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  • Addressing Investor Risks In The Retail Forex Business By SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar

    Date 12/07/2013

    Section 742(c) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”) prohibits a regulated financial institution from entering into certain foreign exchange transactions with retail customers (“Retail Forex”) unless, and until, the financial institution’s regulator has promulgated rules specifically addressing these transactions.  In 2010,2 the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted rules applicable to such transactions because it had “observed a number of improper practices that have raised concern, among them solicitation fraud, a lack of transparency in the pricing and execution of transactions, unresponsiveness to customer complaints, and the targeting of unsophisticated, elderly, low net worth and other vulnerable individuals.”3  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”) by contrast has yet to propose, much less adopt, Retail Forex rules addressing these transactions as mandated by Section 742(c) of the Dodd-Frank Act.

  • CFTC Staff Issues Four No-Action Letters Providing Relief In Connection With Issues Relating To Swaps Regulation

    Date 12/07/2013

    Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued four no-action letters that address certain issues relating to swaps regulation, following the announcement earlier today by European Commissioner Michel Barnier and CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler of a Path Forward regarding their joint understandings on a package of measures for how to approach cross-border derivatives.

  • FINRA Joins Exchanges In Fining Newedge USA, LLC $9.5 Million For Supervisory, Regulation SHO, And Books And Records Violations

    Date 12/07/2013

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), along with BATS Exchange, Inc.1, New York Stock Exchange LLC2, NYSE Arca, Inc. and The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, announced today that they have censured and fined Newedge USA, LLC of Chicago $9.5 million for failing to supervise trading by clients that directly accessed U.S. equities markets through Newedge's order routing platform and/or internet service providers (known as "direct market access," or "DMA") or routed orders directly to market centers (known as "sponsored access," or "SA"). In addition, Newedge also violated Regulation SHO (Reg SHO) and SEC Emergency Orders concerning short sales, and failed to obtain and retain books and records.

  • OCC Announces The Promotion Of James Knoeck To Senior Vice President - Chief Audit Executive

    Date 11/07/2013

    OCC announced today that James Knoeck has been promoted to Senior Vice President - Chief Audit Executive. Mr. Knoeck joined OCC in September as Vice President – Head of Internal Audit from the State of Wisconsin Investment Board.

  • Response Submission From AFME And ISDA To The Consultation By The Commission On The Structural Reform Of The Banking Sector

    Date 11/07/2013

    AFME and ISDA welcome the opportunity to comment on this important consultation on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector. The AFME/ISDA response to the consultation is attached.