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Remarks By US Treasury Deputy Secretary Raskin At The Cambridge Cyber Summit - An Opportunity To Innovate: Building Security Into The Chips And Bits Of Our Financial Products, Services, And Institutions

Date 06/10/2016

Thank you for having me here today at the inauguration of the Cambridge Cyber Summit.  Congratulations to the Aspen Institute, MIT, and CNBC for launching this event and bringing together such a strong group of leaders from across government, academia, and industry to discuss the cyber threats to America’s security and prosperity, and how we can combat and reduce these threats through technological innovation. 

European Banking Authority (EBA) Consults On ICT Risk

Date 06/10/2016

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on its draft Guidelines on the assessment of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) risk in the context of the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP). These draft Guidelines are addressed to competent authorities and aim at promoting common procedures and methodologies for the assessment of ICT risk. The consultation runs until 06 January 2017.

Federal Reserve Board Takes Action To Bar Two Former Foreign Exchange (FX) Traders Of HSBC From Employment In Banking Industry

Date 06/10/2016

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday took action to bar two former foreign exchange (FX) traders of HSBC from employment in the banking industry. Mark Johnson and Stuart Scott, former senior HSBC managers, were recently indicted for criminal wire fraud in connection with their trading activities at HSBC Bank plc, a subsidiary of HSBC which is a U.S. bank holding company. Johnson was a managing director and the global head of FX cash trading. In that role, Johnson supervised FX trading desks for HSBC. Scott reported to Johnson and was head of FX trading for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa and was also employed by HSBC Bank plc.

Federal Reserve Board Takes Action To Bar Two Former Foreign Exchange (FX) Traders Of HSBC From Employment In Banking Industry

Date 06/10/2016

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday took action to bar two former foreign exchange (FX) traders of HSBC from employment in the banking industry. Mark Johnson and Stuart Scott, former senior HSBC managers, were recently indicted for criminal wire fraud in connection with their trading activities at HSBC Bank plc, a subsidiary of HSBC which is a U.S. bank holding company. Johnson was a managing director and the global head of FX cash trading. In that role, Johnson supervised FX trading desks for HSBC. Scott reported to Johnson and was head of FX trading for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa and was also employed by HSBC Bank plc.

Borsa Italiana: 16th Star Conference In London

Date 06/10/2016

• Record number of meetings requested: more than 1,000
• 49 STAR companies attend conference
• Two new STAR companies attending the event: Tecnoinvestimenti and Retelit
• Total market capitalization of €32.21 billion

EEX New Participant: EDF Trading Limited

Date 06/10/2016

EDF Trading Limited has additionally been admitted to exchange trading for Financial German-Austrian Wind Power Futures.

ESMA Publishes Updated AIFMD Q&A

Date 06/10/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated questions and answers document on the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).

Palestine Securities Exchange (PEX) Monthly Investor Newsletter - September 2016

Date 06/10/2016

Click here to download the September edition of the PEX Monthly Investor Newsletter.

ESMA Consults On MiFID II Guidelines Regarding Trading Halts

Date 06/10/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a public consultation regarding draft guidelines on trading halts under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II). MiFID II provides that “Member States shall require a regulated market to be able to temporarily halt or constrain trading if there is a significant price movement in a financial instrument on that market or a related market during a short period and, in exceptional cases, to be able to cancel, vary or correct any transaction.

CISI Comments On Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party Conference Speech Re Financial Advisers

Date 06/10/2016

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) would like to make the following statement, in response to Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference yesterday when she stated: “If you are an accountant, financial adviser or middleman who helps people dodge tax, we are coming after you”: