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CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 17/10/2014

The current reports for the week of October 14, 2014 are now available.

R.J. O’Brien & Associates Turns 100 On Oct. 17 - Last Surviving Founding CME Member Recognized With Award Ceremony

Date 17/10/2014

Chicago-based R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, turned 100 years old today. Celebrating the milestone at CME Group this morning, RJO was recognized as the exchange’s last surviving founding member firm with an award ceremony overlooking the agricultural trading floor.

OCC Bulletin: Liquidity Coverage Ratio: Final Rule

Date 17/10/2014

Summary

On September 3, 2014, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies) issued a final rule that implements a quantitative liquidity requirement consistent with the liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) established by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). The final rule is designed to strengthen the liquidity risk management of banks, savings associations, and bank holding companies.

Experts To Study HFT Impact On Market Quality And Integrity - IIROC Announces Final Academic Team To Study HFT Impact

Date 17/10/2014

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) today announced the selection of the fourth and final project team to assess the impact of high frequency trading (HFT) and related activity on Canadian equity markets as part of the last phase of its HFT Study.

Availability Of Staff Analysis On Reporting And Dissemination Of Security-Based Swap Information

Date 17/10/2014

The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission today made available analyses of data on the reporting and dissemination of security-based swap transaction information. 

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.