June 28, 2012 - The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted rules that establish procedures for its review of certain clearing agency actions. The rules were required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which called for a new regulatory framework for trading in over-the-counter derivatives, including swap agreements.

June 28, 2012 - Four trade associations, including the Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMs), the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET), the Futures and Options Association (FOA) and the Wholesale Market Brokers' Association (WMBA), have announced their joint development of a business-friendly guide to assist firms in complying with the complex set of new European-wide regulatory standards.

June 28, 2012 - The popularity and massive growth of smartphones for business use is forcing enterprises to sit up and rethink their security and defense mechanisms. In the report "Enterprise Mobile Device Security: Development Guidance to Tackle the Mobile Security Minefield" (Doc # FIN235403, June 2012), IDC Financial Insights examined the need for enterprise mobile security, especially within the mobile banking and payment arena, and discussed core measures for enterprises to boost mobile security, including mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM).

June 28, 2012 - The nation faces an evolving array of cyber-based threats arising from a variety of sources. These sources include criminal groups, hackers, terrorists, organization insiders, and foreign nations engaged in crime, political activism, or espionage and information warfare.

June 26, 2012 - The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has issued its final rules on the information that banks must disclose when detailing the composition of their capital. Its publication, relevant to the looming Basel III stipulations, is entitled 'Composition of Capital Disclosure Requirements'.

June 26, 2012 - A new, sophisticated breed of cyber-crooks targeting bank accounts belonging to businesses and high-net worth individuals around the world may have stolen EUR60 million over the last year, according to an investigation from McAfee and Guardian Analytics.

June 21, 2012 - International Data Corporation (IDC) have announced the latest results of its Worldwide Semiannual Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) Applications Tracker. The tracker monitors almost 370 ERM vendors in a total of 49 countries, providing biannual market size, vendor share, and forecast data for the eight functional markets that comprise the ERM market in IDC's software taxonomy.