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JPMorgan Chase Reaches Settlements With The Federal Housing Finance Agency, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae - Settlements Represent An Important Step Towards A Broader Resolution Of Mortgage-Backed Securities Matters

Date 25/10/2013

JPMorgan Chase has reached an agreement to resolve all of its mortgage-backed securities (MBS) litigation with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) as conservator for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae for $4 billion. This settlement resolves the firm's largest MBS case and relates to approximately $33.8 billion of securities purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from J.P. Morgan, Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual. The firm has also simultaneously agreed to resolve Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's repurchase claims associated with whole loan purchases from 2000 to 2008, for $1.1 billion.
CFTC’s Division Of Clearing And Risk And Division Of Market Oversight Provide Time-Limited No-Action Relief For Swap Execution Facilities (“SEFs”) From Compliance With Certain Requirements Of Commission Regulations 37.9(A)(2) And 37.203(A)

Date 25/10/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Risk and Division of Market Oversight (together, “the Divisions”) today announced the issuance of no-action letter providing time-limited relief for swap execution facilities (“SEFs”) from compliance with certain requirements of Commission Regulations 37.9(a)(2) and 37.203(a).
"Understood And Understanding" - Remarks Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Before The International Regulators Conference (Chicago, Illinois)

Date 25/10/2013

Good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to be with you, international regulators, here at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Thanks to Myra Silberstein for all of her work on this conference. Thanks also to the Federal Reserve staff who picked up the ball on the conference when the CFTC had to stop operations due to our government shutdown. And thanks to each of you for making the journey to the States.
BATS 1000 Index Rises 1.1% This Week

Date 25/10/2013

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) rose 211.89 points, or 1.1%, this week to close at 19,925.24 as of the 4 p.m. ET market close today.
CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 25/10/2013

The current reports for the week of October 1, 2013 are now available.

Emerging Global Advisors Chooses “FTSE Beyond BRICs” Index For ETF

Date 25/10/2013

• FTSE expands ETF offering with exposure to frontier markets
• Index 75% exposed to emerging and 25% to frontier markets
• Over 100 ETFs tracking a FTSE benchmark in North America
TOM MTF Statistics Week 43

Date 25/10/2013

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 43 - 2013.
FESE Letter On US And EU CCP Margins

Date 25/10/2013

FESE warns about the consequences of the disparity between US and EU CCP margin standards for exchange-traded derivatives. It is vital that the European authorities take concerted action to close this loophole in global derivative exchange regulation before these companies take the decision to move their trading interest to other jurisdictions.
SGX Corrects Misconceptions

Date 25/10/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) would like to correct certain misconceptions which have appeared in the media recently.
Oslo Børs VPS Will Introduce Shorter Settlement Cycle In October 2014

Date 25/10/2013

Oslo Børs VPS has decided to introduce T+2 with effect from 6 October 2014. This means that securities will be settled on the investor’s account in VPS two days after the transaction has taken place and consequently that the seller will receive payment after two days. Current market practice is that this process will take three days.