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Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Publishes Annual Summary Of Corporate Finance Oversight And Regulatory Activities

Date 20/09/2018

The Autorité des marchés financiers (the “AMF”) today published its annual Summary of Oversight and Regulatory Activities (pdf - 2 MB)This link will open in a new window, which highlights its key initiatives for the 2017-2018 fiscal year.

ISDA And US Chamber Center For Capital Markets Competitiveness Publish CFTC-SEC Safe Harbor Recommendation

Date 20/09/2018

ISDA and the US Chamber Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) have published a new paper that recommends the introduction of a safe harbor mechanism that would avoid the need for firms to comply with two sets of similar but not identical US rules – one from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and one from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Nodal Clear Announces ED&F Man As New Clearing Member

Date 20/09/2018

Nodal Clear, LLC, the clearing house for Nodal Exchange, today announced that ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc. has been approved as a clearing member.

Council Of The European Union: Remarks By President Donald Tusk After The Salzburg Informal Summit - Brexit

Date 20/09/2018

Let me start by thanking the beautiful city of Salzburg, the Austrian EU Presidency and you personally, Sebastian, for hosting this remarkable summit. It is a truly impressive; the hospitality, the logistics, and it is not an empty compliment. It is one of the best political performances I ever experienced. Congratulations.

As you mentioned, we have discussed migration, internal security and Brexit here in Salzburg.

Vanguard Selects FTSE Russell Indexes For Two New US ESG ETFs

Date 20/09/2018

• Vanguard US ETFs based on recently introduced FTSE Global Choice Index Series
• Indexes enable investors to align their investment objectives with their values utilizing FTSE Russell’s global ESG index methodology
• FTSE Global Choice Index Series uses clear and simple exclusion methodology to screen stocks according to social and environmental impacts

OTC Markets Group Introduces Small Cap Listed Compliance Product - New Market Data Offering Helps Standardize And Improve Analysis Of 1800+ Small Cap Securities Listed On U.S. Stock Exchanges

Date 20/09/2018

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, today introduced a first of its kind compliance product designed to provide broker-dealers and compliance and risk management teams with an efficient and turnkey data set to standardize the process for evaluating over 1,800 sub $500 million market cap equities listed on a national stock exchange.

Advisory Committee Meetings Oct 5, 2018 - CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee To Meet On October 5, 2018

Date 20/09/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) will hold a public meeting on Friday, October 5, 2018 at CFTC’s Washington, DC headquarters.

CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee To Meet On October 5, 2018

Date 20/09/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) will hold a public meeting on Friday, October 5, 2018 at CFTC’s Washington, DC headquarters.

Moscow Exchange: Final Settlement Prices Of September FX And Interest Futures Contracts

Date 20/09/2018

On 20 September 2018, the final settlement prices of MOEX FX and interest futures contracts were determined as follows:

CFTC Finds That Proprietary Trading Firm Geneva Trading USA, LLC Engaged In Spoofing

Date 20/09/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against Geneva Trading USA, LLC (Geneva), a proprietary trading firm in Chicago, Illinois, for engaging in the disruptive trading practice of “spoofing.” The Order finds that Geneva engaged in this activity through three of its employees identified in the Order as Trader A, Trader B, and Trader C.  The Order requires Geneva to pay a $1.5 million civil monetary penalty and to cease and desist from violating the Commodity Exchange Act’s prohibition against spoofing.