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US Federal And State Banking Agencies Issue Statement On Supervisory Practices Regarding Financial Institutions And Borrowers Affected By Hurricane Harvey

Date 26/08/2017

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and state bank regulators recognize the serious impact of Hurricane Harvey on the customers and operations of many financial institutions and will provide regulatory assistance to affected institutions subject to their supervision. The agencies encourage institutions in the affected areas to meet the financial services needs of their communities.

US Department Of Justice: Volkswagen Engineer Sentenced For His Role In Conspiracy To Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests

Date 25/08/2017

A Volkswagen engineer was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sean F. Cox of the Eastern District of Michigan to 40 months in federal prison, and two years of supervised release, for his role in a nearly 10-year conspiracy to defraud U.S. regulators and Volkswagen customers by implementing software specifically designed to cheat emissions tests in hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen “clean diesel” vehicles sold in the U.S., the Justice Department announced today.  During the hearing, the Court noted that the sentence took into consideration the defendant’s cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of the company and others.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 25/08/2017

The current reports for the week of August 22, 2017 are now available.

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Transaction In Own Shares

Date 25/08/2017

London Stock Exchange Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased through RBC Europe Limited, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 26 April 2017, the following number of its ordinary shares of 6 79/86 pence each ("Shares") on the London Stock Exchange as part of the buyback programme announced on 29 March 2017:

Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Report For August 25th, 2017

Date 25/08/2017

A total turnover of 1.538 billion shares worth N24.218 billion in 19,187 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.394 billion shares valued at N25.037 billion that exchanged hands last week in 23,133 deals.

London Stock Exchange Group Plc - Publication Of Prospectus

Date 25/08/2017

The following Prospectus has been approved by the UK Listing Authority and is available for viewing:

Prospectus dated 25 August 2017 relating to the £2,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme of London Stock Exchange Group plc

ESMA Publishes The Responses To Its Consultation On CCPs Management Of Conflict Of Interest

Date 25/08/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today the responses received to its Consultation on guidelines on CCPs conflict of interest management.

Financial Stability A Decade After The Onset Of The Crisis, Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen, At "Fostering A Dynamic Global Recovery," A Symposium Sponsored By The Federal Reserve Bank Of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Date 25/08/2017

A decade has passed since the beginnings of a global financial crisis that resulted in the most severe financial panic and largest contraction in economic activity in the United States since the Great Depression. Already, for some, memories of this experience may be fading--memories of just how costly the financial crisis was and of why certain steps were taken in response. Today I will look back at the crisis and discuss the reforms policymakers in the United States and around the world have made to improve financial regulation to limit both the probability and the adverse consequences of future financial crises.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report - 25 August, 2017

Date 25/08/2017

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly trading report.

Researchers Bring Atomic Clock Timestamp Precision To Stock Market Trading Over Distributed Ledgers

Date 25/08/2017

In a ground-breaking experiment, researchers from the National Physical Laboratory, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TMX), and Z/Yen, timestamped financial stock trades with Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) generated from atomic clocks and recorded the trades directly on a distributed ledger. The results will be analysed by Strathclyde’s Centre of Financial Regulation and Innovation. The “Atomic Ledger” project recorded over 20 million transactions from three hours of trading to the ChainZy distributed ledger