News Centre

CFTC Charges Monex Deposit Company, Its Affiliates, And Their Principals In Multi-Million Dollar Fraudulent Precious Metals Scheme - CFTC Alleges That Defendants Deceived Thousands Of Retail Customers Who Lost Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Connection With Illegal, Off-Exchange Leveraged Precious Metals Transactions

Date 06/09/2017

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that on September 6, 2017, it filed a civil injunctive enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against three affiliated companies located in Newport Beach, California, Monex Deposit Company, Monex Credit Company, and Newport Services Corporation(collectively, Monex), and Monex’s principals Louis Carabini and Michael Carabini. The CFTC Complaint charges the Defendants, among other claims, with defrauding thousands of retail customers nationwide out of hundreds of millions of dollars, while executing thousands of illegal, off-exchange leveraged commodity transactions.

CBOE Holdings Reports August 2017 Trading Volume

Date 06/09/2017

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (BATS: CBOE | NASDAQ: CBOE) today reported August monthly trading volume and average revenue per contract (RPC)/net revenue capture data at www.cboe.com/monthlyvolrpc.

Concurring Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Sharon Y. Bowen With Respect To The Commission’s Action Filing Civil Complaint Against Monex Deposit Company, Its Affiliates, And Their Principals

Date 06/09/2017

The kind of massive fraud alleged here is as mind boggling as it is disturbing. A defendant has not only been sued for fraud by customers and many regulators in the past, but also sought to frustrate our agency's investigation by refusing to produce trading data pursuant to a lawful subpoena in 2014. I am very proud of our staff for their dogged pursuit of this matter over the years and I strongly support the filing of this Complaint. As alleged in the Complaint, many customers suffered catastrophic losses of their life savings and retirement funds. Over a five-year period, customers allegedly lost more than $290 million.

Federal Reserve Outlines Next Steps For Payment System Improvement

Date 06/09/2017

The Federal Reserve today published, Strategies for Improving the U.S. Payment System: Federal Reserve Next Steps in the Payments Improvement Journey, a paper identifying updated tactics it will pursue to help improve the speed, safety and efficiency of the U.S. payment system.

Moscow Exchange: Additional Servers For MOEX Terminals With Internet Access

Date 06/09/2017

Dear users of the MOEX terminals (Equity & Bond, FX and Money Market) with Internet access, 

Stanley Fischer Submits Resignation As A Member Of The Board Of Governors Of The Federal Reserve System, Effective On Or Around October 13, 2017

Date 06/09/2017

Stanley Fischer submitted his resignation Wednesday as Vice Chairman and as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, effective on or around October 13, 2017. He has been a member of the Board since May 28, 2014.

Qatar Stock Exchange: The Result Of The FTSE Index Semi-Annual Review

Date 06/09/2017

Moscow Exchange Indices Monthly Review: August 2017

Date 06/09/2017

In August, Moscow Exchange"s Indices reflected the positive trend on the Russian stock market. The MICEX Index was up 5.35% to 2,022.22 (from 1,919.53 on 31 July), while the dollar-denominated RTS Index rose 8.81% to 1,095.84 (from 1,007.14).

Non-Jordanian Investment At Amman Stock Exchange In August 2017 - The Net Of Non-Jordanian Investments At The ASE During August 2017 Increased By JD5.9 Million

Date 06/09/2017

The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors at the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) during August 2017 was JD35.3 million, representing 25.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD29.4 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investments during August 2017 showed an increase by JD5.9 million, compared with a decrease by JD2.2 million during the same month of 2016.

STOXX Research: Comments By Jan-Carl Plagge, Head Of Applied Research, STOXX - Oil & Gas Sector Struggled Over Hurricane Harvey

Date 06/09/2017

With ongoing tensions in North Korea, the recent terrorist attacks in Spain, and severe damage caused by hurricane Harvey in the US, August was a turbulent month with overall volatile global markets. Moreover, a strong euro led European shares to reach its lowest in the past half a year. As a reaction to occurrences such as these, investors increasingly bought into safe haven assets such as gold. This in combination with recovering commodity prices led the basic resources sector to flourish in August.