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Date 29/05/2013
CME Group Announces Treasury Futures Trading Volume Record - Interest Rate Complex Experienced Second Highest Volume Day Overall
CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced a record in daily trading volume for its Treasury futures complex on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. Total daily volume for Treasury futures reached 10,476,906 surpassing its previous record of 10,103,808 set on February 26, 2013.
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Date 29/05/2013
World Federation Of Exchanges Reports On High Frequency Trading
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) today released a review on High Frequency Trading (HFT), describing it as a technology that financial firms are embracing around the world. Besides, the study notes the many initiatives and risk management practices that exchanges have adopted to enhance the safety, stability and integrity of the markets.
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Date 29/05/2013
Richard G. Ketchum FINRA’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Remarks: National Financial Capability Study Release, George Washington University School of Business
Thank you, Doug [Guthrie], and thanks to everyone for joining us today. I am very excited to be here to release the findings of the 2012 National Financial Capability Study. And I'm equally excited to be doing so at George Washington University's Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center. The Center played a large role in this study and does tremendous work to improve financial capability in the U.S. and around the world.
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Date 29/05/2013
CFTC Orders FCStone LLC To Pay A $1.5 Million Civil Monetary Penalty For Failing To Have Risk Controls, In Violation Of Supervision Obligations
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against FCStone LLC, a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) headquartered in New York, New York, for failing to diligently supervise its officers and employees relating to its business as an FCM in violation of Commission Regulation 166.3, 17 C.F.R. § 166.3 (2008). FCStone failed to implement adequate customer credit and concentration risk policies and controls in 2008 and part of 2009, allowing one account (Account) to acquire a massive options position that it could not afford to maintain. Ultimately, FCStone was forced to take over the Account, and lost approximately $127 million. The CFTC Order requires FCStone to pay a civil monetary penalty of $1.5 million, retain an independent consultant to review its internal controls and procedures, and cease and desist from violating its supervisory obligations.
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Date 29/05/2013
SEC Charges Nasdaq For Failures During Facebook IPO
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged NASDAQ with securities laws violations resulting from its poor systems and decision-making during the initial public offering (IPO) and secondary market trading of Facebook shares. NASDAQ has agreed to settle the SEC’s charges by paying a $10 million penalty – the largest ever against an exchange.
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Date 29/05/2013
FINRA Foundation Releases Nation's State-By-State Financial Capability Survey - California, Massachusetts And New Jersey Most Financially Capable; Mississippi, Arkansas And Kentucky Near Bottom
The FINRA Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation) today released the results of America'sState-by-State Financial Capability Survey. The survey findings are available at www.usfinancialcapability.org, which features a clickable map of the United States and allows the public, policymakers and researchers to delve into and compare the financial capabilities of Americans across all 50 states and the nation as a whole. The survey results were released today at an event featuring FINRA Foundation Chairman Richard Ketchum; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray; Cyrus Amir-Mokri, Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, U.S. Department of the Treasury; and Stacey Stewart, U.S. President of United Way Worldwide.
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Date 29/05/2013
Alexandre Zeller Elected Chairman Of The Board Of Directors Of SIX
At the general meeting of shareholders on 29 May 2013, Alexandre Zeller was elected the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of SIX. Alexandre Zeller has many years of management experience in national and international banking. He succeeds Prof. Peter Gomez, who after seven years as Chairman would like to once again devote himself more to publishing and academic projects.
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Date 29/05/2013
Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission & Police Issue Joint Statement To Clarify Media Report - Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB) of the Hong Kong Police issue the following joint statement to clarify a media report published today (May 29).
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Date 29/05/2013
Chi-X Canada: CX2 Successfully Completes Launch And Captures Up To 6% Market
Chi-X® Canada ATS Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of alternative trading venue operator Chi-X® Global Holdings LLC, announced that CX2™ successfully completed its symbol migration of all TSX-listed and TSXV-listed securities on May 21, 2013.
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Date 29/05/2013
SEC Charges Total S.A. For Illegal Payments To Iranian Official
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged France-based oil and gas company Total S.A. with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by paying $60 million in bribes to intermediaries of an Iranian government official who then exercised his influence to help the company obtain valuable contracts to develop significant oil and gas fields in Iran.
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