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Eurex Clearing: Newedge UK Financial Ltd Joins EurexOTC Clear - Currently 17 Clearing Members In Total

Date 22/10/2013

Eurex Clearing, Europe's leading clearing house, welcomes Newedge UK Financial Limited as a new member of EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) to bring the total membership to 17 firms.

Aquis Exchange Selects AlgoSpan To Supply Market Data

Date 22/10/2013

AlgoSpan, the specialist market access infrastructure provider, has announced that Aquis Exchange, the proposed pan-European equities trading exchange*, has selected AlgoData™ market data services to supply it with low latency real-time reference prices from European exchanges.

Xetra/FWB: 50th Bond Listed In Entry Standard For Corporate Bonds - Trading Commences For Gebr. Sanders GmbH & Co. KG Bond - Total Entry Standard Issue Volume Of Just Under €2 Billion

Date 22/10/2013

As of today, a total of 50 bonds of start-ups, growing companies and SMEs can be traded in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Entry Standard for corporate bonds. The Gebr. Sanders bond, which has an 8.75 percent interest rate and a five-year maturity, was included in trading today, following termination of the subscription phase on 18 October. 

LSEG Announces Appointment Of New LCH.Clearnet Group CEO

Date 22/10/2013

LCH.Clearnet, the multi-national clearing house group, today announces that Suneel Bakhshi has been appointed as its new Group Chief Executive Officer. Subject to final regulatory approval, Suneel Bakhshi is expected to join the organisation in early 2014, at which point Jacques Aigrain, interim Executive Chairman will resume his position as Non-Executive Chairman of LCH.Clearnet Group, alongside his role as Non-Executive Director of London Stock Exchange Group (‘LSEG’).

OFT Clears EMCF And EUROCCP To Combine - New Pan-European Clearing House To Be Created Following Unconditional Clearance By The UK Competition Authority

Date 22/10/2013

EMCF and EuroCCP yesterday announce that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the UK's consumer and competition authority, has recommended an unconditional clearance for the two clearing houses to combine to form a new pan-European cash equities clearing house that builds on the strengths of both firms – http://www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/mergers/decisions/2013/ABNAmro. 

UBS Securities Australia Ltd Pays $50,000 Infringement Notice Penalty

Date 22/10/2013

UBS Securities Australia Ltd ('UBS') has paid a penalty of $50,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel ('MDP'). The penalty was for conduct which resulted in a market for a put option not being both fair and orderly.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Foreign Trades 42.6% Of Total Volume In Sept.– All-Time High

Date 22/10/2013

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc announced today that the September 2013 monthly volume of customer trades (combined sell & buy orders) originating overseas accounted for 42.6 percent of the total trades, which is the all-time high. The volume of foreign customer trades and its percentage to the total trades on TOCOM markets began rising significantly after the launch of the current trading platform in May 2009. In the past three years, the ratio advanced from some 10 percentage points.

TOCOM Trades Originating Overseas (January '10-September '13)

“The Boss” - Speech Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Before The Society Of American Business Editors And Writers, New York City

Date 21/10/2013

It’s Boss

It is an honor to be with you in the financial capital of the world, among those who serve a critical public good with your important works.

Remarks Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Before The Wharton Leadership Lecture Series

Date 21/10/2013

Good afternoon and hello Quakers. I thank Justin for that very kind introduction. I also want to thank my dear friend and your classmate, Scott Schneider, for suggesting to Wharton to invite me here to speak.

“Special Purpose” - Speech By CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton To The American Gas Association/Annual Energy Market Regulation Conference, New York, NY

Date 21/10/2013

Introduction

Good morning.  Thanks for the invitation to be with you today.  I used to work in the same building that houses your office in D.C., in the Hall of States.  You must be the signature tenant there because every morning walking through the lobby I saw those big silver letters on the wall spelling out “American Gas Association.” As a Commissioner, I’ve learned a lot more about you than your name and have seen the remarkable work you do in the energy industry.  So, it really is good to be here.