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Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Notice On Adjustments To Margins And Price Limits During 2020 Spring Festival
Date 22/01/2020
According to Article 9 of the Measures for the Administration of Risk Control of Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) hereby adjusts margins and price limits during the 2020 Spring Festival holiday as follows:
- From the settlement on January 22, 2020, margins and price limits of each product (Rapeseed futures excluded) will be adjusted to 9% and 7% respectively.
- Trading will be resumed on January 31, 2020. Margins and price limits of each product will be restored to the previous levels from the settlement of the first trading day on which limit-locked market does not occur on the contract with the largest open interest of such product.
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CFTC Orders Australian Company To Pay $1 Million For Spoofing
Date 22/01/2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against Propex Derivatives Pty Ltd, a proprietary trading firm headquartered in Australia, for spoofing in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange E-mini S&P 500 futures market. The order finds that Propex, through a former trader, engaged in spoofing from at least July 2012 through March 2017, causing $464,300 in market losses.
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US Department Of Justice: Propex Derivatives Pty Ltd Agrees To Pay $1 Million In Connection With Spoofing Scheme
Date 22/01/2020
Propex Derivatives Pty Ltd (Propex), a Sydney, Australia-based proprietary trading firm, has entered into a resolution with the Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges related to a spoofing scheme involving thousands of instances of unlawful trading activity in U.S. commodities markets by a former Propex trader, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie Jr. of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office.
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Cboe Publishes Vision For Equity Market Structure Reform - Cboe Calls For Market Structure Modifications That Continue To Benefit Investors And Strengthen Markets, And Do Not Endanger What Is Already Working Well
Date 21/01/2020
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, today unveiled "Cboe's Vision: Equity Market Structure Reform," which proposes recommendations to U.S. equity market structure that it believes would further strengthen markets and enhance the overall trading environment for long-term investors without potentially causing harm to today's well-functioning markets. The proposal extends from Cboe's active pursuit of defining fair and transparent markets that benefit all participants, and reflects the company's long-standing commitment to strategic and proactive leadership in market structure advocacy.
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ISDA Interest Rate Benchmarks Review: Full Year 2019 And The Fourth Quarter Of 2019
Date 21/01/2020
The ISDA Interest Rate Benchmarks Review analyzes trading volumes of interest rate derivatives (IRD) transactions in the US referencing the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and other selected alternative risk-free rates, including the Sterling Overnight Index Average, the Swiss Average Rate Overnight, the Tokyo Overnight Average Rate and the Euro Short-Term Rate. In addition, the report analyzes IRD traded notional referencing the London Interbank Offered Rate denominated in US dollars, sterling, Swiss franc, yen, euro, as well as EURIBOR and TIBOR.
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CalPERS Board Elects Henry Jones As President, Theresa Taylor As Vice President
Date 21/01/2020
The CalPERS Board of Administration elected Henry Jones as board president and Theresa Taylor as vice president. Jones is serving his fourth term on the CalPERS Board and second term as its president.
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Intercontinental Exchange Announces The Retirement Of Vice Chairman Charles Vice Following 20 Years Of Distinguished Service
Date 21/01/2020
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announces the retirement of Vice Chairman Charles Vice, capping a 20 year career at the company that saw ICE grow from a startup to a global leader in trading, markets and data. Mr. Vice will leave his current role at ICE at the end of the first quarter of this year, coinciding with the company’s 20th Anniversary, and will remain an advisor to the firm through February 2022.
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Ontario Securities Commission Chair And CEO Maureen Jensen To Step Down
Date 21/01/2020
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Chair and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Maureen Jensen today announced her decision to resign, effective April 15, 2020.
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Majority Of Canadian Investors Surveyed Want Investment Advice From A Regulated Source - IIROC Research Reveals Gaps Between What Current And Aspiring Investors Think Of Regulation
Date 21/01/2020
Nearly nine in 10 (87%) of current investors and nearly seven in 10 (67%) of aspiring investors feel it's important that investment advice come from a regulated firm or individual, according to national survey results from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC).
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Nasdaq Recognized As A “Best Place To Work For LGBTQ Equality” For The Second Consecutive Year - Receives Perfect Score On Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Annual Scorecard assessing LGBTQ Workplace Equality
Date 21/01/2020
For the second consecutive year, Nasdaq received a 100 percent score on the 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), in recognition of its inclusive workplace. CEI is the nation’s leading benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation.
