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NGX And Alliance Pipeline Launch Services At New U.S. Trading Hub

Date 28/07/2014

NGX and Alliance Pipeline announced, effective today, the addition of the Alliance Chicago Exchange market hub (APC-ACE) as a cleared trading point on NGX.

BSX Will Be Closed For Bermuda ‘Cup Match’ Public Holidays

Date 28/07/2014

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (“BSX”) advises that the BSX will be closed on Thursday, 31 July, and Friday, 01 August, 2014, for the Emancipation Day and Somers Day (collectively known as “Cup Match”) public holidays in Bermuda. The BSX will reopen on Monday, 04 August, 2014.

Harbinger’s Former Chief Operating Officer Agrees To Settle Charges For Assisting Hedge Fund Scheme

Date 28/07/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the former chief operating officer at Harbinger Capital Partners LLC has agreed to settle charges that he assisted a scheme by the firm and its owner Philip A. Falcone to misappropriate millions of dollars from a hedge fund they managed to pay Falcone’s personal taxes. 

TMX Group Civic Holiday Market Closures

Date 28/07/2014

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Select, Alpha and Montreal Exchange will be closed on Monday, August 4, 2014 for the Civic Holiday.

SEC Charges Smith & Wesson With FCPA Violations

Date 28/07/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) when employees and representatives of the U.S.-based parent company authorized and made improper payments to foreign officials while trying to win contracts to supply firearm products to military and law enforcement overseas.

SIFMA President And CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. Participates In Equity Market Structure Reform Roundtable

Date 28/07/2014

SIFMA today released the following excerpts from a statement given by Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA president and CEO, at an equity market structure roundtable discussion with key market participants, legal experts, and Members of Congress, hosted by Rep. Scott Garrett, Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises: 

"Building on decades of leadership on market structure issues and more than 14 comment letters over the past four years, SIFMA recently convened a broad-based task force of our diverse membership to develop a series of market structure changes that we believe will enhance transparency, provide for fair and timely access to market data, and address the complexity and fragmentation caused by rebates and order types.

Bank Of England Statement On FCA Enforcement Action Against Lloyds Bank PLC And Bank Of Scotland PLC In Relation To Manipulation Of Submissions To The BBA GBP Repo Rate

Date 28/07/2014

US Department Of Justice: Lloyds Banking Group Admits Wrongdoing In LIBOR Investigation, Agrees To Pay $86 Million Criminal Penalty

Date 28/07/2014

Lloyds Banking Group plc has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to pay an $86 million penalty for manipulation of submissions for the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a leading global benchmark interest rate.

UK's Financial Conduct Authority: Lloyds Banking Group Fined £105m fFr Serious LIBOR And Other Benchmark Failings

Date 28/07/2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Lloyds Bank plc (Lloyds) and Bank of Scotland plc (BoS), both part of Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), £105 million for serious misconduct relating to the Special Liquidity Scheme (SLS), the Repo Rate benchmark and the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).

Lloyds Banking Group: Settlements Reached On Legacy LIBOR And BBA Repo Rate Issues

Date 28/07/2014

Lloyds Banking Group (the Group) announces that it has reached settlements totalling £218 million to resolve with UK and US federal authorities legacy issues regarding the manipulation several years ago of Group companies’ submissions to the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and Sterling Repo Rate.