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FIA Elects New Board Members At Annual Meeting

Date 15/03/2016

FIA announced the election of directors to its board at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Seven directors were elected at this meeting for one and two-year terms.

SEC Charges Operator Of Ponzi Scheme That Claimed To Offer “Bridge Loans” To Jamaican Businesses

Date 15/03/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former Boston resident with operating a $10 million Ponzi scheme that claimed to generate profits from “bridge loans” to businesses in Jamaica.

CBOE Receives Two Honors At EQDerivatives Global Equity And Volatility Derivatives Awards 2016 - CBOE Named U.S. Exchange Of The Year - VIX Weeklys Awarded Listed Product Launch Of The Year

Date 15/03/2016

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) announced it received two honors at the EQDerivatives Global Equity & Volatility Derivatives Awards last night in New York City -- “U.S. Exchange of the Year” and “Listed Product Launch of the Year” for CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) Weeklys futures and options.

NYSE Completes Move To A New Regulatory Approach And Announces Key Leadership Appointments

Date 15/03/2016

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges, today announced it has completed the transition of its regulatory services, along with two leadership appointments in the areas of Listings and Regulation.

CFTC Charges Two Binary Options Firms With Fraud, Illegal Off-Exchange Activity, And Operating In An Unregistered Capacity

Date 15/03/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that a federal district court has unsealed a civil Complaint that the CFTC filed with the Northern District of Illinois on February 2, 2016, against two foreign web-based binary options firms, Vault Options, Ltd. (Vault) and Global Trader 365(GT 365), both Israeli web-based companies. The CFTC’s Complaint alleges that the two firms unlawfully solicited and accepted more than $1 million from at least 50 U.S. customers to trade off-exchange binary options contracts, defrauded those customers, and operated as unregistered Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs).

Singapore Index Futures Impacted By April Dividend Schedule

Date 15/03/2016

• The MSCI Singapore Index (SiMSCI) is designed to measure the performance of the large and mid-cap segments of the Singapore market,with 26 of its 28 stocks also represented by the Straits Times Index.

The Nasdaq Stock Market® Lists NextShares, The First Exchange-Traded Managed Fund - Eaton Vance And Janus Among ETF Issuers To Select Nasdaq As Primary Venue For New Listings In February

Date 15/03/2016

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ), the single largest U.S. equity exchange by market share, announced during the month of February, the Eaton Vance listing of the first NextShares™ exchange-traded managed fund, and two new enhanced beta ETFs by Janus.   

SGX Electricity Market Report

Date 15/03/2016

SGX Electricity Futures (EF) added 56 lots in the first two weeks of March, bringing the total volume since trading started in June last year to 1,155 lots (1,269 GWh). Open interest as at the end of last week was 618 lots (677 GWh). Daily settlement prices (DSP) in the past two weeks for all contracts were between $55-$82/MWh, with the DSPs from 3Q 2016 onwards rising by  3%-5% compared to the preceding week.

Borsa İstanbul And Spintek Sign Network Provider Agreement

Date 15/03/2016

Borsa İstanbul has widened the scope of its collaboration with Spintek that currently provides services to Borsa İstanbul in London PoP.

SimCorp Survey Reveals Significant Struggles With Risk And Performance Analytics In The Front Office

Date 15/03/2016

A recent survey released by SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutionsand services for the global financial services industry, has revealed that portfolio managers are facing significant challenges when it comes to data accuracy and risk and performance analytics in the front office. The survey was conducted during a recent webinar hosted by SimCorp titled “Risk & Performance Analytics: Making the Front Office a Better Place.”