IISL Index Dashboard For The Month Ended April 2016
SEC: Accounting Firm, Partner Conducted Deficient Surprise Exams
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that an accounting firm and one of its partners who conducted surprise examinations of client assets at an investment adviser have agreed to settle charges that they performed inadequately as the adviser’s president secretly stole money from accounts belonging to professional athletes.
read more...ESMA Publishes Results Of EU Central Counterpartiesâ Stress Test
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today the results of its first EU-wide stress test exercise regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs). The exercise is aimed at assessing the resilience and safety of the European CCP sector as well as to identify possible vulnerabilities. The results of the test shows that the system of EU CCPs can overall be assessed as resilient to the stress scenarios used to model extreme but plausible market developments.
read more...TOM MTF Statistics Week 17, 2016
Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 17, 2016.
In week 17 a total of 332,306 equity and index option contracts were traded resulting in a TOM MTF market share versus Euronext of 39%
Moscow Exchange: BRENT Futures (BR-5.16) Settlement Price On 4 May 2016
Borsa Ä°stanbul Derivatives Market (VIOP) Continues To Provide The Most Liquid Contracts In The Region
Borsa Ä°stanbul VIOP derivatives contracts was placed among the top 10 in the world, as the most liquid currency and index futures contracts, according to the “WFE/IOMA 2015 Derivatives Market Review” prepared by World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) and International Options Market Association (IOMA). WFE/IOMA 2015 Derivatives Market Review evaluates global derivatives markets and shares broad indicators on derivatives products being traded in organized markets.
Borsa Ä°stanbul USD/TRY Futures contracts was placed 9th among the most liquid currency futures contracts in the world and BIST30 Index Futures was placed as 8th among the most liquid index futures contracts in the world. The reports’ above mentioned high level placement of Borsa Ä°stanbul VIOP derivatives contracts is noteworthy as an indicator of the importance of Turkish derivatives markets in the world.
S&P Dow Jones Indices Market Attributes Index Dashboard: Europe
European CCPs Stand The Test
The European Association of CCP Clearing Houses (EACH) welcomes the results of ESMA’s ‘EU-wide CCP Stress test 2015’.
read more...CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update
Weekly Top 5 Papers â April 29, 2016
Treasury Releases Report On Foreign Exchange Policies Of Major Trading Partners Of The United States - Implements Intensified Evaluation Provisions Of The Trade Facilitation And Trade Enforcement Act Of 2015, Establishes New âMonitoring Listâ For Enhanced Analysis
Applying IFRS Standards, 4th Edition
Planning a Successful Future: Managing to Be Wealthy for Individuals and Their Advisors
Planning a Successful Future empowers advisors and clients to take control of their money and manage their income to achieve their financial goals. Written by the father of fee-only financial planning, this book features real-life stories and examples from over three decades in the industry to illustrate how financial planning works and the best way to create your strategy
read more...Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2016: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2016 is a thorough examination of the authoritative standards for measurement, presentation and disclosure as applied to not-for-profit organizations. Due to these organizations' unique characteristics, not-for-profit accountants must adhere to specific Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These requirements are complex and ever evolving
read more...Trading on Sentiment: The Power of Minds Over Markets
In his debut book on trading psychology, Inside the Investor’s Brain, Richard Peterson demonstrated how managing emotions helps top investors outperform. Now, in Trading on Sentiment, he takes you inside the science of crowd psychology and demonstrates that not only do price patterns exist, but the most predictable ones are rooted in our shared human nature.
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