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CFTC Charges Alan James Watson, Michael S. Potts And Cash Flow Financial LLC With Defrauding Customers In $45 Million Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme - Federal Court Freezes Defendants’ Assets And Prohibits Destruction Of Books And Records

Date 15/03/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan charging defendants Alan James Watson and Cash Flow Financial LLC (CFF), both of Clinton Township, Mich., and Michael S. Potts of Mountville, Pa., with fraudulently soliciting and accepting at least $45 million from more than 600 individuals and entities to participate in a commodity pool to trade commodity futures contracts and securities. None of the defendants has ever been registered with the CFTC.

TMX Group MiG Report For February 2011 Is Now Available

Date 15/03/2011

The Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange MiG Report for February 2011 is now available.

FIA Elects Directors And Officers

Date 15/03/2011

The Futures Industry Association today announced the election of board directors at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Following the election, the new board elected the association’s officers and public directors. All directors will serve two-year terms unless otherwise noted. 

KCBT Raises Minimum Margins For HRW Wheat Futures Contract

Date 15/03/2011

The Kansas City Board of Trade has raised its minimum margins for the hard red winter wheat futures contract and wheat calendar swaps.

FIA Announces Go-Forward Strategy

Date 15/03/2011

In light of the ongoing structural changes prescribed by the Dodd-Frank Act and global regulatory reform, the Futures Industry Association announced today that it will implement a set of incremental and logical changes to its current activities to more effectively serve the financial services industry.  FIA will expand its focus to include the swap clearing activities of its members and strengthen its global presence to help promote best practices and standardization in core international markets. 

Federal Open Market Committee Statement

Date 15/03/2011

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that the economic recovery is on a firmer footing, and overall conditions in the labor market appear to be improving gradually. Household spending and business investment in equipment and software continue to expand. However, investment in nonresidential structures is still weak, and the housing sector continues to be depressed. Commodity prices have risen significantly since the summer, and concerns about global supplies of crude oil have contributed to a sharp run-up in oil prices in recent weeks. Nonetheless, longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable, and measures of underlying inflation have been subdued.

BM&FBOVESPA Breaks Co-Location Trading And Financial Volume Records In The Bovespa Segment - Institutional Investors Have The Largest Participation, At 39.6% Of The Total

Date 15/03/2011

Individual investors had a 10.3% share of the volume of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) traded on BM&FBOVESPA in February.

“Interconnectedness” - Keynote Address Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton To The 13th Annual Structured Trade And Finance In The Americas Conference

Date 15/03/2011

Introduction

Good morning. It is a real pleasure to be with you today. I was thinking about this speech which on your programs you will see was titled “Financial Tides,” but in light of the Japanese earthquakes and the tsunami that followed, I wondered if I should change the title and the speech out of an abundance of caution for good taste. After all, the earthquake and tsunami appear to be the toughest thing to hit that island nation since World War II. It is going to require a massive rebuilding. Therefore, I have changed the speech, I won’t be talking about tides today with any metaphors or analogies, but I am nevertheless going to talk a little about the disaster—which of course continues.

Athens Exchange Derivatives Market Monthly Statistical Bulletin February 2011

Date 15/03/2011

Click here to download Athens Exchange Derivatives Market's monthly statistical bulletin for February 2011

ELX Announces Plans To List European Interest-Rate Futures Using Maker-Taker And Taker-Maker Pricing Models

Date 15/03/2011

ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX), a leading electronic futures exchange, announced today that it will move forward with launch plans to trade competitive interest-rate products from NYSE Liffe and Eurex using the maker-taker and taker-maker pricing models, bringing enhanced technology, competitive pricing and market structure innovation to challenge an expanding monopoly structure.