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OCC: Michael Brickman Named Deputy Comptroller For Special Supervision

Date 27/01/2015

As Deputy Comptroller of Special Supervision, Mr. Brickman will oversee the supervision of the OCC's most critical problem midsize and community banks as well as the development and implementation of rehabilitation or resolution strategies for assigned banks and savings associations, including the orderly management of closings, when necessary. His group also supervises the OCC Headquarters-based fraud specialists and their activities.

CFTC Announces Membership Of The Energy And Environmental Markets Advisory Committee

Date 27/01/2015

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo, sponsor of the Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee (EEMAC), announced today the members and associate members of the EEMAC.

Top Institutional Derivatives And Volatility Traders To Gather In California For 31st Annual CBOE RMC

Date 26/01/2015

In advance of Winter Storm Juno, SIFMA recommends fixed-income markets remain open. SIFMA’s Emergency Command Center remains in close coordination with our member firms, exchanges, industry utilities, regulators and public sector emergency managers. Please stay tuned towww.sifma.org and @SIFMA for updates. 

CBOE Risk Management Conference March 4 – 6, 2015 - Top Institutional Derivatives And Volatility Traders To Gather In California For 31st Annual CBOE RMC

Date 26/01/2015

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) will host the 31st annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC), from Wednesday, March 4 through Friday, March 6, 2015, at the Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad, California.

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montréal Exchange, TMX Select And Alpha Closed For Family Day

Date 26/01/2015

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Select, Alpha and Montréal Exchange, will be closed on Monday, February 16, 2015 for Family Day.

OCC Bulletin: Changes To The Regulatory Capital And Liquidity Rules: Interim Final Rule

Date 26/01/2015

Summary

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (collectively, the agencies) are amending certain provisions of the agencies’ capital and liquidity rules to ensure that the treatment of over-the-counter derivatives, eligible margin loans, and repo-style transactions is unaffected by implementation of special resolution regimes in foreign jurisdictions or by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association Resolution Stay Protocol (ISDA Protocol).

MIAX Options Exchange - Winter Storm Juno Advisory

Date 26/01/2015

Please be advised that MIAX Options Exchange will be open and operating normally today, January 26th through Wednesday, January 28th.

CFTC Orders Florida Resident Anthony Lauria And His Company Gold Coast Bullion, Inc. To Pay More Than $9.6 Million In Restitution And A Civil Monetary Penalty In Off-Exchange Precious Metals Fraud

Date 26/01/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today entered an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Anthony Lauria and his company, Gold Coast Bullion, Inc. (GCB), operating out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for engaging in illegal, off-exchange precious metals transactions, for committing fraud in connection with those illegal transactions, and for operating GCB as an unregistered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM).

CME Group Announces Six New Additional European Natural Gas Contracts On CME Europe

Date 26/01/2015

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives market place, announced today the launch of six new additional European Natural Gas cleared future contracts on CME Europe, adding to the four physically delivered and eight financially settled contracts which launched and began trading on Monday 19 January 2015.

Keynote Address By CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo, Commodity Markets Council, State Of The Industry Conference, Miami, Florida, End-Users Were Not the Source Of The Financial Crisis: Stop Treating Them Like They Were

Date 26/01/2015

INTRODUCTION

Good afternoon. Thank you for your warm welcome. Thank you for inviting me to speak today. I am delighted to be at the CMC conference that brings together so many important participants in the markets regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).