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  • CFTC Chairman Giancarlo To Speak Before The Alternative Reference Rates Committee Roundtable

    Date 30/10/2017

    WHAT:

    Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo will speak at the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) Roundtable (visit the link for attendance/viewing information).

    The public event will cover both the work of the ARRC to date, including its recent recommendation of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) as a robust alternative rate to U.S. dollar LIBOR, and details of its paced transition plan.

    WHEN:

    November 2, 2017
    8:30 am - 12:30 pm

    WHERE:

    Federal Reserve Bank of New York
    33 Liberty Street
    New York, NY

  • EBA Provides Overview Of Competent Authorities Implementation And Transposition Of The CRD IV Package

    Date 30/10/2017

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) updated today all the information disclosed by EU Competent Authorities according to its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory disclosure, which were published in the EU Official Journal on 4 June 2014. This information, published in an aggregated format, provides an overview of the implementation and transposition of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV) and Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) across the EU. It also provides a detailed picture of the use of options and national discretions by each Competent Authority as well as information on the general criteria and methodologies used for the purpose of the supervisory review and evaluation process (SREP). Through such disclosure, the EBA remains committed to providing meaningful comparisons across the EU and to promoting supervisory convergence.

  • Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Bulletin: Simplifications To The Capital Rule: Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking

    Date 30/10/2017

     

    Summary

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies) are seeking comment on a proposed rule that would simplify certain aspects of the capital rule. The majority of the proposed simplifications would apply solely to banking organizations that are not subject to the advanced approaches capital rule (the advanced approaches capital rule generally applies to banks that are part of banking organizations with $250 billion or more in total consolidated assets or $10 billion or more in total consolidated foreign financial exposure).

  • EBA Announces Final Timeline For The 2018 EU-Wide Stress Test

    Date 30/10/2017

    The Board of Supervisors of the European Banking Authority (EBA) agreed in its meeting held on 24-25 October 2017 on the final timeline of the 2018 EU-wide stress test. The exercise is expected to be launched at the beginning of 2018 and the results to be published by 2 November 2018. The EBA, in co-operation with Competent Authorities, is now in the process of finalising the methodology and templates with the objective of sharing them with participating banks ahead of the launch.

  • The Art Of Thinking Independently Together – Why The Regulator Cares About Diversity - Speech By Christopher Woolard, Executive Director Of Strategy And Competition At The FCA, Delivered At The LGBT In The Financial Services Industry Summit

    Date 30/10/2017

    Highlights:

    • True diversity is not tokenistic. It’s about a broad group of people bringing their broad range of experiences to the table.
    • This means better and more rounded judgements, which benefit us all, whoever you are.
    • As a regulator, our social contract rests on our ability to represent and reflect the consumers we are charged with protecting.
    • For firms, a diverse workplace leads to better decision-making, the ultimate safeguard against groupthink.

  • Theranexus Takes Its First Steps On Euronext Growth

    Date 30/10/2017

    Theranexus, a French biotech company that develops drugs for the treatment of central nervous system disorders, celebrated today its listing on Euronext Growth (ticker code: ALTHX). Theranexus was part of the first TechShare class of 2015, and is the third company in the programme to go public, joining a community of over 330 tech companies listed on Euronext.

  • For The First Time, TASE Launches Bond Indices Of Companies Selected For Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Tel Bond-CPI Linked Maala And Tel Bond-Shekel Maala

    Date 30/10/2017

    The TASE family of SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) indices is being expanded to three indices with two additional Tel Bond Maala indices, which will be calculated alongside the “TA-Maala SRI” equity index

  • EGX Hosts ASEA Annual Conference

    Date 30/10/2017

    The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) will be hosting the 21st Annual Conference of the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) from 19-21 November 2017 under the patronage and presence of H.E. Eng. Sherif Ismail. Participating in the event are Egyptian and African Ministers, delegations from international finance institutions as well as global and regional investment funds.

  • BME: ELAIA Investment Spain SOCIMI Receives Favourable Report From MAB

    Date 30/10/2017

    The Coordination and Admissions Committee of the Mercado Alternativo Bursátil (MAB) has submitted to the Board of Directors a favourable report on ELAIA INVESTMENT SPAIN SOCIMI, stating that the company is eligible for admission to the market’s REITs segment following a thorough review of all the information presented by the company.  

  • SEC: Day Trader Charged in Brokerage Account Takeover Scheme

    Date 30/10/2017

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a day trader based in the Philadelphia area with participating in a scheme to access the brokerage accounts of more than 100 unwitting victims and make unauthorized trades to artificially affect the stock prices of various companies.