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Dalian Commodity Exchange Notice On Night-Trading Time During 2015 New Year’s Holiday

Date 31/12/2014

According to relevant regulations on night trading of Dalian Commodity Exchange, no night trading is conducted on the evening of December 31 (Wednesday); the call auction time for all futures products on January 5 is from 08:55 to 09:00; and night trading is resumed in the evening of January 5.

Montréal Exchange Market Holiday New Year Period

Date 31/12/2014

Interest rate derivative trading will cease at 1:30 p.m. today, December 31, 2014. Furthermore, the Exchange's offices will be closed on January 1 and 2, 2015 (New Year's Day and day following New Year's).

Discontinuation Of OneChicago Markets On CBOEdirect

Date 30/12/2014

As a reminder, OneChicago, LLC will be transitioning its CBOEdirect-hosted markets to the OCXdelta1 platform effective January 23, 2015.  The last trading day on the OneChicago instance of CBOEdirect will January 22, 2015. 

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 30/12/2014

The current reports for the week of December 23, 2014 are now available.

Federal Court Orders North Carolina Resident Edwin A. Vasquez And His Company, Vasquez Global Investments, LLC, To Pay Over $1.3 Million For Commodity Pool Fraud

Date 30/12/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Martin Reidinger of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina entered an Order of Default Judgment against Defendants Edwin A. Vasquez of Arden, North Carolina, and his company, Vasquez Global Investments, LLC (VGI), for defrauding participants in a commodity pool commonly known as the Vasquez pool.

CME Group Celebrates The New Year With Confetti Drop On Trading Floor

Date 30/12/2014

CME Group will welcome the New Year with showers of confetti at the close of trading on the Chicago trading floors.

HSBC Holdings plc – Phillip Ameen Joins HSBC Board

Date 30/12/2014

HSBC Holdings plc (Ticker: HSBC.BH), has announced the appointment of Phillip David Ameen (66), as an independent non-executive Director. The appointment will take effect from 1 January 2015. Mr Ameen will become a member of the Group Audit Committee at the same time.

Borsa Italiana 2014 Market Highlights

Date 30/12/2014

26 IPOs raise a total €2.9 billion   

• Total market capitalisation of listed companies, €470.4 billion
• All time record on ETFplus - €36.9 billion of assets under management, 37.91 per cent increase on 2013
• Borsa Italiana leading European venue for contracts exchanged on ETFplus and MOT (as at the end of November, 2014)

FINRA Sanctions Monex Securities Inc. $1.3 Million For Failing To Register And Supervise Foreign Personnel - Firm's President Fined And Suspended

Date 30/12/2014

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has ordered Monex Securities Inc. to pay $1,100,000 in disgorgement of commissions, plus interest, obtained by unregistered foreign individuals who sold securities on the firm's behalf. FINRA also fined Monex $175,000 for failing to register the foreign representatives and for related supervisory deficiencies over a period of two and a half years. Additionally, Monex's President and Chief Compliance Officer, Jorge Martin Ramos Landero (Ramos), was suspended from acting in a principal capacity for 45 days and fined $15,000.

SEC Announces Program To Facilitate Analysis Of Corporate Financial Data

Date 30/12/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the launch of a pilot program to facilitate investor analysis and comparisons of public company financial statement data.