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Achilles Macris Responds To Financial Conduct Authority Notice

Date 09/02/2016

Response from Achilles Macris to the Financial Conduct Authority Final Notice, published 9th February 2016:

“Today’s outcome represents a major climb-down by the FCA, after four years that I have spent fighting to clear my name. The Final Notice issued to JP Morgan by the FCA in 2013 wrongly and unfairly accused me of deliberately misleading the FSA. That Notice was released to the public without the FCA ever having properly heard my side of the story.  Today the FCA has finally accepted that this allegation against me was utterly wrong.

Borsa İstanbul VIOP Doubles The Underlying Single Stocks For Futures And Options Contracts To 20

Date 09/02/2016

Borsa İstanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP) increases the number of underlying single stocks for futures and options contracts, currently standing at 10 to 20. Upon introduction of the new underlying assets on February 11, the ratio of the total spot market trade volume of 20 underlying single stocks to that of BIST 30 Index-constituent equities will increase to 93%.

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report November 2015

Date 09/02/2016

Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 221 at the end of November 2015. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 30 at the end of the month.

No companies were listed on the main market nor Nilex this month.

SIX Swiss Exchange January 2016: Turnover And Number Of Trades Rising

Date 09/02/2016

KNF Approves Małgorzata Zaleska As GPW President

Date 09/02/2016

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) at its meeting on 9 February 2016 approved the change on the Management Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange appointing Małgorzata Zaleska as President of the Management Board. The change on the Exchange Management Board is effective as of the date of delivery of the KNF decision to the Company.

ESMA Calls For Market Data Experts To Join Stakeholder Panel

Date 09/02/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a call for candidates regarding its consultative working group (CWG), a panel made up of 20 market data experts, working on market data issues.

Deutsche Börse: UBS Launches Emerging Market Government Bonds ETF On Xetra - ETF Tracks More Than 100 Instruments From Over 60 Emerging Markets In US Dollars

Date 09/02/2016

A new UBS Global Asset Management bond index ETF has been tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday, 9 February. 

143 Firms To Meet Investors On Thai Bourse's "Opportunity Day,” Feb 15 - Mar 31

Date 09/02/2016

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will hold its quarterly "Opportunity Day," a platform where listed companies’ top executives can meetdirectly with analysts and investors, from February 15 to March 31. This event will showcase 143 firms, with a combined market capitalization of THB 3.9 trillion (approx. USD 109.6 billion). 

New Data Quality Management Program, Introduced By GLEIF, Optimizes Integrity Of Legal Entity Identifier Data Pool - First Monthly Report Demonstrates The High Level Of Data Quality In The Global Legal Entity Identifier System To Date

Date 09/02/2016

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), the body responsible for ensuring the operational integrity of the Global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) System, today launched its data quality management program. Based on a set of clearly defined criteria, the program allows the quality of the LEI data pool (the publicly available information on legal entities identifiable with an LEI) to be monitored, assessed and further optimized. The first monthly report, published today, reflects the very high level of data quality already achieved in the Global LEI System.

UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Fines Former Head Of JP Morgan’s CIO International £792,900 For Failing To Be Open And Co-Operative

Date 09/02/2016

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Achilles Macris £792,900 for failing to be open and co-operative with the Authority. Mr Macris was Head of CIO International for JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in London. In the role he was responsible for a number of portfolios, including the synthetic credit portfolio, at the time of what became known as the ‘London Whale’ trades.