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

    Date 09/09/2016

    James Robert Liang, a Volkswagen engineer, pleaded guilty today for his role in a nearly 10-year conspiracy to defraud U.S. regulators and U.S. Volkswagen customers by implementing software specifically designed to cheat U.S. emissions tests in hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen “clean diesel” vehicles, the Justice Department announced today.  Liang’s plea agreement provides that he will cooperate with the government in its ongoing investigation.

  • CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

    Date 09/09/2016

    The current reports for the week of September 6, 2016 are now available.

  • FIA Introduces Interactive Version of SEF Tracker

    Date 09/09/2016

    FIA is pleased to introduce a major upgrade of our SEF Tracker data service. The new version uses Tableau data visualization software to create interactive displays of volume and market share data for interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, and foreign exchange products traded on SEFs. The data can be filtered by currency, date, asset class and SEF, and the resulting displays can be downloaded in several formats.  

  • Financial Trade Associations Comment On Banking Agencies' Newly Issued Report On Banking Activities And Investments

    Date 09/09/2016

    In response to the  Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's report on banking activities and investments, SIFMA, The Clearing House, American Bankers Association, Financial Services Roundtable and Financial Services Forum released the following joint statement:

    "We oppose the recommendations announced today to repeal merchant banking and related authorities and believe they are unfortunate and ill-considered. For the last 15 years bank holding companies have successfully used the merchant banking authority granted to them by law to finance start-ups and growing companies, fueling jobs and economic growth.  And they have done so without any threat whatsoever to the safety and soundness of their affiliated banks or to the financial system at large. 

  • Bats ETF Marketplace Welcomes iShares ETF Tracking The MSCI USA Small Cap Minimum Volatility Index - Bats Has Won 26% Of New 2016 Listings Vs 9% In 2015

    Date 09/09/2016

    Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS), the #1 U.S. market for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading, today welcomed the iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol USA Small-Cap ETF (Bats: SMMV) to the Bats ETF Marketplace.

  • SIX Swiss Exchange: Attractive Alternative To Cash Investments

    Date 09/09/2016

    What can be done when the equity markets are tracking only sideways and low interest rates have made traditional savings products less attractive?

  • Finansinspektionen - The Basel Capital Standards: A Swedish Perspective

    Date 09/09/2016

    Capital requirements should be risk-sensitive but still high, FI Director General Erik Thedéen said in a speech in preparation for the upcoming review of the Basel capital standards.

  • SEC: BOK Financial, Senior Executive Charged With Turning Blind Eye To Investment Scheme

    Date 09/09/2016

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a subsidiary of Oklahoma-based BOK Financial Corporation has agreed to pay more than $1.6 million to settle charges that it concealed numerous problems and red flags from investors in municipal bond offerings to purchase and renovate senior living facilities. 

  • Borsa İstanbul: Changes In The Contract Sizes Of Electricity Futures Contracts

    Date 09/09/2016

    In accordance with the Ministerial Decree no. 2016/9154, dated 07/09/2016, issued in the Official Gazette no. 92825, dated 08/09/2016, it is decided to continue “Daylight Saving Time” all year long. The same Decree also repeals the previous decision to turn the clocks an hour back on October 30, 2016 stated in the Ministerial Decree no. 2016/8589, dated 14/03/2016.

  • EBA Issues Revised List Of ITS Validation Rules

    Date 09/09/2016

    The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued today a revised list of validation rules in its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, highlighting those which have been deactivated either for incorrectness or for triggering IT problems. Competent Authorities throughout the EU are informed that data submitted in accordance with these ITS should not be formally validated against the set of deactivated rules.