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HKEX: Securities And Derivatives Markets Delay Open Due To Issuance Of Typhoon Signal No. 8

Date 02/08/2016

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that the morning trading in its securities market, including Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect trading, and derivatives market has been delayed due to the issuance of Typhoon Signal No. 8.
CBOE Holdings Reports July 2016 Trading Volume - Total Volume Of 94.4 Million Contracts - Total ADV Down 2% From July 2015

Date 01/08/2016

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that July 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 4.7 million contracts, a decrease of 2 percent from July 2015 and 9 percent from June 2016.
Corrected: OCC Cleared Contract Volume Down 18 Percent In July - Securities Lending CCP Activity Up 24 Percent In July And 41 Percent Year-To-Date

Date 01/08/2016

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that cleared contract volume in July was 317,045,566 contracts, down 18 percent from July 2015 volume of 385,404,937 contracts. OCC's year-to-date average daily cleared contract volume is up three percent with 16,687,086 contracts in 2016.
US Federal Agencies Finalize Rule Exempting Certain Commercial And Financial End Users From Initial And Variation Margin Requirements

Date 01/08/2016

Five federal agencies today announced a final rule exempting certain commercial and financial end users from margin requirements for certain swaps not cleared through a clearinghouse. The exemptions were first adopted by interim final rule published in the Federal Register in November 2015 with a request for public comment. The final rule discusses the comments received and adopts the earlier interim final rule as final without change.
STOXX Announces Component Changes To STOXX Europe 50 Index - Changes Are Due To Fast-Exit Rule

Date 01/08/2016

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced component changes in the STOXX Europe 50 Index due to the fast-exit rule. All changes become effective with the open of markets on Aug. 8, 2016.

Federal Court Orders California Resident Ghassan Tawachi And His Firm, Intelligent Trades, LLC, To Pay In Total Nearly $1.5 Million In Disgorgement And A Monetary Penalty For Defrauding Clients Through A Bogus Commodity Futures Trading System - Order Imposes Permanent Trading And Registration Bans On The Defendants - Order Also Finds That Tawachi Violated A 2012 CFTC Order That Prohibited Him From Commodity Futures Trading

Date 01/08/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court Consent Order for Permanent Injunction against Defendants Ghassan Tawachi of Irvine, California, and his firm, Intelligent Trades, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, requiring them to jointly and severally disgorge $479,755 of ill-gotten gains and pay a $1 million civil monetary penalty for defrauding clients through the operation of a commodity futures software trading system. In addition, the Order finds that Tawachi acted as a Commodity Trading Advisor without being registered with the CFTC as required by the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).
Statement By Assistant Secretary For Economic Policy Karen Dynan For The US Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee Of The Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association

Date 01/08/2016

Real GDP growth picked up in the second quarter of 2016 to an annual rate of 1.2 percent, as strong consumer spending was somewhat offset by continued inventory adjustment. Favorable domestic fundamentals, including strong job creation and rising incomes, should support solid growth going forward. Private-sector forecasters anticipate that the economy will grow at around a 2¼ percent pace over the remainder of the year.
US Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates

Date 01/08/2016

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Remarks Before The Quadrilateral Meeting Of The FMLC/FMLG/FLB/EFMLG, SEC Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar, London, England, July 20, 2016

Date 01/08/2016

Thank you, Michael [Nelson], for that kind introduction and for inviting me to speak at this auspicious meeting.[1] And, thank you, Lord Walker, for your warm welcome this morning. I am pleased to have this opportunity to speak with all of you. The issues discussed here today and tomorrow cover a lot of ground and I am particularly pleased that one of the topics this morning was FinTech. I am currently pushing for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”) to hold a FinTech roundtable this fall and I personally learned a lot from today’s discussion of blockchain technology and virtual currencies.
Federal Reserve Board Invites Comment On Interim Final Rule Adjusting The Board's Maximum Civil Money Penalties

Date 01/08/2016

The Federal Reserve Board on Monday invited comment on an interim final rule adjusting the Board's maximum civil money penalties, as required by law.