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CME Group And NAFB Foundation To Award First-Ever Orion Samuelson Scholarship For Agricultural Communications - NAFB Foundation Celebrates Presentation Of 100th Scholarship

Date 17/10/2014

CME Group and the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Foundation today announced the first-ever recipient of the Orion Samuelson Scholarship. Elizabeth (Liz) Koehler, a senior at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as the recipient of this $5,000 NAFB Foundation scholarship sponsored by CME Group, and named in honor of legendary farm broadcaster, Orion Samuelson of WGN Radio. 

Euronext Brussels Introduces Spotlight Options On Melexis

Date 17/10/2014

Euronext announced today the successful introduction of spotlight options on the shares of Melexis (option trading symbol: MEL).  The spotlight options will be available as of today on the derivatives market of Euronext Brussels.

PEGAS: First Trades Registered In New Spread Products

Date 17/10/2014

Today, PEGAS registered first trades in the new gas spread order book. So far, a volume of 1,690 MWh has been traded in the new NCG-L-gas/TTF spread. The new spreads products are available for trading since 15 October 2014.

UK Economic Secretary To The Treasury Andrea Leadsom's Speech To The BBA's Annual Conference

Date 17/10/2014

Thank you, Daisy [McAndrew], for your kind introduction.

I was very struck by what the Prime Minister said in his message to you earlier this morning:

Let ambition be the watchword of this conference.

CFTC Revokes Registrations Of Abdul Sultan Walji And His Company, Arista LLC, Based On Court’s Permanent Injunction Order Prohibiting Them From Committing Further Fraud And On Walji’s Conviction For Criminal Commodities Fraud

Date 17/10/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced today that it has revoked the registrations of Defendants Arista LLC, a California company with its principal place of business in Newport Coast, California, and its owner Abdul Sultan Walji a/k/a Abdul Sultan Valji) of San Juan Capistrano, California. Arista had been registered with the CFTC as a Commodity Pool Operator, and Walji had been registered as an Associated Person of Arista.

TOM MTF Statistics Week 42, 2014

Date 17/10/2014

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 42, 2014.

SEC Charges Staten Island Man With Conducting Fraudulent Offerings And Stealing Investor Funds

Date 17/10/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the operator of an online stock recommendation business with conducting several fraudulent securities offerings and siphoning some of the money raised from investors for a Caribbean vacation and plastic surgery.

Federal Reserve Board Issues Final Rule To Modify Regulations For Capital Planning And Stress Testing And Released Instructions For 2015 Capital Planning Cycle

Date 17/10/2014

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday issued a final rule to modify the regulations for capital planning and stress testing and released instructions for the 2015 capital planning cycle.

The Securities And Exchange Commission—The Next 80 Years, SEC Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher, Fordham Law School New York, N.Y., Oct. 16, 2014

Date 17/10/2014

Thank you, Ben [Indek], for that kind introduction.  I am truly honored to be here tonight to deliver the 15thAnnual A.A. Sommer Lecture.  It is a particular honor to deliver this lecture in the presence of Al’s family.  In addition to serving as an SEC Commissioner during a particularly trying time, Al Sommer played an impressively wide range of roles over the course of his career.  To name just a few, he was Chairman of the Public Oversight Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the SEC Advisory Committee on Corporate Disclosure, and the America Bar Association Section of Business Law, and he was the Vice Chairman of the NASD.

ESMA Publishes Responses Received To Consultation Papers On MAR

Date 17/10/2014

To view the responses, please see the specific page of the Consultation:

Draft Technical Standards on the Market Abuse Regulation

Draft Technical Advice on delegated actus concerning the Market Abuse Regulation