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SEC Charges Former Jefferies Executive With Defrauding Investors In Mortgage-Backed Securities

Date 28/01/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former executive at New York-based broker-dealer Jefferies & Co. with defrauding investors while selling mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in the wake of the financial crisis so he could generate additional revenue for his firm.
Meeting Of The Financial Stability Board In Zurich on 28 January

Date 28/01/2013

At its meeting in Zurich, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) discussed vulnerabilities affecting the global financial system and progress in authorities ‘work to strengthen global financial regulation. The FSB also took the procedural steps to constitute itself as a legal entity, as part of its ongoing strengthening of its capacity, resources and governance.
CFTC Charges Four Florida-Based Precious Metals Firms And Three Individuals For Engaging In Illegal Retail Off-Exchange Transactions In Precious Metals - CFTC Orders Bar Secured Precious Metals International, Inc., Secured Precious Metals Management, Inc., Barclay Metals, Inc., Universal Clearing, Llc, Linda Laramie, Sean Stropp, And Sylvia Williams From Commodities Industry For Five-Years

Date 28/01/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued two Orders filing and settling charges against two Fort Lauderdale, Fla. companies, Secured Precious Metals International, Inc. and Secured Precious Metals Management, Inc., and their sole owner and principal, Linda Laramie (collectively SPM), as well as two West Palm Beach, Fla. companies, Barclay Metals, Inc. and Universal Clearing, LLC, and their owners and principals, Sean Stropp and Sylvia Williams (collectively Barclay), all for engaging in illegal off-exchange financed transactions in precious metals with retail customers.
SEC Announces Agenda For Feb. 1 Meeting Of Advisory Committee On Small And Emerging Companies

Date 28/01/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agenda for a meeting of its Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies being held this Friday, February 1.
ICE CEO Jeff Sprecher Discusses Planned Merger With NYSE In An Exclusive Interview In Futures Industry

Date 28/01/2013

The January issue of Futures Industry magazine includes an interview (attached to this email as a PDF) with Jeff Sprecher, the chief executive officer of IntercontinentalExchange, discussing how the merger agreement with NYSE Euronext came about and his strategic vision for ICE. The interview also covers how Liffe and the European rates business will fit into ICE’s business plan and what Sprecher’s plans are for the U.S. equities business once the deal is finalized. Any coverage of this interview should cite the January 2013 Issue of Futures Industry.

ACTIV Launches Canadian/US Interlisted ActivFeed Service - Combination Of US And Canadian Data Provides Comprehensive View Of Canadian Markets

Date 28/01/2013

ACTIV, a global provider of real-time, multi-asset financial market data and solutions, today announced it has launched a Canadian / US Interlisted ActivFeed service into its Toronto data center from its Metro NYC PoPs. The new offering, which takes Canadian listings from the US, is a highly optimized, FPGA accelerated, arbitrated broadcast feed. With approximately 40% of trading volumes from Canadian companies trading on US stock exchanges, access to US listed company data is essential for a comprehensive view of the Canadian securities market.
Kyte Group Goes Live On AlgoSpan Low Latency Infrastructure And Exchange Access

Date 28/01/2013

AlgoSpan, the specialist market infrastructure provider, is pleased to announce that The Kyte Group has gone live with AlgoSpan’s low latency exchange market access platform, “AlgoNet’.
Xetra/FWB: Deutsche Börse IPO Indicator Gives Positive Prognosis For IPOs In Frankfurt

Date 28/01/2013

Deutsche Börse published the IPO sentiment indicator forecasting issue activity for the 1st quarter of 2013 on Monday. According to the indicator, the IPO climate, which reflects the sentiment of investors, companies and underwriters on the primary market, remained positive at 32.43 points compared to 32.8 points in the previous quarter.
HKEx Provides Additional AHFT Information To Legco Panel

Date 28/01/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) provided additional information on its planned After-hours Futures Trading (AHFT) to the Legislative Council’s Panel on Financial Affairs (Legco's PFA) today (Monday) during a panel meeting. HKEx’s Head of Global Clearing Gerald Greiner, Co-head of Equities, Fixed Income and Currency Calvin Tai and Co-head of Clearing Risk Management Felix Wang represented HKEx at the meeting.
BM&FBOVESPA Launches New Commodity Derivatives For The Sugar/Ethanol Sector Today - Portfolio Gains Crystal Sugar And Anhydrous Fuel Ethanol Contracts

Date 28/01/2013

BM&FBOVESPA begins trading today new commodity derivatives developed for the sugar/ethanol sector. The first of these is the cash-settled crystal sugar futures contract. The contract is authorized for trading from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (São Paulo time), with after-hours trading from 2:35 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., under ticker symbol ACF and as of the April 2013 contract month. Each futures contract is quoted in Brazilian Reals and the contract size is 508 50-net kilogram bags.