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Borsa İstanbul And BorsaKonya Sign Cooperation Agreement

Date 25/02/2016

Borsa İstanbul and Konya Commodity Exchange signed a cooperation agreement in Konya on February 25, with a ceremony participated by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
CFTC Requests Public Comment On Request From LCH.Clearnet Ltd For Order Permitting Portfolio Margining Of Futures And Foreign Futures Contracts And Cleared Swaps Contracts

Date 25/02/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is requesting public comment on a petition submitted by LCH.Clearnet Ltd for an order pursuant to Section 4d(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act).
Opening Remarks Of SEC Chair Mary Jo White Before The SEC Advisory Committee On Small And Emerging Companies

Date 25/02/2016

Good morning. Thank you very much, Sara and Steve. I want to extend a warm welcome to our new Committee members as well as those members who are returning.
Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo Before The February 25, 2016, Meeting Of The Energy And Environmental Markets Advisory Committee

Date 25/02/2016

Good morning and welcome to the first 2016 meeting of the CFTC’s reconstituted Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (“EEMAC”). I would like to welcome new members to the EEMAC and to today’s meeting: Ms. Susan Bergles, Assistant General Counsel, American Gas Association, Mr. Raymond A. Kahn, Board Member, Futures Industry Association, Mr. Michael Padgett, Vice President, Energy and Carbon Strategy, Alcoa Energy and Ms. Arushi Sharma Frank, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Counsel, Electric Power Supply Association. In addition, Professor Craig Pirrong, who was formerly an Associate Member, is now a full member. I welcome the Honorable Kenneth W. Anderson, Jr., Commissioner of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, who has come up from Austin to participate in our first panel. I also want to recognize and thank EEMAC member, Dena Wiggins, who will serve as today’s meeting Chair.
OCC And U.S. Securities Markets Coalition Comment On Final 871(m) Regulations

Date 25/02/2016

OCC and the U.S. Securities Markets Coalition submitted a letter to the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service addressing certain issues raised for listed options by the final section 871(m) regulations issued on September 18, 2015. In the letter, the Coalition acknowledges the tremendous effort that went into crafting the final regulations, but recommends certain clarifications and improvements to them as they apply to listed options to help lessen the compliance burdens imposed on broker-dealers. The letter includes a recommendation that the regulations permit the deltas of listed options to be determined based on the prior day’s closing prices and permit broker-dealers and other parties to use end-of-day deltas generated by OCC.

CFTC: Testimony Of John Rogers Before The U.S. House Committee On Agriculture Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy And Credit

Date 25/02/2016

Thank you Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Scott and members of this Subcommittee. I am pleased to be here today to update you on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) progress in achieving the G-20’s swap data reporting goals.
Active Markets Drive JSE Profits And Special Dividend

Date 25/02/2016

On the back of an excellent performance by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), which saw group earnings after tax for 2015 increasing by 42% to R899 million (2014: R634 million), CEO Nicky Newton-King stressed the importance of greater collaboration between business, the government and other stakeholders to ensure sustained growth for the country as a whole.
451 Research Identifies Nearly 300 M&A And IPO Candidates In Its Annual 2016 Tech M&A Outlook - As Business Applications And IT Infrastructure Move To The Cloud, The Software Market Will Be A Hotbed Of M&A Activity In 2016

Date 25/02/2016

According to 451 Research’s recently published Tech M&A Outlook 2016, acquirers will spend hundreds of billions of dollars on tech acquisitions in the coming year to adapt to a rapidly changing marketplace with notable hotspots in information security, IoT and niches of the software sector.
CFTC EEMAC Releases Report On 2015 Review And Consideration Of The Proposed Rule On Position Limits

Date 25/02/2016

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo, who serves as the sponsor of the CFTC’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC or Committee), announced today that the Committee has submitted to the CFTC a report and recommendations approved by an 8-1 vote of the EEMAC. The report also includes a minority dissent.
CME Group Named "Best Futures Exchange" By Markets Media Magazine

Date 25/02/2016

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the company was named "Best Futures Exchange" at Markets Media's 2016 Markets Choice Awards. The award ceremony, held Feb. 24 in New York, recognized CME Group's excellence in diverse and innovative new products, client service and education, and technology design and execution as voted by peers and customers.