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Capital Unbound: Remarks At The Cato Summit on Financial Regulation, SEC Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar, New York, New York , June 2, 2015

Date 02/06/2015

Thank you, Mark [Calabria], for that wonderful introduction. For years, Cato Institute scholars like Mark have served as important voices in the public policy debate about individual liberty, limited government, and the free markets. They are voices that are profoundly needed in the continuing discussion about regulation of the financial markets. Thank you, Mark, also for organizing this great conference. I enjoyed listening to the remarks this morning by my good friend CFTC Commissioner Chris Giancarlo, who is doing an outstanding job of ensuring that his agency acts in a thoughtful way, as well as those by Josh Rosner, co-author of Reckless Endangerment — the must-read book that exposes how misguided government housing policy and crony capitalism cost taxpayers trillions of dollars in bailouts and lost economic growth.

Agencies Release Statement On Dodd-Frank Act Company-Run Stress Tests At Medium-Sized Financial Companies

Date 02/06/2015

Federal banking agencies today reiterated the disclosure requirements for the annual stress tests conducted by financial institutions with total consolidated assets between $10 billion and $50 billion.

Regulation - Supporting Vibrant Markets - Speech By Martin Wheatley, CEO Of The Financial Conduct Authority, Delivered At The Future Of Financial Services Event In London.

Date 02/06/2015

Today’s theme is not an easy one, frankly, in the sense that forecasting the financial future is notoriously complex. ‘Nobody,’ as the old stock trader adage goes, ‘rings a bell at the top of the market’.

TMX Group Announces Strategic Realignment

Date 02/06/2015

TMX Group Limited today announced a realignment of the organization to achieve its new vision of being a technology-driven solutions provider that puts clients first. The changes follow the completion of an in-depth strategic review of the organization, which began in January.

Nasdaq NFX Data Will Be Available On The Bloomberg Professional Service

Date 02/06/2015

Nasdaq announced today that Nasdaq Futures, Inc. (NFX) real-time market data will be available via the Bloomberg Professional service and the B-PIPEservice, following the official launch of the NFX platform in mid-2015. NFX is the exchange group's U.S.-based designated contract market (DCM), offering futures and options on key energy benchmarks, which includes oil, natural gas and U.S. power.

TMX Group CEO Lou Eccleston To Present At The Sandler O’Neill Global Exchange And Brokerage Conference

Date 02/06/2015

TMX Group CEO Lou Eccleston will present at the 2015 Sandler O'Neill Global Exchange and Brokerage Conference on June 4, 2015 in New York.

Option Contracts On S&P 500 Futures Start Trading On BM&FBOVESPA

Date 02/06/2015

BM&FBOVESPA is making Option contracts on the S&P 500 futures contract available for trading as of June 01, via the BM&FBOVESPA PUMA Trading System. This is yet another product resulting from the strategic partnership with CME Group to cross list products with exposure to the global market. The contract’s ticker is ISP and the first authorized contract month is the option expiring in July 2015. BM&FBOVESPA will establish and announce the series’ strike prices in index points.

The Spanish Stock Exchange Traded €84.3 Bn. In May, Up 17% Year On Year

Date 02/06/2015

The best month of May in 5 years 

• The equity trading volume to the end of May was up 27%
• In May the ETF trading volume doubled from the same month in 2014
• The trading volume in the Warrants and Certificates market to the end of May was up 46% year-on-year
• The trading volume in the Derivatives market in May was up 10% from the previous month
• Corporate Debt trading in May was €57.7 billion and the volume of issues grows 84% in the first five months

SSIF Vienna Investment Trust S.A. Is The First Sibex Member That Participates In Χνετ Network Services

Date 02/06/2015

Athens Exchange welcomes SSIF VIENNA INVESTMENT TRUST S.A., the first Romanian ISF who participates in the XNET Network Services, in the context of cooperation between ATHEX Group and SIBEX - Sibiu Stock Exchange.

EBA Assesses Regulatory Equivalence Of Third Countries

Date 02/06/2015

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a questionnaire to guide its assessment of non-EU countries' equivalence with the EU prudential supervision and regulatory requirements specified in the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and Directive (CRD). The questionnaire, which will be sent to a selected number of countries in different rounds, will facilitate the collection of data and allow the EBA to provide technical advice on the supervisory regimes of these non-EU countries, as mandated by the European Commission.