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Russian Cheese, Anyone? Imports Hard to Replace in Moscow
October 30th, 2014
Nikolai Borisov, the proprietor of three Italian restaurants in Moscow, has been forced to take Gorgonzola cheese and Parma ham off his menus after PresidentVladimir Putin banned some food imports in August. “You can make pizza using Russian cheese, ...
Moscow Exchange to launch MOEX Board indicative quotation system
October 27th, 2014
Moscow Exchange will launch its new MOEX Board indicative quotation system in December 2014. The system will operate like a notice board, allowing traders and investors to enter and view quotes for stocks that are not traded on the ...
New indicative FX rate methodology from the Moscow Exchange
October 23rd, 2014
The new version of the Indicative FX rate methodology approved by the Moscow Exchange Supervisory Board on 17 October, has come into force from October 22, 2014. The new methodology provides for two new indicative exchange rates: USD/CAD, and USD/TRY. Furthermore, ...
Total CEO dies in Moscow plane crash
October 21st, 2014
Christophe de Margerie was killed in a collision at a Russian airport. Russia’s Tass news agency says the CEO of French oil giant Total was killed when his corporate jet collided with a snow removal machine during takeoff at ...
CPMI and IOSCO issue report on the recovery of financial market infrastructures
October 16th, 2014
The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have published a report entitled Recovery of financial market infrastructures. The report provides guidance to financial market infrastructures (FMIs) such as central counterparties ...
Moscow Exchange Signs Cooperation Agreement with Bank of China
October 13th, 2014
Moscow Exchange and Bank of China have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at expanding collaboration between the Russian and Chinese financial markets. Bank of China President Chen Siqing and Moscow Exchange CEO Alexander Afanasiev signed the agreement during an ...
IOSCO Securities Market Risk Outlook 2014-15
October 13th, 2014
IOSCO has issued an announcement claiming that two charts published in its Securities Market Risk Outlook 2014-15 have raised concerns regarding the accuracy of the underlying data on which the charts are based. The Risk Outlook was issued on ...
IOSCO Consults on Principles regarding the Custody of CIS Assets
October 13th, 2014
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a consultation report on Principles regarding the Custody of Collective Investment Schemes’ Assets. The report is aimed at gathering the views of investment managers, custodians, institutional investors and other interested ...
Greg Medcraft of ASIC re-elected IOSCO Board Chair
October 3rd, 2014
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today re-elected Mr. Greg Medcraft as Chairman of the IOSCO Board. Mr. Medcraft was re-elected at the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted Board, during the IOSCO Annual Conference in Rio de ...
IOSCO Launches Second Securities Markets Risk Outlook
October 2nd, 2014
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published the IOSCO Securities Markets Risk Outlook 2014-2015, a forward-looking report focusing narrowly on issues relevant to securities markets and whether these may be, or could become, a threat to the ...
