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CFTC Staff Issues Time-Limited No-Action Letter On The Applicability Of Oral Recording Requirements For Certain Members Of Designated Contract Markets Or Swap Execution Facilities

Date 25/04/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight and Division of Market Oversight (Divisions) today issued a time-limited no-action letter that provides relief to commodity trading advisors that are members of designated contract markets or swap execution facilities.

FSB/IOSCO: Public Responses To The January 2014 Consultative Document On Assessment Methodologies For Identifying Non-Bank Non-Insurer Global Systemically Important Financial Institutions

Date 25/04/2014

The FSB, jointly with IOSCO, published in January 2014 its consultative document entitledAssessment Methodologies for Identifying Non-Bank Non-Insurer Global Systemically Important Financial Institutions (NBNI G-SIFIs).

TOM MTF Statistics Week 17, 2014

Date 25/04/2014

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 17, 2014. 

SEC Charges Six Individuals With Insider Trading In Stock Of E-Commerce Company Prior To Acquisition By eBay

Date 25/04/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former executive with insider trading in advance of eBay’s acquisition of the e-commerce company where he worked by tipping friends and relatives with confidential information about the pending deal so they could attain more than $300,000 in illegal profits.

CFTC Obtains A Permanent Injunction Against Australian Firm Halifax Investment Services, Ltd., Charged With Acting As An Unregistered Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer - Action Is A Result Of CFTC’s 2012 Sweep Against Foreign Currency Firms For Failure To Register Under The 2008 Farm Bill, The Dodd-Frank Act, And CFTC Regulations

Date 25/04/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge James B. Zagel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a Consent Order of Permanent Injunction that bars Australian firm Halifax Investment Services, Ltd. from soliciting orders to trade foreign currency (forex) from United States residents who do not qualify as eligible contract participants (ECPs) and from offering to be the counterparty to United States residents’ forex transactions without registering with the CFTC.

International Banking Statistics At End-December 2013

Date 25/04/2014

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) yesterday released international banking statistics at end-December 2013.

Bloomberg Markets Global Investor Poll To Launch In June Issue - World’s Financial Elite To Be Surveyed On Current Economic Issues And Investment Preferences - Results, Debate And Discussion To Appear On Multiple Global Bloomberg Platforms - Ad Pages For Issue Projected To Be Up 30% Year-On-Year

Date 25/04/2014

Bloomberg Markets magazine will premiere the Bloomberg Markets Global Investor Poll in its June 2014 issue, a survey of 1,000 Bloomberg Professional service users from around the world, representing the most influential bankers, traders, money managers and financial executives. The June issue is forecast to be up 30% in advertising pages, a reflection of the poll’s appeal.

Sixth Meeting Of The Financial Stability Board Regional Consultative Group For Asia

Date 25/04/2014

Today, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (central bank of the Philippines) hosted the sixth meeting of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group for Asia in Cebu, Philippines.

FESE Director General Judith Hardt On FT Trading Room

Date 25/04/2014

'The new world of MiFID II' FESE Director General Judith Hardt interviewed on the FT Trading Room. Click here to watch interview.

ECB Publishes SSM Framework Regulation

Date 25/04/2014

• Framework Regulation lays basis for the work of the SSM after taking over as banking supervisor.
• ECB to fully assume its supervisory tasks on 4 November 2014