The Financial Supervisory Authority in Iceland (FME) announced 27 September that it makes no remarks regarding NASDAQ becoming an owner of a qualifying holding in OMX Nordic Exchange and the Icelandic Securities Depository.
The Nordic Financial Crisis Exercise of financial authorities in the Nordic and Baltic countries has been completed. The authorities participating on behalf of Iceland were the Financial Supervisory Authority (FME), the Central Bank of Iceland and the Ministry of Finance.
The FME has processed figures showing defaults by borrowers of depository institutions at the end of the 2nd quarter of fiscal year 2007 and comparable figures for the preceding quarters.