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  • Dow Jones Indexes And UBS Announce 2010 Weights Of Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index

    Date 30/10/2009

    Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and UBS Investment Bank announced the new target weightings for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity IndexSM that will become effective in early January 2010. The new target weights for the commodity components, which were determined and approved by the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Supervisory Committee following consultation with the Dow Jones - UBS Commodity Index Advisory Committee, are listed below.

  • “Not” - Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Before The Agricultural Advisory Committee, Washington, DC, October 29, 2009

    Date 30/10/2009

    There was a catch phrase back in the 1990s with the word "not" that you may recall. Someone would make a declarative statement, pause for a beat, and then negate the statement by saying "not." We saw it on Saturday Night Live and in the movie Wayne’s World. “That's a really sweet tie ... Not.” Well, I want to pause here for a minute and say what this meeting is not.

  • CFTC Releases Latest Quarterly Data On Commodity Index Investment

    Date 30/10/2009

    Swap dealers and index traders that receive a “special call” (under CFTC Rule 18.05) must file monthly reports with the CFTC's Division of Market Oversight within 5 business days after the end of the month. Selected quarterly data from those reports is published below. Those data show the national values and the equivalent number of futures contracts for all U.S. markets with more than $0.5 billion of reported net notional value of index investment at the end of any one quarter.

  • SEC Fee Rate Advisory #3 For Fiscal Year 2010

    Date 30/10/2009

    The continuing resolution funding the Securities and Exchange Commission for fiscal year 2010 since Oct. 1, 2009, is being extended through Dec. 18, 2009. During this period, fees paid under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 13(e) and 14(g) the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 will remain at the current rate of $55.80 per million dollars, while fees paid under Section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 will remain at the current rate of $25.70 per million dollars.

  • Federal Court Freezes Assets Of Moroccan Resident Richmond Hamilton, Jr., And The Chicago Commodity Pool He Manages In A $1 Million Pool Anti-Fraud Case Brought By The CFTC - Court Appoints A Receiver To Indentify Assets And Funds Owed Customers

    Date 30/10/2009

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained an emergency court order freezing assets held by defendants Raleigh Capital Management, Inc. (RCM), of Chicago, Ill., and its sole principal, Richmond Hamilton, Jr., who resides in Morocco. The court’s order also prohibits the destruction of records and appoints a receiver to identify assets, customers and amounts owed customers.