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"The Changeling" - Opening Remarks At The Futures Industry Association's Panel On The Evolution Of Commodity Markets, Boca Raton, Florida - CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton

Date 14/03/2012

Good afternoon. There is no denying it; we don't live in simple times. Most of us live extremely, exceedingly complicated lives with emerging personal and business technologies. Technology has made us more efficient and effective at many things, but less complicated? That is certainly debatable.
SEC Announces Charges From Investigation Of Secondary Market Trading Of Private Company Shares

Date 14/03/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two managers of private investment funds established solely to acquire the shares of Facebook and other Silicon Valley firms with misleading investors and pocketing undisclosed fees and commissions. The SEC alleges that the fund managers collectively raised more than $70 million from investors.
Shadow Banking And Financial Instability - Speech By Lord Turner, FSA Chairman At The CASS Business School

Date 14/03/2012

In a speech to the CASS Business School the Chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Lord Turner, set out how the ‘shadow banking’ sector contributed to the financial crisis, the risks it still poses to financial stability and the importance of a sufficiently comprehensive and radical policy response.
FIA Issues Order Handling Recommendations For Executing Brokers

Date 14/03/2012

The Futures Industry Association today issued order handling risk management recommendations for executing brokers. The report documents both current practice and emerging technologies in order to respond to regulatory concerns about algorithmic trading. The recommendations were developed by experts from executing firms and represent the latest in a series of recommendations developed by FIA members for trading firms, brokers and exchanges.
ICE Announces Over-The-Counter Foreign Exchange Clearing Service

Date 14/03/2012

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global over-the-counter (OTC) markets, clearing houses and regulated futures exchanges, today announced that it is expanding its clearing services to include OTC Non-Deliverable Forward Foreign Exchange (FX) contracts.

FIA PTG And FIA EPTA Issue Recommendations For Software Development And Change Management

Date 14/03/2012

The FIA Principal Traders Group and the FIA European Principal Traders Association today issued a set of recommendations to assist trading firms in establishing internal procedures, processes and controls for the development, testing and deployment of trading software. FIA PTG and FIA EPTA member firms believe that in order for a firm to meet its regulatory obligations and manage and monitor risks, its trading software and technical infrastructure need to work as intended.
UK's Financial Services Authority Publishes An Analysis Of The Main Risks Facing Consumers

Date 14/03/2012

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published an analysis of the main risks which potentially face consumers in the financial services sector over the next 12 to18 months.
CBOE Introduces "VIX Of VIX" Benchmark Index: Provides A Gauge For Measuring Volatility Of The VIX Index Itself

Date 14/03/2012

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that it began publishing values for the CBOE "VIX of VIX" Index (ticker: VVIX(SM)) this morning.
Deutsche Börse Named “Best European Exchange For Listing ETFs"

Date 14/03/2012

Deutsche Börse has been voted “Best European Exchange for Listing ETFs” by industry newsletter etfexpress. The annual competition's winners are selected on the basis of votes by the newsletter's readers who include investors, fund managers and issuers from the ETF and index industry.
CFE And CBOE To Launch Futures And Options On Crude Oil ETF Volatility Index

Date 14/03/2012

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced today that Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) will each launch a new volatility index product based on the CBOE Crude Oil ETF Volatility Index (OVX) in coming weeks.