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Thomson Reuters Eikon Becomes First Native Market Data App For Blackberry 10 - Thomson Reuters Works With Blackberry To Take Advantage Of Full Privacy And Enterprise Security Features Of The Blackberry 10 Platform

Date 22/07/2013

Thomson Reuters today announced the release of Eikon for BlackBerry® 10, the first financial markets data application to be developed using the native development tools for the BlackBerry 10 platform. Thomson Reuters has worked closely with BlackBerry® throughout the development of the latest Eikon app to ensure customers can benefit from the enhanced privacy, enterprise security and user experience that BlackBerry 10 provides.
UK's Financial Conduct Authority v Former iSOFT Directors

Date 22/07/2013

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced that it has decided not to pursue a second retrial in the case against Stephen Graham, Timothy Whiston and John Whelan (formerly of ISoft plc) at Southwark Crown Court. The FCA will also not be pursuing the prosecution of Patrick Cryne (former chairman of Isoft plc).
ISE ETF Ventures And SecuredGrowth Quantitative Research Announce Partnership And Launch Of Innovative Indices

Date 22/07/2013

The International Securities Exchange (ISE), a leading U.S. options exchange, and SecuredGrowth Quantitative Research, Inc. (SGQR), a leading financial technology and research development company, announced today their partnership agreement to develop and promote indexes that combine the performance of popular Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) with the proprietary SecuredGrowth™ process to enhance the return of any benchmark index or portfolio in a fully transparent, low-risk and liquid manner. The SGQR SPY SecuredGrowth™ Index, the first index established through the partnership, adds a systematic yield from a unique methodology that includes a portfolio of investment grade domestic corporate bonds and U.S. Government-issued Treasury and Agency notes overlaid upon the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF.
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Fines Us Based Oil Trader US $903k For Market Manipulation

Date 22/07/2013

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined US based High Frequency Trader, Michael Coscia, US $903,176 (£597,993) for deliberate manipulation of commodities markets.
Deutsche Börse: DAX Ex Financials 30 Index Licensed For The First Time To Deka Investment - New ETF Based On Index Launched Today On Xetra

Date 22/07/2013

Deutsche Börse today announced that the DAX ex Financials 30 Index has been licensed to Deka Investment to underlie an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Deka DAX ex Financials 30 UCITS ETF is tradable on Xetra as of today.

Concurring Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton In The Matter Of Panther Energy Trading LLC And Michael J. Coscia

Date 22/07/2013

While I concur with the settlement in this matter, and agree wholeheartedly with the civil monetary penalty, disgorgement, findings of violations, undertakings, and cease and desist order imposed by the settlement, I am dissatisfied with the imposition of a one-year trading ban as to the respondents. I believe that the type of disruptive trading practice described in the Commission’s complaint is an egregious violation of the Commodity Exchange Act, and warrants the imposition of a much more significant trading ban to protect markets and consumers, and to act as a sufficient deterrent to other would-be wrongdoers.
Eurex Launches Options On French Government Bond Futures

Date 22/07/2013

With effect from 10 September, the international derivatives market Eurex Exchange will launch options on futures that are based on notional long-term bonds issued by the French Republic (“Obligations Assimilables du Trésor” – OAT) with a notional coupon of 6 percent and a remaining maturity of 8.5 to 10.5 years. The minimum price change (tick size) is measured in points and, as with the Bund options, equals 0.01, corresponding to a tick value of 10 euros. Trading hours are from 8 a.m. to 5.15 p.m. CET.
CFTC Orders Panther Energy Trading LLC And Its Principal Michael J. Coscia To Pay $2.8 Million And Bans Them From Trading For One Year, For Spoofing In Numerous Commodity Futures Contracts - First Case Under Dodd-Frank’s Prohibition Of The Disruptive Practice Of Spoofing By Bidding Or Offering With Intent To Cancel Before Execution

Date 22/07/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order today filing and simultaneously settling charges against Panther Energy Trading LLC of Red Bank, New Jersey, and Michael J. Coscia of Rumson, New Jersey, for engaging in the disruptive practice of “spoofing” by utilizing a computer algorithm that was designed to illegally place and quickly cancel bids and offers in futures contracts. The Order finds that this unlawful activity took place across a broad spectrum of commodities from August 8, 2011 through October 18, 2011 on CME Group’s Globex trading platform. The CFTC Order requires Panther and Coscia to pay a $1.4 million civil monetary penalty, disgorge $1.4 million in trading profits, and bans Panther and Coscia from trading on any CFTC-registered entity for one year.
HKEx To Introduce Five New Stock Option Classes On 5 August

Date 22/07/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce five new stock option classes on Monday, 5 August: China Minsheng Banking, Great Wall Motor, Lenovo, MGM China and People’s Insurance Company of China.
Moscow Exchange Indices Weekly Review: July 15-19, 2013

Date 22/07/2013

Weekly review: July 15-19, 2013 (pdf, 652 Kb)