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EEX, ECC, OMIP And OMIClear To Cooperate In Trade Registration Of Power Derivatives

Date 12/12/2013

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and its subsidiary European Commodity Clearing (ECC) have agreed with OMIP, the Iberian energy derivatives exchange, and OMIClear, its Iberian energy clearing house, to cooperate in trade registration of power derivatives and cross-list their products.

CFTC Charges Direct Investment Products, Inc. And Its Principal, Alexander Glytenko, With Commodity Pool Fraud And Misappropriation

Date 12/12/2013

• The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil enforcement action charging Carlsbad, California-based Direct Investment Products, Inc. (DIP) and its principal, Alexander Glytenko, with fraudulently soliciting approximately $3.9 million from approximately 761 individuals residing in Russia and various former republics of the former Soviet Union to trade futures, among other products, through a commodity pool known as DIP Capital Partners (the Pool) and misappropriating at least $464,000 of the pool participant funds.

Thomson Reuters Global Equities Monthly Market Share Data Updated To Reflect November 2013 Activity

Date 12/12/2013

The Thomson Reuters Monthly Market Share data has been updated to include November data. 

Lithuanian Presidency Of The Council Of The European Union Reaches Political Agreement On Bank Resolution Rules

Date 12/12/2013

In a major step for the Banking Union, the Lithuanian Presidency has on December 11 in Strasbourg reached a political agreement with the European Parliament on the directive setting out the bank resolution rules and paving way for the creation of the Single Resolution Mechanism.

Testimony Of US Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew Before The House Financial Services Committee

Date 12/12/2013

Chairman Hensarling, Ranking Member Waters, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today.

There are signs that economic conditions are improving in most advanced economies, led by the United States. Despite political headwinds, our economy has been steadily growing. Over the past 45 months, our businesses have created more than 8 million jobs. While we are moving in the right direction, we have more to do to create jobs, accelerate growth and put our economy on a firmer foundation.

Green Key Technologies Awarded OTC Matching Algorithm Patent

Date 12/12/2013

Green Key Technologies, a financial markets technology solutions provider, announced today that the United States Patent Office has awarded the company a patent for the design of their OTC liquidity allocation process called “Decline Ratio Matching”.

NASDAQ OMX NLX Wins FOW International Award For Best New Exchange 2013

Date 12/12/2013

NLX has been announced as winner of the FOW International Award for Best New Exchange 2013.

IntercontinentalExchange Update On Transition Of Liffe To ICE Futures Exchanges And ICE Platform

Date 12/12/2013

• ICE to retain matching engine in UK data centre, use Liffe pro-rata matching algorithm for interest rate contracts
• Liffe US interest rate contracts to transition to Europe, centralising ICE's global interest rate offering in London
• ICE Clear Europe to report ICE and Liffe exchange traded derivatives to ICE's European trade repository, ICE Trade Vault Europe

World Federation Of Exchanges (WFE) Launches Global Cyber Security Committee - Committee Will Identify And Communicate Global Information Security Best Practices In The Protection Of Market Infrastructures - Mark Graff, Chief Information Security Officer Of NASDAQ OMX, To Be Inaugural Chair - Founding Committee Includes Representation From Dozens Of Exchanges Across The Globe

Date 12/12/2013

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) announced today the launch of the exchange industry's first cyber security committee with a mission to aid in the protection of the global capital markets. The working group will bring together representation a number of exchanges and clearinghouses across the globe, to collaborate on best practices in global security.

One Arrested In UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Insider Dealing Investigation

Date 12/12/2013

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) with the assistance of the North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire Police has this morning executed a search warrant in Harrogate. One male, aged 49, has been arrested and is currently in custody to be questioned in connection with an investigation into Insider Dealing and Market Abuse.