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Tokyo Grain Exchange: Approval For Pilot Listing Of Rice Futures From the Ministry Of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries

Date 01/07/2011

In regards to the Tokyo Grain Exchange Inc. (“TGE”) application submittance for the authorization for the pilot listing of rice futures on March 8 of this year, today, TGE received approval for this pilot listing from the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.  

New Zealand Shareholders Association And NZX Join Forces For Investment Conference

Date 01/07/2011

The New Zealand Shareholders Association and NZX are partnering to enable public attendance at the Shareholders Association’s National Conference on 6 August in Tauranga.

Tokyo Financial Exchange Trading Volume In June 2011

Date 01/07/2011

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 469,528 decreasing 46.9% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and increasing 9.0% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average dailyvolume was 21,342. 

Japan's Financial Services Agency: Announcement Of The English Version Of The Inspection Manual For Deposit-Taking Institutions

Date 01/07/2011

The Financial Services Agency (FSA) announced today the English version of the revised edition of “Inspection Manual for Deposit-Taking Institutions”, which was published on September 8, 2010.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Civil Penalty Enforcement Action For False Trading

Date 01/07/2011

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has taken civil penalty enforcement action against Mr Wong Chow Lin @ Benjamin Wong for contravening the false trading provisions under section 197(1)(b) of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA).  Mr Wong was an appointed representative and the head of business development for corporate broking in CIMB Securities Pte Ltd at the time of the contravention.

CFTC Charges Grand Island, Nebraska Resident With Fraud And Records Violations In Connection With $4 Million Commodity Pool - Grace Elizabeth Reisinger And ROF Consulting, LLC Charged With Solicitation Fraud And Records Violations

Date 01/07/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, charging Grace Elizabeth Reisinger of Grand Island, Neb., and ROF Consulting, LLC (ROF) with operating a fraudulent commodity pool scheme. The defendants operated the commodity pool NCCN, LLC (NCCN).

CIMB Securities Joins SGX Derivatives Market

Date 01/07/2011

CFTC Charges Colorado-Based Flint-McClung Capital LLC And Shawon McClung With Fraud And Misappropriation In $1.9 Million Off-Exchange Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme - Federal Court Issues Order Freezing Defendants’ Assets And Protecting Books And Records

Date 01/07/2011

The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged Flint-McClung Capital LLC (FMC) of Englewood, Colo., and Shawon McClung of Denver, Colo., with fraud and misappropriation in an off-exchange foreign currency (forex) Ponzi scheme in which defendants allegedly fraudulently solicited and accepted at least $1.9 million from at least 10 commodity pool participants since March 2010.

CME Group Names Julien Le Noble As Head Of Its Asia Pacific Office

Date 01/07/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has named Julien Le Noble as head of its Asia Pacific office.  Le Noble, 39, will be based in Singapore and will be responsible for leading CME Group's efforts to develop benchmark products and services to meet the needs of its current and prospective clients in the region.  He will join CME Group on August 1, 2011 and will report to Bryan Durkin, CME Group Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Products & Services.

Draft Staff No-Action Letter Regarding The Application Of Certain CEA Provisions After July 16, 2011 Available On CFTC Website

Date 01/07/2011

A staff working draft of a “no-action” letter that could supplement exemptive relief recently proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is available on CFTC.gov. The proposed exemptive relief (76 FR 35372) and staff draft no-action letter, taken together, would provide greater clarity during the transition to the new regulatory framework for swaps in light of the general effective date in Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act of July 16, 2011.