by Defendants as a way to observe Simmons as he purported to trade futures contracts “live.” Additionally, the CFTC’s Complaint charges Simmons with soliciting clients to open managed futures trading accounts without being registered with the CFTC as an Associated Person (AP) of a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA).

Office Of Financial Research Update: Interconnectedness In The Global Financial Market

Date 27/09/2016

The OFR released a research paper today, entitled, "Interconnectedness in the Global Financial Market." This working paper shows how network analysis can facilitate the monitoring of movements by stocks in the global financial system over time. The paper analyzes nearly 4,000 stocks in 15 countries. It concludes that stock returns tend to move together within regions — but not across them — in times of stability, but move in sync globally in times of crisis.

Timothy C. Scheve, President & CEO, Janney Montgomery Scott, Remarks At The 2016 SIFMA Annual Meeting

Date 27/09/2016

I’m Tim Scheve, president and CEO of Janney Montgomery Scott. As chair-elect of SIFMA, it’s my pleasure to welcome you. I’m pleased to be joined today by such a large and impressive group of industry leaders. Thank you for coming. We’re gathered here at the capital markets conference—SIFMA’s flagship event—to discuss the many ways our industry fuels American ingenuity and economic growth. What does that mean? To me it means:

• that well-functioning capital markets recognize the best ideas and enterprises and drive capital to them. 
• that the efficient allocation of capital provides meaningful benefits to individuals, companies, and society-at-large.