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US Task Forces Begin Review Of Faster Payments Solution Proposals

Date 04/10/2016

Members of the two national task forces convened by the Federal Reserve to make payments faster and more secure have begun to review and discuss 19 specific proposals submitted by interested task force members across the payments industry that outline potential approaches for a faster payment system in the United States.

CFTC Charges Jody Dupont Of South Carolina And His Company, Open Range Trading LLC, With Commodity Trading Advisor Fraud

Date 04/10/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action charging Defendants Jody Dupont of Anderson, South Carolina, and his company, Open Range Trading LLC(Open Range), with fraudulently soliciting clients and prospective clients to subscribe to a commodity futures day-trading system, called the Open Range Trading System, and other ancillary trading services that they marketed and sold to clients. Neither DuPont nor Open Range has ever been registered with the CFTC.

Intercontinental Exchange Completes Acquisition Of S&P Global’s Standard And Poor’s Securities Evaluations And Credit Market Analysis

Date 04/10/2016

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announced it has today completed its all-cash acquisition of S&P Global’s (NYSE: SPGI) Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations (SPSE), a leading provider of fixed income evaluated pricing, and Credit Market Analysis (CMA), a leading provider of independent data for the over-the-counter (OTC) markets, including credit derivatives and bonds. The transaction was announced in March.

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Reports Bank Trading Revenue Increased In The Second Quarter 2016

Date 04/10/2016

Trading revenue of U.S. commercial banks and savings associations rose to $6.9 billion in the second quarter of 2016 from $5.8 billion in the previous quarter, and $5.5 billion in the second quarter a year earlier, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported in its Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities.

Borsa Italiana Monthly Update September 2016

Date 04/10/2016

Click here to download Borsa Italiana's monthly update for September 2016.

EEX New Participants: GETEC Energie AG, Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH, DELTA Energy B.V. And Macquarie Bank Limited (London Branch)

Date 04/10/2016

Egyptian Exchange Market Holiday - Armed Forces Holiday

Date 04/10/2016

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) announces that the Armed Forces holiday will be effective on Thursday 6 October 2016 and trading will be resumed on Sunday 9 October 2016. 

CBOE Holdings Reports September 2016 Trading Volume - Total ADV Up 25% From August 2016, 3% From Year Ago

Date 04/10/2016

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that September average daily volume (ADV) for options contracts traded on Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), and futures contracts traded on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) was 5.1 million contracts, an increase of 25 percent from August 2016 and 3 percent from September 2015. 

EEX Trading Results For September 2016 - EEX Records Major Growth In Power, Emissions And Agricultural Markets

Date 04/10/2016

In September 2016, the monthly volume on EEX’s power derivatives market amounted to 373.3 TWh, increasing the volume traded in September 2015 (225.8 TWh) by 65%.

BNP Paribas Investment Partners Announces Successful €500 Million Final Close Of Newly Launched European SME Debt Fund

Date 04/10/2016

On 30 September 2016 BNP Paribas Investment Partners completed the €500 million final close of the BNP Paribas European SME Debt Fund (‘the Fund’), attracting a range of leading European institutional investors.  The Fund finances small and medium sized enterprises in Europe through a unique solution combining bank lending and fund financing.