FINRA Announces CEO Transition - Taps Former SEC Director Of The Division Of...
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that its Board of Governors has concluded the CEO search, and appointed Robert W. Cook as President and Chief Executive Officer,...
View ArticlePredicting Accurately: Focus on Outcomes First, Not the Details?
Theresa F. Kelly and Joseph P. Simmons have published a new study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology regarding our ability to make accurate predictions. Kelly and Simmons conducted 19...
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Introducing The Food Truck Challenge!
I am very excited to announce the launch of a new online experiential exercise that I have developed in collaboration with Harvard Business Publishing and Forio (the same partners with whom I...
View ArticleVerena Ross, ESMA Executive Director, Speaks At European Parliamentâs...
Verena Ross, Executive Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), today gave a statement to the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) at its Public...
View ArticleWeekly Announcements â June 13, 2016
Announcing East-West Center Workshop on Mega-Regionalism Online Proceedings on SSRNread more...
View ArticleEBA Publishes Final Draft Technical Standards On Specialised Lending Exposures
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) specifying how institutions should take into account and treat several factors when assigning...
View ArticleChanges In The Supervisory Board Of Wiener Börse AG And CEESEG AG
At today’s Annual General Meeting of Wiener Börse AG and CEESEG AG, Dieter Hengl, member of the Management Board of UniCredit Bank Austria AG, responsible for Corporate & Investment Banking, was...
View ArticleStatement of Chairman Timothy Massad on Final Rule Amending Reporting and...
Statement of Chairman Timothy Massad on Final Rule Amending Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Cleared Swaps
View ArticleThe Nasdaq Stock Market® Welcomes Five New ETPs In May - First...
Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ), the single largest U.S. equity exchange by market share, announced five new exchange-traded product (ETP) listings in May, growing the company’s total ETP listings to 264. Three...
View ArticleESMA Updates List Of Recognised Third-Country CCPs
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated today its list of recognised central counterparties (CCPs) based in third countries. Today’s update concerns the recognition of the US...
View ArticleCFTC Approves Final Rule To Amend Swap Data Recordkeeping And Reporting...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a final rule (the Final Rule) that amends existing swaps reporting regulations in order to provide additional clarity to swap...
View ArticleDealing With Political Risk: What FTSE-100 Companies Say
Political risk takes many forms and is not easily defined, but it is high and rising by just about any standard. Governments are under pressure or have been forced out of office in countries as far...
View ArticleStatement Of CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad On Final Rule Amending Reporting...
Regular reporting of data on swaps is a key component of the swaps reforms that were agreed to by the G-20 leaders and codified in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Since...
View ArticleGDP Outlook Weakens; Business Spending And Consumer Consumption Key Factors:...
SIFMA's Economic Advisory Roundtable forecasted that the U.S. economy will grow 1.8 percent this year, strengthening to 2.3 percent in 2017. The current outlook for 2016 is considerably weaker than the...
View ArticleComputerworld Names FINRA Among Best Places To Work In IT For 5th Consecutive...
One of the best places to work in information technology happens to be in financial regulation: the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), according to IDG’s Computerworld. This is the fifth...
View ArticleOntario Securities Commission Announces New Executive Director And Chief...
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Chair and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Maureen Jensen announced today the appointment of Leslie Byberg as Executive Director and Chief Administrative Officer,...
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Brexit Boogeyman
Photo Credit: Gwydion M Williams || They do the Hokey Pokey ;)read more...
View ArticleCME Group Statement On European Securities And Markets Authority's...
Today, CME Group Executive Chairman and President Terry Duffy, released the following statement following the European Securities and Markets Authority's recognition of CME Inc. under EU regulations:...
View ArticleMIAX Options - Announcement Of Secondary MIAX Options Trading System...
As previously communicated in the April 1st, 2016 alert announcing MIAX’s comprehensive data center migration and cable equalization plan, MIAX will commence the first phase of its data center...
View ArticleFinancial Stability Oversight Council To Meet June 21
On Tuesday, June 21, U.S Secretary of the Treasury Jacob J. Lew will preside over a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) at the Treasury Department. The agenda will include...
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