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The EBA Updates Data Used For The Identification Of Global Systemically Important Institutions (G-SIIs)

Date 09/08/2018

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today 12 indicators and updated the underlying data from the 35 largest institutions in the EU, whose leverage ratio exposure measure exceeds EUR 200 bn. This end-2017 data contributes to the internationally agreed basis on which a smaller subset of banks will be identified as global systemically important institutions (G-SIIs), following the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) final assessments. The EBA, acting as a central data hub in the disclosure process, will update this data on a yearly basis and will provide a user-friendly platform to aggregate it across the EU.

Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards 2018: Winners Of U.S. Awards Announced

Date 09/08/2018

Goldman Sachs recognized as the top brokerage firm; Truls Olsen (Fearnley Securities) and Toshiya Hari (Goldman Sachs) take top individual awards for the second consecutive year

Tourmaline Partners Adds Industry Veterans Seth Hoenig And Aidan Toomey To Trading Team - New Hires Join Roster Of Senior Traders Meeting A Growing Demand For Outsourced Trading Services

Date 09/08/2018

Tourmaline Partners, LLC, one of the world’s leading outsourced trading solutions firms, today announced that industry veterans Seth Hoenig and Aidan Toomey have joined as Managing Directors. These new hires represent a significant addition to a robust team of senior trading professionals who are addressing a growing demand for Tourmaline’s trading and commission management services.

CME Group To Add New S&P Communication Services Select Sector Futures - Underlying Index Includes 26 Companies With Average Market Cap Of $97.2 Billion

Date 09/08/2018

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, will expand its suite of E-mini S&P Select Sector futures with the addition of a new Communication Services Select Sector futures contract. Pending regulatory review, the new product will be available to trade starting Sept. 10, 2018, alongside CME Group's existing 10 Select Sector futures products.

Securities Commission Malaysia: Insider Trading - Former Executive Director Of APL Industries And Sister Jailed Five Years And Fined RM7 Million Each

Date 09/08/2018

The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today convicted a former executive director of APL Industries Bhd (APLI) Datin Seri Tan Bee Geok and her sister Tan Bee Hong of insider trading offences. Both were sentenced to a five-year jail term and fined RM7 million each. APLI was one of the companies under the Supermax Corporation Berhad’s group of companies.

UK Government: Draft Short Selling (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Date 09/08/2018

Draft statutory instrument, which will make amendments to retained EU law related to short selling, to be laid under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

UK Government: Approach To Financial Services Legislation Under The EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018

Date 09/08/2018

This publication sets out HM Treasury’s approach to laying financial services statutory instruments under the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Court Sets Pre-Trial Date For False Or Misleading Announcement Case

Date 09/08/2018

The Eastern Magistrates’ Court today adjourned the criminal proceedings brought by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) against Mr Chan Wai Chuen, former director of DBA Telecommunication (Asia) Holdings Limited (DBA), to 27 September 2018 for a pre-trial review after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of making a false or misleading statement in relation to the results announcement issued by DBA on 28 March 2013.

FSB, CPMI, IOSCO And BCBS Study Highlights Continued Central Clearing Interdependencies

Date 09/08/2018

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) today published the second report that maps interdependencies between central counterparties (CCPs) and their clearing members and other financial service providers. The international standard-setters published the first report on central clearing interdependencies in July 2017.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Bans Cham Nga Yin For Life

Date 09/08/2018

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has banned Ms Cham Nga Yin from re-entering the industry for life for misappropriation of clients’ money.  Cham was a former licensed representative of Tanrich Futures Limited (Tanrich Futures), now known as Southwest Securities (HK) Futures Limited (Note 1).