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SEC Adopts Credit Rating Agency Reform Rules - Rules Require Stronger Conflicts Of Interest And Governance Controls And Enhanced Transparency To Improve The Quality Of Credit Ratings And Increase Credit Rating Agency Accountability

Date 27/08/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted new requirements for credit rating agencies to enhance governance, protect against conflicts of interest, and increase transparency to improve the quality of credit ratings and increase credit rating agency accountability. The new rules and amendments, which implement 14 rulemaking requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, apply to credit rating agencies registered with the Commission as nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs).
CFTC Orders FirstRand Bank, Ltd. To Pay $150,000 Civil Monetary Penalty For Unlawfully Executing Prearranged, Noncompetitive Trades On The CBOT - FirstRand And Another foreign-based Company Prearranged Noncompetitive Corn And Soybean Futures Trades

Date 27/08/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against financial services company FirstRand Bank, Ltd. (FirstRand), headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, for executing unlawful prearranged, noncompetitive trades involving corn and soybean futures contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), a designated contract market of the CME Group. FirstRand has never been registered with the CFTC.
SEC Adopts Asset-Backed Securities Reform Rules - Rules Provide Enhanced Disclosures, Transparency, And Reporting To Better Protect Investors In Securitization Market

Date 27/08/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted revisions to rules governing the disclosure, reporting, and offering process for asset-backed securities (ABS) to enhance transparency, better protect investors, and facilitate capital formation in the securitization market.
CBOE Holdings Announces New Officer Promotions

Date 27/08/2014

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) yesterday announced that Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has promoted five staff members to officer positions. The promotions were approved at this month's Board of Directors meeting.
Thomson Reuters To Present At The Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference

Date 27/08/2014

Jim Smith, chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI), the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, will present at the Goldman Sachs 23rd Annual Communacopia Conference on Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 1:15 p.m. EDT. The presentation may include forward looking information.

Notice Of Paper Solicitation For 5th "Shanghai Stock Exchange Legal Forum" Also "On Securities Laws"

Date 27/08/2014

The capital market highly depends on legal construction, as strengthened legal construction contributes to building a booming market. Building a law-ruled capital market is a realistic requirement for implementing the principle of ruling the country according to laws, an inevitable way for building a mature capital market, and a key breakthrough point for propelling a new round of reform in the capital market.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Convertible Bond Serial Indices Launched Today

Date 27/08/2014

Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. recently announced to launch SZSE Convertible Bond Index (Code: 399307, Abbreviation: SZSE Convertible Bond) and CNI Convertible Bond Index (Code: 399413, Abbreviation: CNI Convertible Bond) on August 27, 2014. The indices are designed to depict the overall operation feature of the convertible bond market, and fuel the development and innovation of indexing investment.
Direct Edge Trading Notice #14-33: BATS/Direct Edge Integration Update Conference Call

Date 27/08/2014

On Wednesday, September 10, 2014, at 10 a.m. ET, BATS Global Markets will hold a conference call to update customers on the implementation progress and schedule for integrating the Direct Edge exchanges to BATS technology. During the call, we will provide updates related to BATS/Direct Edge data center moves and latency equalization, the integration timeline, testing opportunities, feature release plans and other information of interest.
Platts: Spot Iron Ore Prices Delivered To China Slump To 5-Year Low Of $88/Dmt

Date 27/08/2014

Seaborne iron ore prices hit a five-year low Wednesday, with the Platts 62% Fe Iron Ore Index falling 75 cents on the day to $88/dry mt CFR North China.
Launch Of Bucharest Stock Exchange Tablet Application

Date 27/08/2014

BVB has just launched a tablet app, available for all the investors and stakeholders. They can view on their tablets an overview of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) market.