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CFTC Orders Benjamin Hutchen, Formerly Of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, To Pay A $300,000 Civil Monetary Penalty For Engaging In Unlawful Noncompetitive Futures Trades - CFTC Also Suspends Hutchen’s Registration For A Four-Month Period

Date 27/11/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order filing and settling charges that Benjamin Hutchen arranged the unlawful execution of numerous noncompetitive futures trades over an 18-month period, which constituted “fictitious sales” and resulted in the reporting of non-bona fide prices in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and a CFTC regulation. Hutchen, of Winnetka, Ill., was at the time of these violations a managing director and branch manager of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (Morgan Stanley), a futures commission merchant (FCM).
ISDA Asia Ex-Japan Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee: GTL Infrastructure Limited Restructuring Credit Event

Date 27/11/2012

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), today announced that its Asia Ex-Japan Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee resolved that a Restructuring Credit Event occurred in respect of GTL Infrastructure Limited.
Direct Edge Trading Notice #12-57: Retail Order Designation Pricing For EDGX

Date 27/11/2012

As announced in Direct Edge Trading Notice #12-53, Direct Edge will introduce a new Retail Order designation for Members that submit orders to EDGX Exchange (EDGX^®) on behalf of their retail customers. This new functionality will be available on EDGX effective Monday, December 17, 2012.
Margin Requirements On Non-Centrally Cleared Swaps Could Increase Risk, According To ISDA Analysis - Association Issues Margin Analysis And Urges Regulators To Resolve Extraterritoriality Issues

Date 27/11/2012

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), today published an analysis of initial margin (IM) requirements for non-centrally cleared OTC derivatives under current regulatory proposals.
NYSE Euronext to Host the 2012 NYSE Russia Day with Half-day Conference at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 - Conference Participants To Ring The NYSE Closing Bell Include: Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister Of The Russian Federation - Alexander Voloshin, Head Of Moscow International Financial Center Task Force - Olga Dergunova, Head Of The Federal Property Management Agency Of The Russian Federation - Alexei Moiseev, Deputy Finance Minister Of The Russian Federation - Igor Zyuzin, Chairman Of Mechel (NYSE: MTL)- Andrei Dubovskov, CEO Of Mobile Telesystems “MTS” (NYSE: MBT)

Date 27/11/2012

Leading business executives, investors, and government officials led by Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation will visit the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the 2012 NYSE Russia Day on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Hosted in conjunction with Vnesheconombank (VEB) and supported by Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Cleary Gottlieb, BNY Mellon and Bloomberg TV, the half-day conference will offer insights into Russia’s economic outlook, investment opportunities, capital markets and privatization program.

World Federation Of Exchanges Urges International Regulatory Bodies To Modify Capital Standards For Exchange Traded Derivatives In Support Of G20 Reforms

Date 27/11/2012

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), representing 59 publicly regulated stock, futures, and options exchanges and associated clearinghouses, today called on international regulatory bodies to modify capital standards to appropriately reflect the liquidity and efficiency of exchange traded derivative (ETD) markets. In a letter to the Financial Stability Board and other policy organizations, WFE encouraged global standard setting bodies to demonstrate continued support for the G20 commitments to bring greater transparency and central clearing to derivative markets by ensuring that the costs of ETD markets are not unnecessarily increased.
NASDAQ OMX Becomes First North American Exchange To Join The United Nations Global Compact

Date 27/11/2012

Today The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. announced it has joined the United Nations Global Compact. The announcement was made at the Global Compact's 3^rdLEAD Symposium being hosted at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, New York City.
Montreal Exchange Achieves New Trading Volume Record On CGB® Ten-Year Government Of Canada Bond Futures

Date 27/11/2012

TMX Group Limited today announced that Montréal Exchange achieved a record of 369,761 contracts traded on the Ten-Year Government of Canada Bond Futures contract (CGB) on November 26, 2012, which surpassed the previous record of 368,697 contracts traded that was established on May 24, 2007.
CFTC Charges Connecticut Resident Feisal Sharif With Operating A $5.4 Million Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme And Misappropriating At Least $900,000 Of Pool Participants’ Funds - In A Related Criminal Action Filed In September, The U.S. Attorney For The State Of Connecticut Charged Sharif With Wire Fraud

Date 27/11/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action charging defendant Feisal Sharif of Branford, Conn., with operating a commodity pool Ponzi scheme that solicited approximately $5.4 million from at least 50 people to invest in a commodity pool named First Financial, LLC. Sharif allegedly misappropriated at least $900,000 of pool participants’ funds, using the funds to pay personal expenses and purchase gifts. The CFTC complaint also charges Sharif with failing to register as a Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) of First Financial.
SEC Charges Four India-Based Brokerage Firms With Violating U.S. Registration Requirements

Date 27/11/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged four financial services firms based in India for providing brokerage services to institutional investors in the United States without being registered with the SEC as required under the federal securities laws.