News Centre

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency: Michael Brickman Named Deputy Comptroller For Thrift Supervision

Date 27/04/2015

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry today designated Michael Brickman as Deputy Comptroller for Thrift Supervision.

FinanzForum On The Topic Of ETFs - SIX Swiss Exchange Will Speak At An Event Hosted By The University Of Liechtenstein On The Features And Possibilities Of ETFs

Date 27/04/2015

On 5 May 2015, the Department of Business, Banking and Finance at the University of Liechtenstein will hold the FinanzForum on "New ETF Products for Asset Management" with a range of top speakers. After a welcome and introductory speech by Prof Marco J. Menchetti from the University of Liechtenstein, Alain Picard, Head Product Management SIX Swiss Exchange, will present ETF Trends & Performance in Europe and on the Swiss Exchange.

Assets Invested In The Global ETF/ETP Industry Are Set To Surpass Assets Invested In The Global Hedge Fund Industry In Q2, According To ETFGI

Date 27/04/2015

We expect assets invested in the global ETF/ETP industry will surpass assets in the global hedge fund industry during this quarter. According to our analysis published on April 24th, assets in the global ETF/ETP industry reached a new record of US$2.926 trillion at the end of Q1 2015, while assets in the global hedge fund industry, according to a new report published by Hedge Fund Research (HFR), reached a record US$2.939 trillion.

Platts Pre-Report Survey Of Analysts Results: UNICA Sugarcane Crush - Advance Estimates Suggest A Cane Crush Of 13.10 Million Mt In Brazil's Center-South - Likely 31.43% Sugar Mix For H1 April 2015

Date 27/04/2015

Platts Survey of Analysts

• Cane crush: 13.10 million metric tons (mt)
• Sugar production: 399,000 mt
• Total ethanol production: 637,000 liter (ltr)
• Hydrous ethanol production: 450,000 ltr
• Anhydrous ethanol production: 187,000 ltr
• Sugar mix: 31.43 %
• Ethanol mix: 68.57 %

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Currency Pair SLV/RUB

Date 27/04/2015

As per the FX and Precious Metals Market Risk Parameters Methodology, on 27.04.2015, 17-55 (MSK) the upper bound of the price band and initial margins for the currency pair SLV/RUB was changed.

FSB RCG MENA Meets In Bahrain

Date 27/04/2015

Today, the Central Bank of Bahrain hosted the seventh meeting of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group for the Middle East and North Africa (RCG-MENA) in Bahrain.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo On The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Recent Steps To Improve Its Swaps Trading Regulations

Date 27/04/2015

Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued the following statement on recent steps taken to improve the CFTC’s regulatory framework for swaps trade execution:

“I commend the CFTC for its recent announcement of first steps in improving its regulatory framework for swaps trade execution and SEF operability. I support these commonsense measures that address concerns raised in my January 2015 White Paper: namely, streamlining the process of correcting error trades, flexibly interpreting SEFs’ financial resources requirement and simplifying swap trade confirmations by SEFs."

DFSA Publishes Anti-Money Laundering Return Report

Date 27/04/2015

To view the Anti-Money Laundering Return (AML) Report: Click here.

CFTC Charges Nevada-Based My Global Leverage, LLC And Toney Blondo Eggleston With Engaging In Illegal, Off-Exchange Precious Metals Transactions With Retail Customers

Date 27/04/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil injunctive enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada against Defendants My Global Leverage, LLC (MGL) and its owner and managing member Toney Blondo Eggleston, who resides in Newport Coast, California. The CFTC Complaint charges the Defendants with engaging in illegal, off-exchange transactions in precious metals with retail customers on a leveraged, margined, or financed basis. The Complaint further alleges that Eggleston, as controlling person for MGL, is liable for MGL’s violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).

Enternext Welcomes Biocartis To Euronext Brussels

Date 27/04/2015

EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary designed to promote and grow the market for SMEs, today welcomed Biocartis, an innovative molecular diagnostics company, to the regulated market of Euronext Brussels.