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MGEX To Present At Juice Products Association Fall Business Meeting

Date 24/07/2012

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), will hold a pre-meeting workshop, Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) Futures 101, in conjunction with the Juice Products Association (JPA) Fall Business Meeting. The MGEX event will be held Sunday, October 14, 2012 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., followed by the JPA Fall Business Meeting on October 15 and 16 at The InterContinental Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia.  

Statement of Support On Swap Transaction Compliance And Implementation Schedule – Clearing Requirement - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 24/07/2012

I support the final rule to establish a schedule to phase in compliance with the clearing requirement provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Rogge Global Partners Selects MSCI’s BarraOne For Its Fixed Income Portfolio Risk

Date 24/07/2012

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide and Rogge Global Partners, one of the longest established Global Fixed Income managers, announced today that Rogge has selected BarraOne as its risk platform for its Fixed Income portfolios.

CFTC Approves Regulations To Phase In Compliance With Clearing Requirements Of The Dodd-Frank Act

Date 24/07/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today approved final regulations that establish a schedule to phase in compliance with new clearing requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). The final rule will phase in the clearing requirement based on the type of market participant entering into swaps subject to the clearing requirement. The compliance schedule does not prohibit any type of market participant from voluntarily complying with the clearing requirement sooner than the compliance deadline. Moreover, the compliance schedule will be used at the Commission’s discretion when it believes that phasing is appropriate and needed by market participants.

ESMA Makes Available An Audio Recording Of The Open Hearing On EMIR

Date 24/07/2012

On 12 July 2012, ESMA organised a Public Hearing on draft technical standards on EMIR. ESMA today makes available the audio of the hearing on the Post Trading page.

CFTC Seeks To Revoke Registrations Of Brian Kim And His Company, Liquid Capital Management, LLC

Date 24/07/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it filed a notice of intent to revoke the registrations of Brian Kim and Liquid Capital Management, LLC (LCM). LCM is a registered Commodity Pool Operator and Commodity Trading Advisor. Kim is registered as an Associated Person of LCM and is the sole principal of LCM.

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission Proposes To Enhance The Regulatory Framework For Electronic Trading

Date 24/07/2012

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has begun today a two-month public consultation on proposals to enhance the regulatory framework for electronic trading, which includes internet trading, direct market access (DMA) and algorithmic trading. 

CFTC Proposes Clearing Determination For Certain Credit Default Swaps And Interest Rate Swaps - Commission Proposes The First Swaps To Be Cleared

Date 24/07/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today proposed new rules to require certain credit default swaps (CDS) and interest rate swaps to be cleared by registered derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs). The proposed rule is the first clearing determination by the Commission under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Under the proposed rules, market participants would be required to submit a swap that is identified in the rule for clearing by a DCO as soon as technologically practicable and no later than the end of the day of execution. The proposed rule will be open for public comment after the rule has been published in the Federal Register, and the comment period will be open for 30 days.

Maple And TMX Group Announce That Final Notice Of Change Has Been Issued

Date 24/07/2012

• Maple transaction is proceeding
• Recognition orders in place with securities regulators
• “No-action letter” received from Competition Bureau
• TMX Group shareholders urged to tender their shares  immediately to the Maple offer before it expires at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on July 31, 2012

AMF Sets Out Rules Applicable To Complaint Handling, Market Surveys, Takeover Bids And Prospectuses

Date 24/07/2012

The ministerial order of 14 June 2012 approving amendments to Books II and III of the AMF GeneralRegulation was published in the Official Journal of the French Republic dated 11 July 2012. As a result, the AMF is setting out the new provisions and the timetable for their implementation.