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SEC Halts Alleged $125 Million Offering Fraud

Date 18/09/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has filed an emergency action and obtained a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against three individuals and three entities in connection with an alleged fraudulent, ongoing international trading program that has placed at risk more than $125 million of investor funds.

CME Group Announces SOFR Futures Trading Volume And Open Interest Records

Date 18/09/2019

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) futures reached a daily volume record of 152,649 contracts traded on Sept. 17, surpassing the previous single-day volume record of 86,459 contracts traded on July 25, 2019. SOFR futures open interest also reached an all-time high of 351,662 contracts on Sept. 17, surpassing the prior record of 311,371 contracts on Sept. 16.

Federal Reserve Board And Federal Open Market Committee Release Economic Projections From The September 17-18 FOMC Meeting The

Date 18/09/2019

The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants for the September 17-18 meeting.

Finansinspektionen: Reinhold Europe AB Must Pay Administrative Fine

Date 18/09/2019

Finansinspektionen (FI) has decided that Reinhold Europe AB must pay an administrative fine of SEK 750,000.

Federal Reserve Issues FOMC Statement

Date 18/09/2019

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July indicates that the labor market remains strong and that economic activity has been rising at a moderate rate. Job gains have been solid, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Although household spending has been rising at a strong pace, business fixed investment and exports have weakened. On a 12-month basis, overall inflation and inflation for items other than food and energy are running below 2 percent. Market-based measures of inflation compensation remain low; survey-based measures of longer-term inflation expectations are little changed.

CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee To Meet On October 3

Date 18/09/2019

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) announced today that it will hold a public meeting on Thursday, October 3, 2019, at the CFTC’s Washington, DC headquarters.

Finansinspektionen: StrateVic Finance Group AB Must Pay Administrative Fine

Date 18/09/2019

Finansinspektionen (FI) has decided that StrateVic Finance Group AB must pay an administrative fine of SEK 1,500,000.

Intercontinental Exchange Announces Record Trading Across Multiple Contracts

Date 18/09/2019

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today noted significant records in trading across multiple markets on ICE Futures on September 16, 2019.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change On Securities Market

Date 18/09/2019

CP NCC is changing the following risk parameters on Securities market starting from September 23, 2019:

1. Market risk rates for the following bonds.
2. Scenarios for stress collateral requirement calculation for the following bonds.

American Financial Exchange® Announces One-Day Record Volume On AMERIBOR® Benchmark

Date 18/09/2019

The American Financial Exchange (AFX), electronic exchange for direct interbank lending and borrowing for American financial institutions, announced a record volume trading day on Tuesday, September 17. A record $2.637 billionwere traded across all AFX products, surpassing the previous record of $2.522 billion traded on April 15, 2019. This marks a 5 percent increase from the previous record.