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Finansinspektionen (FI) Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority: Risks In The Financial System 2013

Date 14/11/2013

The high level of debt among Swedish households poses a risk to individual households and, in the long run, also to financial stability. Finansinspektionen FI currently believes that raising the risk weight floor to 25 per cent would be a sound decision. Major Swedish banks have sufficient resilience to a sharp downturn in the economy, but their considerable dependence on market funding continues to be a risk. The major banks should therefore be conservative in the long run with regard to dividends since they have small margins above the buffer requirements. These are the conclusions from FI’s annual Risk Report.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: We Are Now Consulting On Standards And Conditions For New Licenses

Date 14/11/2013

The Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (the Act) introduces licensing for providers offering certain types of financial services. 

Royal Bank Of Canada To Issue Structured Products With Scoach Switzerland

Date 14/11/2013

Scoach Switzerland welcomes Royal Bank of Canada as a new issuer of structured products.

Joint Press Release Of The Belgian Government And BNP Paribas: BN Paribas To Buy Belgian State Fortis Stake For EUR 3.25Bn

Date 13/11/2013

The Belgian State and BNP Paribas announce that they have reached an agreement for the transfer to BNP Paribas of the 25% shareholding held by the Belgian State in BNP Paribas Fortis for a price of 3.25 billion euros.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Deletion From The S&P/TSX Venture Composite And Venture Select Indices

Date 13/11/2013

S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

The shareholders of TriOil Resources Ltd. (TSXVN:TOL) have agreed to the terms of an Arrangement Agreement with ORLEN Upstream International B.V. Shareholders of TriOil will receive $CDN2.85 cash for each share held. The company will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture  Composite  and  Venture  Select  Indices  after  the  close  of  trading  on  Thursday, November 14, 2013.

SIFMA Promotes Ira Hammerman To Executive Vice President

Date 13/11/2013

SIFMA today announced it has appointed Ira D. Hammerman as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Hammerman has served as Senior Managing Director and General Counsel at SIFMA since 2004.

SEC Announces Agenda And Panelists For Small Business Forum

Date 13/11/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agenda and panelists for next week’s Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation.

New York Stock Exchange To Host 2013 NYSE Russia Day On Monday, November 18, 2013 - Event Gathers Leading Russian Business Executives, Investors And Government Officials To Discuss The Opportunities For Doing Business And Investing In Russia

Date 13/11/2013

Speakers and participants include:
- Sergey Belyakov, Deputy Minister for Economic Development of the Russian Federation
- Anton Karamzin, Senior Vice President, Sberbank
- Yuliana Slashcheva, CEO, CTC Media
- Artem Konstandyan, CEO, Promsvyazbank
- Mattias Westman, Founding Partner, Prosperity Capital
- Bob Foresman, CEO, Barclays Russia

SIFMA's Board Of Directors Announces Newly Elected Officers

Date 13/11/2013

The Board of Directors of SIFMA announced that it has elected several new members to leadership positions on the Board for 2014.The new principal officers include: Jim Rosenthal as Chair, Bill Johnstone as Chair Elect, John Rogers, as Vice Chair; and Bernard Beal as Treasurer.

FTSE Licenses Global X For New ETF Linked To FTSE Portugal 20 Index

Date 13/11/2013

• FTSE expands ETF offering with Global X 
• Index tracks performance of the 20 largest Portuguese listed companies
• 104 ETFs tracking a FTSE benchmark in North America