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Keynote Address By CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia, State Of The Industry 2014 Conference, Commodity Markets Council - We Can Do Better: It’s Time To Review Our Rules A nd Make Necessary Changes

Date 27/01/2014

Thank you very much for the kind introduction and for inviting me to speak here today.

While it is an honor to be offered a speaking spot, I am also very interested in participating in this conference to learn more about changes that are in store for the commodity merchant businesses. Recent headlines herald the exit of banks from this business. The landscape is changing since the Volcker rule now limits proprietary trading by banks and the Federal Reserve may start assessing new capital charges on bank commodity activities.

SEC Charges Legg Mason Affiliate With Defrauding Clients

Date 27/01/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced sanctions against a California-based investment adviser for concealing investor losses that resulted from a coding error and engaging in cross trading that favored some clients over others.

ISE ETF Ventures Inaugural Year-in-Review

Date 27/01/2014

The International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc. (ISE Holdings) announced the inaugural year-in-review for ISE ETF Ventures, the business unit within ISE Holdings dedicated to bringing new exchange traded products (ETPs) to market through capital commitment, business development, and marketing support. During this past year, total assets under management for ETPs tied to ISE ETF Ventures indexes neared $1.3 billion. ISE Holdings remains the only U.S. exchange with a group dedicated to providing start-up funding to enable new ETPs to come to market.

Euronext Launches New Single Stock Futures - Launch Expands Single Stock Offering, Delivering Increased User Choice And Significant Efficiencies

Date 27/01/2014

Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), today announced the launch of an enlarged suite of Single Stock Futures on a range of its most liquid Euronext listed stocks.   The launch enhances the existing offering of individual equity options, index futures and options. 

WSE To Introduce WIG50 And WIG250

Date 27/01/2014

• The Exchange will publish WIG50 and WIG250 from 24 March 2014.
• The new indices are a better reflection of the diversity of WSE listed stocks.
• WIG50 will be the underlying instrument of new futures to be introduced to trading in late 2014.

Thomson Reuters Launches Solution To Provide Financial Firms With Improved Oversight Of Benchmark Submissions And Contributed Data - Thomson Reuters Looks To Help Financial Institutions Meet Customer And Regulatory Demands For Greater Transparency Around Benchmarks And Other Price Sensitive Data

Date 27/01/2014

Thomson Reuters announced today that it has launched a new suite of capabilities to help financial institutions improve transparency and reporting around financial benchmark submissions and other price sensitive data. These capabilities allow firms to better manage the entire benchmark submissions workflow; from the pre-submission requirements of controlling who in their firm is publishing contributed data, to the post-submission compliance activities of surveillance, audit and reporting.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority: Temporary Restriction In Short Selling

Date 27/01/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) notifies that it temporarily restricts short selling in the following instrument under Article 23 (1) and 26(4) of  Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps.

New db X-Trackers Equity Index ETF Launched On Xetra - ETF Tracks German Mid Caps

Date 27/01/2014

A new db x-trackers from the ETF section of Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management has been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Monday. 

Euronext Amsterdam Welcomes Rabobank Certificates

Date 27/01/2014

The Amsterdam market of Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), today saw the launch of trading in Rabobank Certificates (ticker symbol: RABO).

R.J. O’Brien Appoints Kevin Hall Managing Director, Sales And Head Of New York Office

Date 27/01/2014

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, announced that Kevin J. Hall has been appointed Managing Director, Sales and Head of the firm’s New York office. Hall, 52, has spent more than three decades in financial services, specializing in institutional sales, investment management services and risk management.