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Mandatory Notification Of Trades - Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA

Date 16/12/2016

In connection with a monthly share savings plan for employees of subsidiaries, Oslo Børs VPS Holding has sold a total of 2132 shares. New holding is 11264 shares. Employees paid a share price of NOK 84,28 per share, but were allowed a discount of 20% on purchases up to NOK 625.

Avelacom Expands Its Pan-European 100G Fiber Network To Support Demand For Low Latency Data Flow

Date 16/12/2016

Avelacom has completed a new segment of DWDM network, designed to be the lowest latency route between London – Moscow. The project includes deploying 900 km of terrestrial fibre and three new points of presence (PoPs) across Europe: in Amsterdam, Bremen and Helsinki. The backbone is connected to Cinia’s C-Lion cable in the Baltic sea and Avelacom’s fiber network in Russia. The latest update helps to achieve sub-35 millisecond latency (round-trip delay) London to Moscow.

Response To Which? Super-Complaint: UK’s Payment Systems Regulator Kick-Starts Industry-Wide Effort To Tackle Payment Scams - PSR Kick-Starts Industry-Wide Effort To Tackle Payment Scams

Date 16/12/2016

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), the economic regulator for the £75 trillion UK payment systems industry, has announced the start of a concerted and coordinated industry-wide effort to tackle payment scams.

Remarks By President Donald Tusk After The European Council Meeting On 15 December 2016

Date 16/12/2016

Moving on to Brexit, the EU27 had a short informal meeting where we finalized procedural arrangements and reconfirmed our principles, meaning the indivisibility of the four freedoms, the balance of rights and obligations and the rule "no negotiations without notification". We adopted the organisational structure with the European Council maintaining political control over the process, and the Commission as the Union's negotiator. And Michel Barnier as the Commission's Chief Negotiator.

Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission Bans Poon Kin Lung For Two Years

Date 16/12/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has prohibited Mr Poon Kin Lung, a former account executive of Phillip Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (Phillip), from re-entering the industry for two years from 15 December 2016 to 14 December 2018 over breaches of the SFC’s Code of Conduct.

FIA Japan Newsletter December 2016 Edition Released

Date 16/12/2016

Futures Industry Association of Japan has released FIAJ Newsletter December 2016 edition. Click the following URL to access the newsletter.

https://www.fiajapan.org/site_newsletters/en/201612/FIAJ_Newsletter_EN_2016_12.pdf 

Hong Kong’s Securities And Futures Commission Revokes Licences Of Goodcape Securities Limited And Its Responsible Officers Tang Lin Sun And Chang Siu Ming

Date 16/12/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has revoked the licences of Goodcape Securities Limited (Goodcape) and its two responsible officers, Mr Tang Lin Sun and Mr Chang Siu Ming.

SIFMA Statement On Fed’s Final TLAC Rule

Date 16/12/2016

Today, SIFMA issued the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA president and CEO, on the Federal Reserve’s final total loss absorbing capacity (TLAC) rule.  

CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Relief From The Inter-Affiliate Exemption From Required Clearing For Affiliated Counterparties Located In Australia Or Mexico

Date 16/12/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today issued no-action relief to swap market participants to permit a provision of the inter-affiliate exemption from required clearing to be relied upon for swaps executed between certain U.S. swap market participants and their affiliated counterparties located in Australia or Mexico. This relief offers counterparties located in Australia and Mexico the same relief that has been available to counterparties located in the European Union, Japan, and Singapore.

Euro Clearing Likely To Move From London After Brexit

Date 15/12/2016

According to Reuters, the European Union is considering legislative measures to move London's euro-denominated clearing business to the euro zone after Britain leaves the EU.