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STOXX Updates Fast Entry Rules

Date 26/09/2013

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced changes to its fast entry rules in order to better respond to extraordinary market events in a timely and appropriate manner. Changes being announced today are effective immediately and are the result of a review of the methodology and meeting of the STOXX Advisory Board.
CFTC Charges New York-Based The Yorkshire Group Inc. And Its Owner, Scott Platto With Engaging In Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions

Date 26/09/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it filed a civil injunctive enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Defendants The Yorkshire Group Inc.(Yorkshire) of Staten Island, New York, and its sole owner, Scott Platto, also of Staten Island. The CFTC Complaint, filed on September 25, 2013, charges the Defendants with engaging in illegal, off-exchange financed transactions in precious metals with retail customers. The Complaint further alleges that Platto, as the owner, operator, and controlling person of Yorkshire, is liable for Yorkshire’s violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA)
SEC Charges Accountant For Madoff Clients For Role In Creating False Books And Records

Date 26/09/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the longtime accountant for many of Bernard Madoff’s oldest and wealthiest clients for his role in the creation of false books and records used in the massive Ponzi scheme.
CFTC Files Enforcement Action Charging Missouri Resident Daniel K. Steele And His Foreign Currency Firm With Violations Of The Commodity Exchange Act And Forex Regulations - Court Enters Order Freezing Defendants’ Assets And Protecting Books And Records

Date 26/09/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil Complaint against Defendants Daniel K. Steele of Rolla, Missouri, and his firm Champion Management International, LLC (Champion Management).
SEC Freezes Assets In Ponzi Scheme Targeting Investors In Japan

Date 26/09/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an emergency action to freeze the assets of a Las Vegas-based firm and its sole owner charged with perpetrating a Ponzi scheme against thousands of investors living primarily in Japan.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia

Date 26/09/2013

Last month, I declined to authorize the issuance of an omnibus order that sought to circumvent the powers of the Commission by proposing to extend its duration continuously through an absent objection process.
SEC Charges China-Based Executives With Fraud And Insider Trading

Date 26/09/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the former CEO of an education services provider based in China with stealing tens of millions of dollars from investors in a U.S. public offering, and charged another executive with illegally dumping his stock in the company after he helped steal valuable company assets.
CFTC Obtains Default Judgment And Permanent Injunction Against Ifinix Futures, Inc. And Its Senior Executive Officer, Connecticut Resident Benhope Marlon Munroe, For Making False Statements To The NFA And Failing To Meet Minimum Financial Requirements - Defendants Ordered To Pay A $1,260,000 Penalty And Permanently Barred From Any Commodity-Related Activities

Date 26/09/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Leonard D. Wexler of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered an Order of default judgment and permanent injunction against CFTC-registered independent Introducing Broker (IB) iFinix Futures, Inc. (iFinix) of Plainview, N.Y., and its senior executive officer, Benhope Marlon Munroe of New Milford, Conn. iFinix has also done business under the name Pro-Active Futures.
SEC Charges Operators Of Boiler Room Scheme Targeting Seniors To Invest In Football-Related Scam

Date 26/09/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the operators of a South Florida-based boiler room scheme with defrauding seniors and other investors they pressured into purchasing stock in a company that purportedly developed ground-breaking technology for the National Football League to use in the Super Bowl.
Fourth Meeting Of The Financial Stability Board Regional Consultative Group For The Middle East And North Africa

Date 26/09/2013

Today, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) hosted the fourth meeting of the FSB Regional Consultative Group for the Middle East and North Africa (RCG-MENA) in Istanbul under the co-chairmanship of Erdem Başçı, Governor, CBRT and Riad Salame, Governor, Central Bank of Lebanon.