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Office of Financial Research Update: Remarks By Director Berner At The Third Annual Workshop On Financial Interconnectedness In Basel, Switzerland

Date 06/10/2015

Remarks by Director Berner at the Third Annual Workshop on Financial Interconnectedness in Basel, Switzerland. The workshop was hosted by the Bank for International Settlements, the Netherlands Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, and the Review of Finance.

Abacus Group Selects Foresite To Enhance Managed Cloud Security - Collaboration To Provide Greater Transparency, Analysis And Reporting Capabilities For AbacusFlex™ Platform

Date 06/10/2015

Abacus Group, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, and Foresite, a leader in managed security services, announced today a collaboration to enhance cybersecurity protection for clients using the AbacusFLEX™ platform.  This collaboration will enhance and add new layers of protection within the platform to help clients identify, respond to and recover from cyber threats.

Swiss Asset Management Firm Finacor SA Reaches Resolution With US Justice Department

Date 06/10/2015

The Department of Justice announced today that Finacor SA, a Swiss asset management firm, has reached a resolution with the department through a non-prosecution agreement.

SEC Charges Former Executives With Accounting Fraud And Other Accounting Failures

Date 06/10/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two former top executives at OCZ Technology Group Inc. for accounting failures at the now-bankrupt seller of computer memory storage and power supply devices. 

UAE's Securities and Commodities Authority Discusses With Japanese Financial Market Experts Mechanisms For Promoting UAE Markets To Developed - Al Turifi: MoU Is To Be Signed Soon With Japanese Counterpart To Promote Cooperation - SCA Exchanges Expertise With Its Japanese Counterpart On Mutual Funds And Subscriptions

Date 06/10/2015

As part of the visit made by H.E. Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy, to Japan to promote bilateral cooperation in economy, commerce, and investment, a SCA delegation made thorough discussions and held several meetings with the Japanese counterpart to discuss mechanisms and initiatives and review the necessary procedures to realize SCA's strategic plan to promote the UAE markets from emerging to developed over the next five years.

BM&FBOVESPA Publishes September Market Performance

Date 06/10/2015

Three GPW-Listed Polish Companies Shortlisted For The European Small And Mid-Cap Awards

Date 06/10/2015

• Alumetal, Livechat Software and Selvita have been shortlisted for the European Small and Mid-Cap Awards
• The companies entered for the awards by GPW are the only CEE companies to be shortlisted

ACER Invites Stakeholders To Provide Inputs For The Agency’s 2017 Work Programme

Date 06/10/2015

The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators has kicked-off preparations for its Annual Work Programme 2017. On 5 November 2015 at 11.00 Alberto Pototschnig, Director of the Agency, will present the draft outline of the Work Programme 2017 at a workshop in Ljubljana. All interested parties will be invited to express their views and share their opinions on which areas the Agency should focus its efforts on in 2017. You can register for the workshop here.

Clarient Partners With FIA Tech To Offer Firms A Streamlined Service For OCR Reporting - Clarient’s Ownership And Control Reporting (OCR) Service Provides Firms With A Centralized Platform To Collect, Verify, Store, And Refresh OCR Information To Satisfy CFTC Requirements

Date 06/10/2015

Clarient, the industry-owned client data and documentation utility, and the FIA Technology Services, Inc. (FIA Tech), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Futures Industry Association, have partnered to introduce a streamlined solution to simplify the reporting process under new Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Ownership and Control Reporting (OCR) requirements. The Clarient OCR Service helps both buy-side and sell-side firms prepare for the new CFTC rule which is expected to go into effect April 27, 2016.

Palestine Securities Exchange Monthly Investor Newsletter-September 2015

Date 06/10/2015

Click here to download the September edition of the PEX Monthly Investor Newsletter.