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Tokyo Grain Exchange: SPAN Parameters Effective From October 1, 2012 To October 15, 2012

Date 27/09/2012

The SPAN parameters applicable from October 1, 2012 (Mon) to October 15, 2012 (Mon) is now available on the Japan Commodity Clearing House website at the following URL:  http://www.jcch.co.jp/i/

UK's Financial Services Authority Publishes Six-Monthly Firm Complaints Data For The First Half Of 2012

Date 27/09/2012

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published the latest data showing that complaints to financial services firms increased by 59% - largely driven by PPI.

ASIC: Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited Pays $52,000 Infringement Notice Penalty

Date 27/09/2012

Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited (Credit Suisse) has paid a penalty of $52,000 to ASIC in order to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel, for having erroneously initiated a Credit Suisse trading strategy with an instruction to purchase ordinary shares in Celamin Holdings NL into the incorrect Trading System within Credit Suisse's Automated Order Processing System.

CFTC’s Division Of Clearing And Risk Issues Extension Of Time For Compliance From Certain Pre-Trade Screening Requirements

Date 26/09/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today announced an extension of time for compliance in order to provide additional time for market participants to coordinate on the communication of limits for give-ups and bunched orders for futures and swaps. This extension of time is intended to provide sufficient time to transition to fully compliant pre-trade screening no later than June 1, 2013.

BM&FBOVESPA Begins Trading In The S&P 500 Futures Contract - This Is The First Derivative Of A U.S. Stock Index Traded On The Brazilian Exchange, Easing Local Investors’ Access To A Global Market Product

Date 26/09/2012

On Monday, October 01, BM&FBOVESPA will begin trading in the S&P 500 futures contract settled in cash to the price of the S&P 500 Index futures contract, listed and traded on CME, a CME Group exchange. This is the first futures contract traded on the Brazilian Exchange to reference a U.S. stock index.

U.S. Agencies Reopen Comment Period On Swap Margin And Capital Proposed Rulemaking

Date 26/09/2012

Five federal agencies on Wednesday reopened the comment period on a proposed rule to establish margin and capital requirements for swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants for which one of the agencies is the prudential regulator, as required by sections 731 and 764 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The comment period--which originally ended July 11, 2011--was reopened to November 26, 2012, to allow interested persons more time to analyze the issues and prepare their comments in light of the consultative document on margin requirements for noncentrally-cleared derivatives recently published for comment by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions.

European Parliament: Financial Trading Rules: Economic Affairs Committee MEPs Outline Reform Plan

Date 26/09/2012

Investors would have to be offered financial products that are tailored to their needs, and so they should be less likely to be misled, under new uniform trading rules unanimously approved by the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Wednesday. These rules, in proposed updates to the EU directive and regulation on markets in financial instruments, would apply to almost all such instruments and almost all market players.

Direct Edge Market Data Notice #12-05: Edge Routed Liquidity Report Available October 1, 2012

Date 26/09/2012

As announced in Market Data Notice #12-04, Direct Edge^® will introduce a new, innovative data product that provides unique insight into trading opportunities on EDGA Exchange, Inc. (EDGA^®) and EDGX Exchange, Inc. (EDGX^®) called the Edge Routed Liquidity Report^SM. The Edge Routed Liquidity Report will launch on Monday, October 1, 2012.  

Irish Stock Exchange Chief Calls For Irish Enterprise Policy To Stimulate Next Generation Of Global Irish Businesses

Date 26/09/2012

• High level of start-ups not matched by companies growing into large-scale Irish enterprises
• Policy should aim to build at least 5 to 10 companies to scale with a value of more than €1 billion over the next 5 years 
• Entrepreneurs should be encouraged to consider IPOs as well as trade sales Wednesday 26th September 2012   

ESMA Publishes The Responses To The Consultation On The Treatment Of Repurchase And Reverse Repurchase Agreements

Date 26/09/2012

To view the responses, please click here.