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Domestic And International Banks To Work With ASX On OTC Derivatives Clearing

Date 20/12/2012

ASX announces that seven domestic and international banks in Australia have signed non-binding commitments to help develop ASX’s new OTC Interest Rate Derivatives Clearing Service.
Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index To Be Renamed In February 2013

Date 20/12/2012

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. (TOCOM) and Nikkei Inc. announced today a name change of the Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index as of February 12, 2013. This change only applies to the Japanese language name. The two companies have been jointly calculating and publishing the index since 2009.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange Low Volatility, High Beta Series Indices Launched

Date 20/12/2012

Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. jointly announced on December 20, 2012 to issue SZSE low volatility, high beta series indices, which include SZSE 300 Low Volatility Index(Abbreviation: S300 LV, Code: 399661), SZSE 300 High Beta Index (Abbreviation: S300 HB, Code: 399662), SME 300 Low Volatility Index(Abbreviation: SME LV, Code: 399663), SME 300 High Beta Index(Abbreviation: SME HB, Code: 399664), SME-ChiNext 500 Low Volatility Index(Abbreviation: SME-ChiNext LV, Code: 399665), SME-ChiNext 500 High Beta Index(Abbreviation: SME-ChiNext HB, Code: 399666).
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Winners Of FY2012 Listed Company Awards

Date 20/12/2012

Tokyo Stock Exchange hereby announces that the Listed Company Award Selection Committee (Chairman: Professor Kunio Ito of Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Commerce and Management) has selected the winners of the 1st Corporate Value Improvement Award and the 4th Corporate Activity Award for FY2012.
DTCC’S Global Trade Repository Opens Data Center In Singapore - Move Will Promote OTC Derivatives Reporting And Ensure Seamless Access To Data For Regulators Worldwide

Date 19/12/2012

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today announced the opening of its Asia Pacific global data site headquartered in Singapore. The Singapore location is part of the global trio infrastructure designed to support DTCC’s Global Trade Repository services. The other two locations operate from the U.S. and Netherlands.

Thomson Reuters Creates Integrated Reuters Business Unit - Stephen J. Adler Named President And Editor-In-Chief Of Reuters - Steven Schwartz Named Managing Director, News Agency

Date 19/12/2012

Thomson Reuters today announced the formation of a new business unit that will combine the company’s existing editorial and news-related sales and marketing operations. Stephen J. Adler, who became editor-in-chief of Reuters in February 2011, has been appointed to run the new unit as president and editor-in-chief. Adler joined the company’s Professional Division in 2010 after five years leading BusinessWeek and 16 years at The Wall Street Journal.
CFTC Settles Charges Against Virginia Resident Alexander Giap For Engaging In Two Fraudulent Commodity Futures Trading Schemes - Federal Court In Virginia Orders Giap To Pay Over $700,000 In Restitution And Penalties And Permanently Bars Him From The Commodities Industry

Date 19/12/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained a federal court order requiring defendant Alexander Giap of Falls Church, Va., to pay $456,743 in restitution to defrauded customers and a $250,000 civil monetary penalty for violating the anti-fraud provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) (see CFTC Press Release 6191-12, February 27, 2012, as a Related Link). The consent order of permanent injunction, entered on December 17, 2012, by the Honorable Claude M. Hilton of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, also imposes permanent trading and registration bans against Giap and prohibits him from violating the CEA, as charged.
CFTC’s Division Of Swap Dealer And Intermediary Oversight Issues Time-Limited No-Action Relief Regarding The Treatment Of Swap Transactions By Persons Engaging In Floor Trader Activities, For Purposes Of Making Calculations Under The Swap Dealer Definition

Date 19/12/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a time-limited no-action letter that provides relief for persons engaging in floor trader activities.
CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight Issues Time-Limited, No-Action Relief For Swap Dealers And Major Swap Participants From The Reporting Provisions Of Part 45 For CDS Clearing-Related Swaps

Date 19/12/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“Commission”) Division of Market Oversight (“Division”) today issued a no-action letter providing time-limited relief to Swap Dealers (“SDs”) and Major Swap Participants (“MSPs”) from the obligation to report swap data under part 45 of the Commission’s regulations for cleared credit default swaps (“CDS”) that are entered into pursuant to a derivatives clearing organization’s (“DCO”) rules related to its price submission process for determining end-of-day settlement prices for cleared CDS (“CDS Clearing-Related Swaps”).
CME Group Mourns The Passing Of Those Lost In Newtown, CT With A Moment Of Silence

Date 19/12/2012

In remembrance of those lost in Newtown, Connecticut, CME Group will observe a moment of silence on its trading floors in Chicago and New York. In addition, electronic trading on CME Globex will observe a voluntary moment of silence for all CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX products. The moment of silence will last for one minute.