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Roll-Out Of Eurex’s Training & Education Initiative In Asia - Cooperation With The Chinese University Of Hong Kong -“Trader Training Program” In Taiwan Started

Date 20/08/2010

The international derivatives exchange Eurex today announced its plans to cooperate with The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to set up the world’s first real-time finance trading laboratory on campus as a major part of its new Training & Education Initiative in Asia. Through this initiative, Eurex will become a founding member of CUHK’s trading laboratory and support the lab with historical and real-time market data for research and analysis. Additio
Burgundy Monthly Report July 2010: Declining Nordic Market Turnover

Date 20/08/2010

The average daily turnover was EUR 81.6 (97.7) million, a decrease of 16.5 percent. The average number of trades per day was 11,536 (11,154), an increase of 3.4 percent. The trading participant with the highest turnover was Handelsbanken with a turnover of EUR 774.4 (729.7) million. The most traded instrument was Volvo B, with a turnover of EUR 129.6 (195.2) million, an decrease of 33.6 percent.
CFTC-SEC Announce Panelists For August 20, 2010, Public Roundtable To Discuss Governance And Conflicts Of Interest In The Clearing And Listing Of Swaps

Date 19/08/2010

The staffs of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced the panelists for their August 20, 2010, public roundtable to discuss Governance and Conflicts of Interest in the Clearing and Listing of Swaps. Note: the Roundtable’s agenda may be found in Commission press release #5870-10 (see related documents).
SIFMA Market Close Recommendations For The UK Summer Bank And US Labor Day Holidays In The US, The UK And The Japanese Markets

Date 19/08/2010

In observance of the UK Summer Bank and US Labor Day holidays, SIFMA made holiday recommendations in U.S., U.K., and Japan.
Federal Court Freezes Assets Of Oklahoma Man Jeremiah C. Yancy And His Company, Longbranch Group International LLC - Yancy And Longbranch Charged With Operating A Million Dollar forex Ponzi Scheme And Misappropriating Customer Funds

Date 19/08/2010

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained an emergency court order freezing assets held by defendants Jeremiah C. Yancy (a/k/a Jeremiah C. Glaub) of Atoka, Okla. and his company, Longbranch Group International LLC (a/k/a Longbranch LLC) (Longbranch) of Houston, Texas. The court’s order also prohibits the destruction of books and records and grants the CFTC immediate access to such documents.

Program Trading Averaged 27.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Aug. 9-13

Date 19/08/2010

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Aug. 9-13.
Colombian Energy Giant Ecopetrol Lists On Toronto Stock Exchange August 18, 2010 - Ecopetrol Is Colombia's Largest Company By Market Capitalization - Lists American Depository Receipts

Date 19/08/2010

Toronto Stock Exchange, wholly owned by TMX Group Inc., is proud to welcome Ecopetrol S.A., to the Canadian public capital marketplace. With the listing of American Depository Receipts as of Friday, August 13 under the symbol TSX:ECP, Ecopetrol represents the latest in a series of international companies that have chosen Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange.
FINRA Fines HSBC $375,000 For Unsuitable Sales Of Inverse Floating Rate CMOs To Retail Customers And Related Supervisory Failures - Firm Paid Customers Restitution Of $320,000

Date 19/08/2010

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. $375,000 for recommending unsuitable sales of inverse floating rate Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) to retail customers. HSBC failed to adequately supervise the suitability of the CMO sales and fully explain the risks of an inverse floating rate or other risky CMO investment to its customers.
Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel Visits EEX

Date 19/08/2010

Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) today. Together with a delegation comprising Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen, Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony Stanislaw Tillich and Mayor of the City of Leipzig Burkhard Jung she acquainted herself with the exchange on site.
FINRA: Merrill Lynch To Pay More Than $2.5 Million Related To UIT Sales Charge Discount Failures - Firm Is Fined $500,000, Ordered To Pay Over $2 Million In Customer Remediation

Date 19/08/2010

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced yesterday that it had fined Merrill Lynch $500,000 for failing to provide sales charge discounts to customers on eligible purchases of Unit Investment Trusts (UITs). FINRA also found that Merrill Lynch failed to have an adequate supervisory system in place to ensure customers received appropriate UIT discounts. The firm also agreed to provide remediation of more than $2 million to affected customers.