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Culture And Governance - Speech By Mark Steward, Director Of Enforcement And Market Oversight At The FCA, Delivered At The MetricStream Governance, Research And Compliance Summit In London

Date 12/11/2015

Thank you for inviting me here this morning.

Just across the road from here is Lancaster Gate tube station and, around us, the visible remains of nineteenth-century London’s burgeoning middle class: a century of industrial business, around the corner from London’s first department store and the beginnings of retail shopping trade – i.e. the birth of the retail customer.

Khalid Al Hussan Acting Chief Executive Officer For The Saudi Stock Exchange

Date 12/11/2015

The Saudi Stock Exchange announces that Mr. Adel Saleh Al Ghamdi has submitted his resignation from his current duties as the Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors has accepted the resignation on 29/01/1437 ( 11/11/2015) and would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Adel for his efforts with the Exchange and wish him the best of luck. 

Joint Statement From The U.S. Department Of The Treasury And Her Majesty’s Treasury

Date 12/11/2015

Today the governments of the United States and United Kingdom conducted a joint table-top exercise with leading global financial firms to enhance our cooperation and ability to respond effectively to a cyber incident in the finance sector.

Wiener Borse - Analysis: An Exciting End Of The Year Announced Itself In The Capital Markets

Date 12/11/2015

The ingredients therefore are: predictable central banks, lower however hedged global growth, low commodity prices and a slowdown of political influences to the markets. For the domestic capital market speaking, some positive arguments are discussed further on.

Welcoming Remarks By FRB Chair Yellen At The "Monetary Policy Implementation And Transmission In The Post-Crisis Period," A Research Conference Sponsored By The Board Of Governors Of The Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C.

Date 12/11/2015

Welcoming Remarks

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Federal Reserve Board's conference on "Monetary Policy Implementation and Transmission in the Post-Crisis Period." The conference aims to bring together academic and central bank economists, financial market practitioners, and policymakers to stimulate debate and research on a topic that is critically important to the Federal Reserve's mission of conducting monetary policy in the pursuit of maximum employment and stable prices.

EBA Consultation On Guidelines On The Treatment Of CVA Risk Under SREP

Date 12/11/2015

The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a public consultation on Guidelines on the treatment of credit value adjustment (CVA) risk under the supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP), as well as a data collection exercise for the Quantitative Impact Study (QIS) to calibrate the threshold values. These Guidelines are based on a policy recommendation contained in the EBA’s CVA report and aim to provide a common European approach to the assessment of CVA risk under SREP, including adequacy of capital to cover for this risk, and the determination of any potential  additional own funds requirements. The public consultation runs until 12 February 2016 and the data collection exercise should be completed on 28 January 2016. 

STOXX Media Newsletter November 2015

Date 12/11/2015

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Licence Applicant Convicted Of Providing False Information To Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission

Date 12/11/2015

The Eastern Magistracy today convicted Mr Lee Kwok Wah of making false or misleading representations in his two licence applications to the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).

Contineo Wins Best New Product/Platform – Asian Private Banker

Date 12/11/2015

Contineo, the industry-backed messaging network for equity-linked structured products, was awarded Best New Product/Platform in the prestigious Asian Private Banker Awards today.

EBRD President To Call For Green Transition In Speech In Stockholm

Date 12/11/2015

Ahead of climate talks in Paris, EBRD President urges governments and markets to recognise new business opportunities for green growth