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STOXX Changes Composition Of Benchmark Indices - Results Of The First Regular Quarterly Review To Be Effective Mar. 23, 2015

Date 24/02/2015

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the new composition of the STOXX Benchmarks and their sub and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX North America 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index.

Opening Remarks On SEC Investor Education And Advocacy To Military Service Men And Women At Ft. Hood, SEC Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher, Ft. Hood, TX, Feb. 12, 2015

Date 24/02/2015

Thank you, Lori [Schock] for that kind introduction.

We at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) – like all Americans – are indebted to our military for the all of the work you do in protecting us and our country.  So let me start out by thanking you on behalf of the SEC for the sacrifices you all make day in and day out.  As the sponsor of the SEC Veterans Committee, it is a particular honor for me to be here with you today.  We are rightfully proud of the SEC staff who have served our country – both for what they have done as soldiers in the past, and what they do for investors today.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen, Semiannual Monetary Policy Report To The Congress, Before The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., February 24, 2015

Date 24/02/2015

Chairman Shelby, Ranking Member Brown, and members of the Committee, I am pleased to present the Federal Reserve's semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress. In my remarks today, I will discuss the current economic situation and outlook before turning to monetary policy.

OCC Appoints Two New Public Directors To Its Board

Date 24/02/2015

OCC announced today that Thomas R. Cardello and Robert R. Litterman were appointed to its Board of Directors, increasing the number of public directors on OCC’s Board from 3 to 5.

Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell Announces Reward For Cyber Fugitive At Washington Foreign Press Center

Date 24/02/2015

Good afternoon, thank you all for joining us.

Today, we are announcing a reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Evgeniy Bogachev, an alleged leader of a tightly knit gang of cyber criminals based in Russia and Ukraine who were responsible for the development and operation of both the Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker malware.

National Stock Exchange Holdings Inc. Completes Acquisition Of National Stock Exchange, Inc.

Date 24/02/2015

National Stock Exchange Holdings Inc. (Holdings) is pleased to announce that it has completed its acquisition of National Stock Exchange, Inc., (NSX) a national securities exchange.

European Parliament: Environment Committee Backs ETS Market Reserve, Advocates Early Start

Date 24/02/2015

A draft law to reform the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), by reducing the surplus of carbon credits available for trading into order to support the price, was backed by Environment Committee MEPs in a vote on Tuesday. They advocated introducing the mechanism early, by the end of 2018, and also proposed preventing the automatic return to the market, from 2019, of a portion of allowances “back loaded” last year in a separate vote.

CFTC Provides Notice Of The Reopened Comment Period For Its Rulemaking Proposals On Position Limits For Physical Commodity Derivatives And Aggregation

Date 24/02/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) has submitted for publication in the Federal Register a notice reopening the comment periods for the two Position Limit rulemakings, in anticipation of questions and comments that may arise from the Commission’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC) meeting scheduled for February 26, 2015. The EEMAC meeting was announced in CFTC Press Release 7121-15 on February 12, 2015.

Presentation Of Green Paper On Capital Markets Union, Jonathan Hill, Member Of The European Commission, Responsible For Financial Stability, Financial Services And Capital Markets Union, Speech At European Parliament Economic & Monetary Affairs Committee Committee

Date 24/02/2015

Thank you for giving me this opportunity to present the Green Paper on Capital Markets Union so soon after its adoption. I was grateful for the responses that party groups have come up with and for the overall support that they have expressed. But I wanted to come myself to ECON and to hear from you directly because it's always better to get it straight from the horse's mouth.

The Regulatory Challenge: Speech By Tracey McDermott, Director Of Enforcement And Financial Crime At The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Delivered At Deloitte’s Chief Compliance Officer Event

Date 24/02/2015

My brief for today was to talk about regulatory challenges and expectations and the role of compliance in helping us meet those.

In my view, the biggest regulatory challenge we have is how we, as around 3,000 people at the FCA, can effectively regulate the behaviour of around 70,000 firms and 150,000 approved individuals and many more non-approved individuals who make up one of the most significant industries in the UK. An industry where the UK has a long-established, hard-won reputation as innovators, as leaders in global financial services and, most importantly, as a place where people can have trust and confidence in the way business is done.