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Federal Court Orders Defendants Arista LLC, Abdul Sultan Walji, And Reniero Francisco, All Of Southern California, To Pay Over $22 Million In Restitution And Fines For Commodity Pool Fraud And Making False Statements To The CFTC

Date 04/12/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Paul A. Engelmayer of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a consent judgment and permanent injunction Order against Arista LLC (Arista), a registered Commodity Pool Operator with its principal place of business in Newport Coast, California, and against Arista’s principals, Abdul Sultan Walji (a/k/a Abdul Sultan Valji) of San Juan Capistrano, California, and Reniero Francisco of Coastal Oak, California, for carrying out a fraudulent scheme to misappropriate millions of dollars from investors in commodity futures and options, making false statements to the CFTC, and filing false quarterly reports with the National Futures Association (NFA).

TheCityUK To Work With Government On Insurance Growth Plan Promoting Expansion Of UK Insurance Industry

Date 04/12/2013

TheCityUK welcomes the announcement from the Treasury today (4 December 2013) of its Insurance Growth Action Plan. The Action Plan announces a range of key measures to drive growth in the insurance sector, strengthen its contribution to the UK economy and equip it to compete effectively across the globe.

Capital Market Summit - First Edition

Date 04/12/2013

• Three days on the capital market
• Day 1: Closed-door expert debate on challenges faced by the Polish capital market
• Day 2: Practical information on opportunities offered by the capital market
• Day 3: WSE Doors Open Day as part of the Capital Warsaw programme

Athens Exchange Monthly Statistical Bulletin - November 2013

Date 04/12/2013

Click here to download Athens Exchange Monthly Statistical Bulletin for November 2013.

Council Of The European Union: Permanent Representatives Committee Agrees On Directive Improving Rules For Collective Investment Funds

Date 04/12/2013

EU Permanent Representative Committee (COREPER II) on December 4 in Brussels has confirmed the Member States agreement on the Directive amending the current legislation on the harmonised functioning of collective investment funds and aiming at strengthening investors confidence.

NYSE Euronext Announces Trading Volumes For November 2013 - Global Derivatives ADV Up Year-Over-Year And Month-Over-Month, Excluding Bclear - European Cash Equities ADV Up Year-Over-Year But Down Sequentially - U.S. Cash ADV Down Year-Over-Year And Down Sequentially

Date 04/12/2013

NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced trading volumes for its global derivatives and cash equities exchanges for November 2013.  Global derivatives average daily volume ("ADV") of 6.6 million contracts, excluding Bclear in November 2013 increased 1.6% compared to November 2012 and increased 1.7% from October 2013.  U.S. equity options volumes in November 2013 decreased 7.8% compared to November 2012 and decreased 4.4% sequentially.  ADV in U.S. cash equities declined 12.6% year-over-year and decreased 5.2% month-over-month. European cash equities ADV in November 2013 increased 14.4% compared to November 2012, but decreased 3.3% from October 2013 levels. 

New Indices On Warsaw Stock Exchange From The Beginning Of 2014

Date 04/12/2013

• As of January 2014, WSE starts the publication of new indices derived from WIG30: WIG30short and WIG30lev
• WSE will provide historical data of the indices WIG30 and WIG30TR for the period from December 2007

Antitrust: European Commission Fines Banks € 1.71 Billion For Participating In Cartels In The Interest Rate Derivatives Industry

Date 04/12/2013

The European Commission has fined 8 international financial institutions a total of € 1 712 468 000 for participating in illegal cartels in markets for financial derivatives covering the European Economic Area (EEA). Four of these institutions participated in a cartel relating to interest rate derivatives denominated in the euro currency. Six of them participated in one or more bilateral cartels relating to interest rate derivatives denominated in Japanese yen. Such collusion between competitors is prohibited by Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement. Both decisions were adopted under the Commission's cartel settlement procedure; the companies' fines were reduced by 10% for agreeing to settle. See also MEMO/13/1090.

Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report November 2013

Date 04/12/2013

Click here to download Ljubljana Stock Exchange's monthly statistical report for November 2013.

ICE Endex Sets Daily Volume Record In Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures

Date 04/12/2013

IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced that ICE Endex reached a daily volume record of 15,125 contracts in Dutch TTF natural gas futures on December 3, 2013. The previous ICE Endex and ICE Futures Europe volume records were 10,295 and 12,630 contracts respectively on October 11, 2012 and September 17, 2013.