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UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Bans And Fines Two Individuals For Market Abuse

Date 07/04/2017

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned and imposed financial penalties on two former Worldspreads Limited (WSL) employees. WSL, which operated a spread betting business, collapsed in March 2012.    

Bank Of England: The High Road To A Responsible, Open Financial System - Speech By Mark Carney

Date 07/04/2017

In this speech, Governor Mark Carney looks at London’s importance as a global financial centre, and the progress made by the UK and its G20 partners since the crisis to make the financial system safer, simpler and fairer. He goes on to explain how, against the background of the Brexit negotiations, the Bank will work to build a responsible financial globalisation that protects and serves the UK real economy, while securing the UK’s traditional role of supporting global prosperity through an open global economy.

Commons European Scrutiny Committee: UK Must Still Debate EU Issues Up Until Brexit

Date 07/04/2017

The European Scrutiny Committee report says that the Government must continue to consider EU proposals over the next two years, even though the UK is about to leave the EU.

EBRD Donors Support Infrastructure Improvements And Economic Integration

Date 07/04/2017

The EBRD helps to build integrated economies as a key element of well-functioning markets. It supports investments into modern energy connections and transport infrastructure from the Western Balkans to Central Asia and the southern and eastern Mediterranean. Furthermore, the Bank has designed several financial instruments to support cross-border trade.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency: Publication Of The Draft Of The “Principles For Responsible Institutional Investors” «Japan’s Stewardship Code» - To Promote Sustainable Growth Of Companies Through Investment And Dialogue

Date 07/04/2017

 The Council of Experts on the Stewardship Code(Chairman: Hiroyuki Kansaku, Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics) has now published the draft of “Japan’s Stewardship Code” and started to call for public comments in English.

HKEX Monthly Market Highlights - March 2017

Date 07/04/2017

Highlights

- Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first three months of 2017 was $74.3 billion, an increase of 2 per cent when compared with $72.7 billion for the same period last year.
• There were 40* newly listed companies for the first three months of 2017, an increase of 100 per cent when compared with 20* for the same period last year.

Statement On The Financial Conduct Authority’s Enforcement Investigation Into Issues Relating To HBOS Reading

Date 07/04/2017

This resumes an FCA investigation that was placed on hold in early 2013 at the request of Thames Valley Police pending the outcome of the Thames Valley police investigation and any resulting prosecutions. The FCA’s investigation is focussing on the extent and nature of the knowledge of these matters within HBOS and its communications with the Financial Services Authority after the initial discovery of the misconduct.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Soybean Meal Options Saw Steady Trading On First Day Of Launch

Date 07/04/2017

On March 31, the options on soybean meal futures (“soybean meal options” for short), the first commodity options product in China, were listed and traded on Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE). On the trading day, the trading volume of the soybean meal options reached 23,000 contracts (unilateral, the same below) with the turnover at RMB22.863 million and the open interest at 16,000 contracts. Specifically, the trading volume and open interests of the call options and the put options were basically the same with the trading volume of the options reaching 4.7% of that of the underlying futures. The market participants generally believed that on the first trading day the soybean meal options performed rationally with moderate liquidity and stable operation on the whole, meeting the market expectation.

Keynote: Distributed Ledger And Innovation By Larry Thompson, Vice Chairman, DTCC, Frankfurt, Germany, March 29, 2017

Date 07/04/2017

I would like to thank the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research for inviting me to be with you today.

Canadian Securities Administrators Publish Summary Of The Roundtable On Response To Cyber Security Incidents

Date 06/04/2017

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published CSA Staff Notice 11-336 Summary of CSA Roundtable on Response to Cyber Security Incidents, which provides an overview of the themes discussed and some of the key takeaways.