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SEC Charges California-Based Stock Promoter With Defrauding Investors Seeking Pre-IPO Facebook And Twitter Shares - SEC Announces Separate Case Against Broker In Texas For Alleged Involvement

Date 23/12/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a stock promoter based in Santa Barbara, Calif., with fraudulently raising nearly $3.5 million from investors purportedly to purchase Facebook and Twitter shares prior to their initial public offerings (IPOs).
OCC Approves New Capital Plan - Existing Stockholders To Contribute $150 Million In Equity Capital And Provide Replenishment Capital Commitments - Members To Receive 2014 Refund Of Approximately $40 Million And Reduced Fees In 2015

Date 23/12/2014

OCC announced today its Board of Directors approved a newly formed capital plan designed to comply with proposed new standards for covered clearing agencies. Under the plan, OCC’s existing stockholders, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated, International Securities Exchange, LLC, NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC, NYSE MKT LLC, and NYSE Arca, Inc. will contribute $150 million in equity capital, increasing OCC shareholders’ equity to approximately $247 million by Q1 2015. The existing stockholders will also commit to provide specified replenishment capital if needed. The plan, which is subject to regulatory approval, and approval by the exchange stockholders’ boards of directors, will enable OCC to be compliant with the proposed new standards by February 2015, well in advance of the expected implementation date.
FINRA Warns Investors Of E-Cigarette Stock Scams

Date 23/12/2014

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a new Investor Alert called E-Cigarette Stock Scams: New Smoking Technology Could Light Up Pump-and-Dump Fraud warning investors of aggressive promotions touting stocks that claim to capitalize on the e-cigarette and vaporizer, or "vape," market. FINRA's Alert follows the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent trading suspension for a company that purported to make disposable electronic cigarettes because of concerns about manipulative activity related to the company's common stock.
Thomson Reuters/University Of Michigan: Consumer Sentiment Highest In Eight Years

Date 23/12/2014

Consumer confidence reached its most favorable level in the December 2014 survey since the last cyclical peak was set in January 2007. The gains over the past several months have been primarily due to improving job and wage prospects, and more recently, to falling gasoline prices. Consumers held the most favorable long-term prospects for the national economy in the past decade. Importantly, the 2014 gains in jobs and wages were widespread across all population subgroups and regions. Overall, the data point toward a gain of about 3.0% in real consumer expenditures during 2015.
South Carolina Federal Court Enters Judgment Against Robert Stanley Harrison For Commodity Pool Fraud

Date 23/12/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Magistrate Judge Jacquelyn D. Austin of the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina entered a Consent Order for Permanent Injunction resolving charges against Robert Stanley Harrison of Easley, South Carolina, for operating a fraudulent futures and off-exchange foreign currency pool scheme called Investors Choice Advisors LLC(ICA).

IMF Executive Board Modifies SDR Interest Rate Basket

Date 23/12/2014

On December 22, 2014, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) decided to replace the three-month Eurepo rate as the euro component of the SDR interest basket with the three-month spot rate for euro area central government bonds with a rating of AA and above published by the European Central Bank (click link for details about the interest rate and the estimation method). This decision was taken in view of the upcoming discontinuation of the Eurepo rate as of December 31, 2014. The change in the SDR interest rate basket will be effective as of January 1, 2015 and will apply for the first time to the calculation of the weekly SDR interest rate for the interest rate period starting on Monday January 5, 2015.
OneChicago: OCXdelta1 Connection Fees-Reminder

Date 23/12/2014

On October 20, 2014 OneChicago launched its new proprietary matching and reporting platform: OCXdelta1. As stated in the User Agreement, firms are obligated to pay monthly fees to access OCXdelta1.
ESMA - Holiday Closure From 23 December To 5 January 2015

Date 23/12/2014

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will be closed from 23 December and will reopen on Monday 5 January 2015.
RBS: Update On Accountability Review

Date 23/12/2014

Following the recent settlement with regulators in relation to failings in the bank’s Foreign Exchange business, RBS announced that it was undertaking a robust and widespread accountability review.
Bucharest Stock Exchange: Premium And Standard Tiers Will Replace From January 5, 2015, The I, II And III Tiers On The Regulated Market Operated By BVB

Date 23/12/2014

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announces that starting January 5, 2015, will come into force a new market segmentation, by replacing the I, II and III Tiers with the Premium and Standard Tiers. The Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) recently approved the proposals to amend BVBs’ regulations, so the new concept, which takes into account the liquidity of the shares or the potential liquidity, on principles similar to those of BVBs’ indices system, can be implemented.