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  • Legal Entity Identifier – Irish Stock Exchange Web Portal Open For Registration

    Date 09/09/2013

    All financial organisations, including listed legal entities, will need to comply with the new global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) requirements in order to manage counterparty risk.

  • CFTC Publishes Concept Release On Risk Controls And System Safeguards For Automated Trading Environments

    Date 09/09/2013

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today approved for publication in the Federal Register a Concept Release on Risk Controls and System Safeguards for Automated Trading Environments (Concept Release).

  • S&P GSCI Strong Commodity Indices Performance In August 2013

    Date 09/09/2013

    KEY HIGHLIGHTS

    • All five sectors of the S&P GSCI had positive returns in August, driving the index up 3.4% MTD — now in positive territory for the year, up 2.6%.
    • S&P GSCI Precious Metals was the best performing sector, up 7.9% MTD, due to political tensions in Syria. During the month, silver was the best performing commodity in the index, up 19.5%, recording the best August in its history.
    • S&P GSCI Energy also benefited from the oil supply concerns from Syria, driving the sector index up 4.0% for the month.
    • Hot and dry weather in the U.S. Midwest was another major fundamental driving commodities in August, which pushed S&P GSCI Soybeans up 12.5%—its thirdbest August since 1970.
    • Sugar and coffee, down 3.7% and 4.0%, respectively , were the worst performers of the month thanks to pressure from record harvests.

  • CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton’s Statement Of Concurrence Regarding Concept Release On Risk Controls And System Safeguards For Automated Trading Environments

    Date 09/09/2013

    While I concur in the concept release, am most appreciative of the staff work, and am largely pleased at the result, this has taken far too long to come to fruition.

  • S&P Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Market Attributes Report

    Date 09/09/2013

    KEY HIGHLIGHTS

    • Except for DJ-UBS Softs, all the sectors posted gains for the month, with the DJ- UBS CI coming in at 3.4%.
    • The DJ-UBS Precious Metals was the best performing sector in August, up 9.3%.
    • DJ-UBS Energy was the second-best performing sector, up 3.1% with petroleum up 3.5%.
    • DJ-UBS Grains rose 2.9% in August, driven by weather conditions and fundamentals, while the DJ-UBS Softs declined 3.3% due to ample crop supplies.