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The European Commission made the planned delay to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive rules official on Wednesday, formally proposing an extra year before the rules need to come into force. The market had expected a delay, as regulators and market participants alike were set to miss the deadline to build and test technical systems.
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European credit markets, led by the banking sector, have seen risk escalate over the past several weeks with the Markit iTraxx Europe Main index seeing its spread widen to the highs of June 2013. One bright spot however, has been the region’s sovereign credit, which has largely steered clear of the contagion that developed in the corporate market. -
Financial market regulators finally have something to cheer about, after a host of recent setbacks, as Europe and the US this week took a big step towards aligning their treatment of central counterparties (CCPs). But the move could also heighten competition for clearing banks in Europe.
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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has published a guide to help potential issuers produce clear listing documents, as it fears investors are drowning in a sea of jargon.
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Europe and the US have taken a big step towards cohesion on their treatment of central clearing counterparties (CCPs), with the European Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission unveiling a common approach towards equivalence between the two CCP regimes.
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CBOE Holdings said this week that the administration of the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), its widely followed benchmark of short term options implied volatility, is now aligned to the Principles for Financial Benchmarks established by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).
