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Cryptzone Acquires HiSoftware - Combined Company Offers Powerful Suite Of Dynamic Access Management, Data Security And Compliance Solutions

Date 09/09/2014

Cryptzone, a global provider of data security and identity and access management (IAM) solutions, has acquired HiSoftware Inc., a leading provider of governance, compliance and security solutions. HiSoftware’s product portfolio provides a highly complementary set of solutions that will enhance Cryptzone’s already robust capabilities in securing critical data in the cloud, on mobile devices, and in customer data centers. The combined company will offer a complete suite of context-aware access control, data security and compliance solutions designed for today’s dynamic, mobile, cloud-centric enterprise IT. Cryptzone will be headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and have a European center of excellence in engineering located in Gothenburg, Sweden, its birthplace. Combined, the companies will have more than 700 customers including large global enterprises like JPMorgan Chase, Northrup Grumman, AIG, Proctor & Gamble, State Street Trust, New York Presbyterian, ANZ Bank, and California State University, as well as some large U.S. government agencies such as the Departments of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, Office of Secretary of Defense, and Department of Treasury/IRS.

CFTC To Hold An Open Meeting To Consider A Proposed Rule On Margin Requirements And A Final Rule On Utility Special Entities

Date 09/09/2014

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Tim Massad announced today that the Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 2 p.m. EDT to consider:


WHAT:		Proposed Rule on Margin Requirements for Uncleared Swaps for Swap Dealers and Major Swap Participants Final Rule on Exclusion of Utility Operations-Related Swaps with Utility Special Entities from De Minimis Threshold for Swaps with Special Entities

Former TierOne Bank Executive Pleads Guilty For His Role In Scheme To Defraud Bank’s Shareholders And Regulators

Date 09/09/2014

A former senior vice president and chief credit officer of TierOne Bank, a publicly traded commercial bank formerly headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud TierOne’s shareholders and regulators.
CFTC Staff Issues Exemptive Letter To Certain Registered Commodity Pool Operators Regarding Filing Form CPO-PQR

Date 09/09/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued a letter recently providing exemptive relief regarding filing Commission Form CPO-PQR for those commodity pool operators (CPOs) that are registered, but have no reporting obligations under part 4 of the Commission’s regulations.
Autorité Des Marchés financiers Launches Penal Proceeding Targeting Market Manipulation Activities

Date 09/09/2014

Autorité des marchés financiers (“AMF”) has launched a joint penal proceeding against 13 defendants (11 individuals and 2 companies) allegedly involved in market manipulation activities that took place between 2008 and 2012 in violation of the Securities Act.

CFTC Orders Zulutrade Inc. To Pay $150,000 Penalty And Disgorge Profits Of $80,000 To Settle Charges Of Failure To Supervise Activities Relating To Its Business As A CFTC Registrant - Zulutrade Is A CFTC-Registered Introducing Broker Located In Piraeus, Greece

Date 09/09/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing and simultaneous settlement of charges against Zulutrade, Inc., a CFTC-registered Introducing Broker located in Piraeus, Greece, for failure to diligently supervise activities relating to its business as a CFTC registrant. Specifically, the CFTC’s Order found that for at least a three-year period from October 2010 to October 2013, Zulutrade failed to follow its procedures for screening for accountholders from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) targeted countries. The Order requires Zulutrade to pay a $150,000 civil monetary penalty and disgorge $80,000 in commissions and fees it earned from accounts that were related to the supervisory failure.
ISDA Insight Survey: Derivatives Vital To End-Users, But Fragmentation A Concern

Date 09/09/2014

Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives continue to be an integral part of end-user risk management strategies, according to a survey published today by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) at its 2014 ISDA Annual North America Conference in New York.
CFTC Staff Issues Exemptive Letter To Commodity Pool Operators Expanding The List Of Permissible Third-Party Recordkeepers

Date 09/09/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) recently issued an exemptive letter that allows commodity pool operators (CPOs) to use additional recordkeepers beyond those enumerated in Commission regulations 4.7(b)(4) and 4.23(c).
US Federal Agencies Announce Increases In Dollar Thresholds In Regulations Z And M For Exempt Consumer Credit And Lease Transactions

Date 09/09/2014

The Federal Reserve Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced increases in the dollar thresholds in Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) and Regulation M (Consumer Leasing) for exempt consumer credit and lease transactions. These increases are consistent with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) amendments to the Truth in Lending Act and the Consumer Leasing Act to adjust these thresholds annually by the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. Transactions at or below the thresholds are subject to the protections of the regulations.
CFTC Charges Florida Attorney Jay Bruce Grossman With Aiding And Abetting Illegal Metals Transactions And Fraud

Date 09/09/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed a civil enforcement Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against attorney Jay Bruce Grossman, who practices law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The CFTC Complaint alleges that beginning on July 16, 2011, Grossman willfully aided and abetted multiple clients in their operation of illegal and fraudulent precious metals schemes, in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).