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SIX Strengthens Market For Structured Products In Switzerland

Date 26/11/2013

As of 1 January 2014 the brand identity of the exchange for structured products will be integrated into SIX and the Swiss Exchange business area. Backed by the strength of the SIX brand, the Swiss exchange for structured products will be able in future to address the special characteristics of the Swiss market and contribute to its continuing development.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Has Published The Index Value Of TSE Home Price Index For September

Date 26/11/2013

TSE has published the index value of TSE Home Price Index for September on November 26, 2013. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Composite of Tokyo Metro Area) is 78.01 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Tokyo) is 82.49 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Kanagawa) is 76.95 points. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Chiba) is 65.67. The index value of TSE Home Price Index (Used Condominium, Saitama) is 67.38 points.
Dalian Commodity Exchange Holds Discussion Meeting On Fiberboard, Plywood Futures Contracts, Rules

Date 26/11/2013

Recently, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) held a discussion meeting on the contract rules of the fiberboard and plywood futures in Guangzhou. The representatives from the China National Forest Product Industry Association, the industrial enterprises such as Zhejiang Shenghua Yunfeng, Daya Technology and Dehua Group, the delivery warehouses, the quality inspection institutions and the DCE member units compared in-depth notes on the contracts and the draft rules of the futures of the two boards, providing their opinions and suggestions on further improving the contracts and rules.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 25 November, 2013 - Issue 25

Date 26/11/2013

From 18 to 22 November, Shenzhen Component Index closed at 8413.3 points after gaining 1.3%. SME Index closed at 5001.7 points with an increase of 1.7%. ChiNext Index closed at 1295.1 points, gaining 2.0%. Total turnover for stocks and funds on SZSE was US$ 95.6 billion, or a36.5% increase from the week before. 15 out of 16 sector indices were higher than previous week, and 1 sector index was lower than the week before.
SIFMA Market Close Recommendations For The US Thanksgiving Day Holiday In The US, The UK And Japan

Date 25/11/2013

In observance of the US Thanksgiving Day holiday, SIFMA made holiday recommendations in U.S., U.K., and Japan.

NASDAQ OMX Announces Leadership Transition In U.S. Transaction Services Business - Eric W. Noll To Join ConvergEx Group, LLC As President

Date 25/11/2013

NASDAQ OMX today announced that Eric W. Noll, Executive Vice President, Transaction Services U.S. and U.K., will be leaving the company to accept an offer to become President and the next Chief Executive Officer of ConvergEx Group. NASDAQ OMX will assess internal and external candidates for Mr. Noll's replacement, and plans to fill that role near the end of the first quarter 2014.
DTCC Limit Monitoring To Provide An Early Warning System To Help Identify Unusual Trading Activity And Trading Limit Breaches

Date 25/11/2013

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) has filed a proposed rule change with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide its members with a new tool designed to serve as an early warning system that alerts those firms to trading activity that is nearing defined trading limits. Subject to regulatory approval of the filing, the tool will enable firms to effectively manage potential risk exposure for both their own accounts and their clients’ accounts for the trading in equities, corporate and municipal bonds, and unit investment trust instruments.
Penny Stock Financier Agrees To Pay $1.4 Million To Settle SEC Charges

Date 25/11/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New York-based penny stock financier and his firms with violating the federal securities laws when they purchased billions of shares in a pair of microcap companies and failed to register them before they were re-sold to investors for sizeable profits.
ISDA: Financial Transaction Tax: The Impacts And Arguments – A Literature Review

Date 25/11/2013

With continuing uncertainty over the potential plans for the introduction of a multi-jurisdictional financial transaction tax in Europe, PWC has compiled a literature review distilling the main points from a large body of literature that has been generated to date on the European Commission’s proposal for a harmonised FTT.
Daniel Shak, Former Principal Of SHK Management LLC, And SHK Management LLC To Jointly Pay $400,000 Penalty To Settle CFTC Charges Of Attempted Manipulation Of NYMEX Crude Oil Futures Contracts - Order Also Permanently Bans Shak And SHK From Trading In Any Crude Oil Markets And Imposes A Two-Year Ban From Trading Any Commodity During The Close

Date 25/11/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges that Daniel Shak of Las Vegas, Nevada, and SHK Management, LLC (SHK) (the “Respondents”) attempted to manipulate the price of Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) futures contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and violated intraday spot month speculative position limits applicable to WTI futures contracts on two days in 2008. The CFTC Order requires Shak and SHK to jointly pay a $400,000 civil monetary penalty, permanently bans Shak and SHK from trading in any Crude Oil markets, and imposes a two-year ban from trading any commodity during the Close, among other sanctions. Shak was a former principal of SHK.