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From Our Man In Boca, Tom Groenfeldt: ICE CEO Explains His Broad, Long-Range Vision

Date 20/03/2013

It’s unlikely that anyone will accuse Jeffrey Sprecher, CEO of ICE, of lacking vision.
DTCC Media Statement On The House Agriculture Committee Passage Of H.R. 742

Date 20/03/2013

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture’s passage of the Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013 (H.R. 742):
Federal Reserve Board And Federal Open Market Committee Release Economic Projections From The March 19-20 FOMC Meeting

Date 20/03/2013

The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Federal Reserve Bank presidents for the March 19-20 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.
SIFMA Statement On Agriculture Committee Passage Of Key Derivatives Reforms

Date 20/03/2013

SIFMA today released the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., acting president and CEO, after the House Agriculture Committee passed several pieces of legislation aimed at amending, clarifying or improving Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act.
FIF Capacity Statistics For February 2013:- One New Record Peak: BATS CHI-X Europe CXE PITCH

Date 20/03/2013

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that BATS CHI-X Europe CXE PITCH was up 50% to a record 99,042 mps over the 1 second interval

CFTC’s Division Of Clearing and Risk Issues Limited No-Action Relief from Required Clearing For Partial Novation And Partial Termination Of Certain Swaps

Date 20/03/2013

The Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk (Division) today issued a no-action letter that provides relief from required clearing for a limited set of “stub swaps” that remain after the partial novation or partial termination of an original swap that was not required to be cleared because it was executed prior to an applicable compliance date for required clearing.
Federal Reserve Issues FOMC Statement

Date 20/03/2013

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests a return to moderate economic growth following a pause late last year. Labor market conditions have shown signs of improvement in recent months but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the housing sector has strengthened further, but fiscal policy has become somewhat more restrictive. Inflation has been running somewhat below the Committee's longer-run objective, apart from temporary variations that largely reflect fluctuations in energy prices. Longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.
CFTC: Federal Court Orders Oregon-based System Capital, LLC And Its President Joshua Wallace To Pay $840,000 For Solicitation Fraud And Making False Statements To The National Futures Association - In A Related Criminal Action, Wallace Pled Guilty To Criminal Commodities Fraud

Date 20/03/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a default judgment and permanent injunction Order against Defendants System Capital, LLC (System Capital) and its founder and president, Joshua Wallace, both of Lake Oswego, Oregon. The Order requires System Capital and Wallace to each pay a $420,000 civil monetary penalty, imposes permanent trading and registration bans against them, and prohibits them from violating the Commodity Exchange Act, as charged.
Slide Presentation (PDF): SEC Staff Review Of Common Financial Reporting Issues Facing Smaller Issuers, 2012 PCAOB Forums On Auditing In The Small Business Environment

Date 20/03/2013

Click here to download the slide presentation od the SEC Staff Review of Common Financial Reporting Issues Facing Smaller Issuers, 2012 PCAOB Forums on Auditing in the Small Business Environment.
CBOE's VIX Options Establish New Single-Day Volume Record

Date 20/03/2013

Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) today reported that options on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® index) established an all-time, single-day volume record, totaling an estimated 1,392,621 contracts. Today's VIX options volume beat the previous record of 1,388,634 contracts traded on February 26, 2013.