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  • DTCC Appoints Ann Shuman As General Counsel - Larry Thompson To Focus Full Energies On Vice Chairman Responsibilities

    Date 01/02/2017

    The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that Ann Shuman, DTCC Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel, has been appointed General Counsel, effective February 1, 2017. Ms. Shuman assumes the General Counsel position from Larry Thompson, who is stepping down to serve full-time as Vice Chairman of DTCC. In this role, Mr. Thompson, who was appointed Vice Chairman in 2015, will continue to lead DTCC’s public policy engagement with key regulators and lawmakers globally, serve as a senior advisor to the firm and act as a chief spokesperson.

  • Amendments To Derivatives Regulation - Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Proposes To Prohibit The Sale Of Binary Options To Québec Consumers

    Date 01/02/2017

    After issuing several warnings to Quebeckers about the risks of binary options, the Autorité des marchés financiers (“AMF”) intends to formally prohibit the offering of such products to Québec consumers. The AMF would thus become one of the first regulators to ban the sale of binary options to the general public.

  • MGEX Has 5th-Best Month Of All-Time

    Date 01/02/2017

    MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), has concluded the month of January with a total volume of 250,929, making it the 5th-best month in the history of the Exchange. This is also the highest January volume total, up 26 percent from the previous January record set in 2008.

  • ESMA Seeks Investment Management Experts For Stakeholder Panel

    Date 01/02/2017

    The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today a call for candidates in order to renew the composition of its Consultative Working Group (CWG) which advises ESMA’s Investment Management Standing Committee (IMSC).

  • Federal Reserve Issues FOMC Statement

    Date 01/02/2017

    Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace. Job gains remained solid and the unemployment rate stayed near its recent low. Household spending has continued to rise moderately while business fixed investment has remained soft. Measures of consumer and business sentiment have improved of late. Inflation increased in recent quarters but is still below the Committee's 2 percent longer-run objective. Market-based measures of inflation compensation remain low; most survey-based measures of longer-term inflation expectations are little changed, on balance.