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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and London Metal Exchange (LME) announced the Board of LME’s self-clearing platform currently in development

PRESS RELEASE -- 18, December 2013

London, UK, 18-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and the London Metal Exchange (LME) are pleased to announce the formation of the Board of LME Clear, the LME’s self-clearing platform currently in development. LME Clear is on … Read the full press release

The Bank of England and European Central Bank announced extension of their temporary reciprocal swap agreement

PRESS RELEASE -- 17, September 2013

17-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Bank of England and European Central Bank (ECB) are today announcing an extension of their temporary reciprocal swap agreement (swap line) to Tuesday 30 September 2014. The swap line was established in December 2010 to enable the … Read the full press release

HM Treasury announced Her Majesty The Queen agreed on the appointment of Sir Jon Cunliffe as Deputy Governor of Bank of England for Financial Stability

PRESS RELEASE -- 29, July 2013

29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — HM Treasury has today announced that Her Majesty The Queen has agreed, on the recommendation of the Chancellor and Prime Minister, to appoint Sir Jon Cunliffe as Deputy Governor of the Bank of England with responsibility for … Read the full press release

Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s M-RCBG in Cambridge and Harvard Business School’s Finance Unit in Boston

PRESS RELEASE -- 29, July 2013

29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Harvard Kennedy School, the Harvard Business School and the Bank of England are today announcing that Paul Tucker, currently Deputy Governor for Financial Stability and member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England, … Read the full press release

Joint OeNB-ECB high-level Vienna conference discussed the preparations for the launch of the new Europa series of euro banknotes

PRESS RELEASE -- 24, April 2013

Vienna , 24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Before the new €5 banknotes of the Europa series start to circulate on 2 May, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and the European Central Bank (ECB) invited experts from several countries to a high-level conference in Vienna … Read the full press release

Novartis delivers strong innovation in 2012, offsetting patent expirations; next growth phase expected to begin in 2013

PRESS RELEASE -- 23, January 2013

Group net sales up 2% in constant currencies[1] (cc) in fourth quarter despite patent expirations; flat (cc) over full year Fourth quarter net sales reached USD 14.8 billion (0%, +2% cc); full year net sales were USD 56.7 billion (-3%, … Read the full press release

Strong Demand for EIB’s First Benchmark Transaction of 2013

PRESS RELEASE -- 4, January 2013

–       First GBP transaction of 2013 from any issuer sector –       Well diversified orderbook of GBP 2 billon from over 50 investors 4-1-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On Thursday 3rd January 2013, the European Investment Bank launched its first benchmark transaction of 2013 with a … Read the full press release