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ASX Ltd Half-Year Results Media Release

Date 11/02/2016

Mr Elmer Funke Kupper, ASX Managing Director and CEO, said “ASX’s financial results for the first six monthsof FY16 were positive, with activity growth across all major areas. The result wassupported by a continuationof the higher activity levels we saw in the second half of the previous financial year. Revenues were up 7.9%to $376.2 million and profit after tax was up 7.3% to $213.1 million.

CFTC Financial Data For Futures Commission Merchants Update

Date 10/02/2016

This information has recently been updated, and is now available.

http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/FinancialDataforFCMs/index.htm

Office Of Financial Research Update - Financial Markets Monitor

Date 10/02/2016

The OFR released today its latest Financial Markets Monitor. The monitor says prices of equities and other risky assets have declined markedly in 2016 due to concerns about global growth and low oil prices. Developments in China fueled market concerns about the effectiveness of Chinese economic policies, while oil oversupply pushed prices to the lowest levels in more than 10 years.

Statement From US Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew On The Agreement Between The Commodity Futures Trading Commission And The European Commissioner For Financial Stability On A Common Approach For Transatlantic CCPs

Date 10/02/2016

“The agreement reached by the CFTC and the European Commissioner for Financial Stability is a major milestone in our efforts to reform and strengthen the global derivatives market following the financial crisis. Finding common ground with our European partners to establish a level playing field internationally will help support cross-border activity with the appropriate regulation and supervision. Chairman Massad, his team at the CFTC, and their counterparts at the European Commission, along with former CFTC Chairman Gensler‎, deserve great credit, for the hard work and cooperation they devoted to making this agreement possible and I encourage both entities to implement the agreement swiftly."

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 10/02/2016

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

SIFMA Issues 2015 Year In Review

Date 10/02/2016

SIFMA today issued its 2015 Year in Review. The full report is available at the following link: http://www.sifma.org/issues/item.aspx?id=8589958792

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission And The European Commission: Common Approach For Transatlantic CCPs

Date 10/02/2016

The European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, Jonathan Hill, and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad today announced a common approach regarding requirements for central clearing counterparties (CCPs).

Testimony Of CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad Before The U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee On Agriculture, Rural Development, Food And Drug Administration And Related Agencies

Date 10/02/2016

Thank you Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member Farr and members of this Subcommittee. I am pleased to testify regarding the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

CME Group Announces WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil Futures Volume Record, Surpassing 1.6 Million Contracts - RBOB Gasoline Futures Open Interest Also Reaches New Record

Date 10/02/2016

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it reached a trading volume record for WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil futures yesterday, February 9, 2016, of 1,603,771 contracts compared to the previous record of 1,595,710 contracts on December 8, 2015. 

SEC Adopts Cross-Border Security-Based Swap Rules Regarding Activity In The U.S. - Rules Provide Increased Transparency And Enhanced Oversight - SEC Finalizes Rulemaking In Security-Based Swap Dealing Activity

Date 10/02/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt rules that require a non-U.S. company that uses personnel located in a U.S. branch or office to arrange, negotiate, or execute a security-based swap transaction in connection with its dealing activity to include that transaction in determining whether it is required to register as a security-based swap dealer.  The rules, adopted under by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, would help ensure that both U.S. and foreign dealers are subject to Title VII of the Act when they engage in security-based swap dealing activity in the United States.