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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Prices Of Cash-Settled Oil Futures October 2017 Contracts

Date 01/11/2017

Final settlement prices for cash-settled oil futures October 2017 contracts are as follows:

(Yen/kl)
Platts cash-settled Dubai Crude Oil  39,460
Cash-settled Barge Gasoline          55,450
Cash-settled Lorry Gasoline          54,160
Platts cash-settled Barge Kerosene   55,420
Platts cash-settled Lorry Kerosene   55,100
Platts cash-settled Barge Gas Oil    54,310
Platts cash-settled Lorry Gas Oil    53,340

ISDA Issues Request For Quotations For Development Of Digital Common Domain Model

Date 01/11/2017

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) has today issued a request for quotations (RFQ) for the development of a digital version of the ISDA Common Domain Model (CDM).

Report On U.S. Portfolio Holdings Of Foreign Securities At End-Year 2016

Date 31/10/2017

The findings from the annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2016 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx.

ISDA Launches Swiss Module For ISDA Resolution Stay Jurisdictional Modular Protocol

Date 31/10/2017

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the launch of a Swiss module to the ISDA Resolution Stay Jurisdictional Modular Protocol (JMP). The new module will allow market participants to comply with Swiss regulations that require contractual stays to be included into certain financial contracts not governed by Swiss law.

Fiserv Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results - GAAP Revenue Growth Of 1 Percent And Internal Revenue Growth Of 2 Percent- GAAP EPS Increase Of 13 Percent And Adjusted EPS Increase Of 11 Percent - Full Year 2017 Outlook Affirmed

Date 31/10/2017

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2017.

CFTC Grants Amended Order To Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. Permitting Commingling Of Funds In Connection With Futures And Foreign Futures Contracts Listed On The Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited

Date 31/10/2017

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an amended order to Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME), a CFTC-registered derivatives clearing organization. The order concerns foreign futures contracts currently listed or that will be listed in the future for trading on the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) and cleared by CME.  The order was issued in response to a petition CME filed.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Europe Dashboard

Date 31/10/2017

• In what was a generally positive month for global equities, the S&P Europe 350® posted a total return of 1.96%. 
• Most S&P Europe 350 sectors gained in October, with Energy taking the top spot, followed by Information Technology. Financials and Health Care were left out in the cold; they were the only sectors to fall this month. 
• The S&P Europe 350 Enhanced Value led among European equity strategies this month. It also topped the charts year-to-date and over the past 12 months.  

SEC: Millennium Settles Charges Of Illegal Short Selling In Advance O Stock Offerings

Date 31/10/2017

Investment advisory firm Millennium Management LLC has agreed to pay more than $630,000 to settle charges that it shorted U.S. stocks in companies planning follow-on offerings and then illegally bought shares in the follow-on offerings.   

Office Of Financial Research Update “The Intersection Of U.S. Money Market Mutual Fund Reforms, Bank Liquidity Requirements, And The Federal Home Loan Bank System.”

Date 31/10/2017

The U.S. Office of Financial Research issued a working paper, titled, “The Intersection of U.S. Money Market Mutual Fund Reforms, Bank Liquidity Requirements, and the Federal Home Loan Bank System.” The paper says that after the financial crisis, reforms of money market funds and changes to banks’ liquidity requirements had an unintended consequence of increased Federal Home Loan Banks’ reliance on short-term funding from money market funds to finance longer-term loans and other assets. This increase could make the financial system more vulnerable and pose risks to financial stability.

Sweden's Finansinspektionen: Decision Regarding The Countercyclical Buffer Rate

Date 31/10/2017

FI decided on 25 October not to change the countercyclical buffer rate. The buffer rate of two per cent, which has applied since 19 March 2017, shall thus continue to apply.