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Federal Reserve Issues FOMC Statement

Date 26/09/2018

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a strong rate. Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has stayed low. Household spending and business fixed investment have grown strongly. On a 12-month basis, both overall inflation and inflation for items other than food and energy remain near 2 percent. Indicators of longer-term inflation expectations are little changed, on balance.

Federal Reserve Board And Federal Open Market Committee Release Economic Projections From The September 25-26 FOMC Meeting

Date 26/09/2018

The attached table and charts released on Wednesday summarize the economic projections and the target federal funds rate projections made by Federal Open Market Committee participants for the September 25-26 meeting.

ESMA Updates Its EMIR Q&A

Date 26/09/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&A regarding the implementation of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). 

CFTC Charges Brooklyn Resident Yehuda L. Belsky With Binary Options Fraud, Violating A Prior CFTC Order And Making False Statements To The CFTC - CFTC Also Charges Belsky With Acting As An Unregistered Commodity Trading Advisor

Date 26/09/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging Yehuda L. Belsky of Brooklyn, New York, and his firm Y Trading, LLC (Y Trading) with solicitation fraud in connection with binary options trading.  The CFTC Complaint also charges Belsky with making false statements to the CFTC about his binary options trading and failing to register with the CFTC as a Commodity Trading Advisor, as required.  According to the Complaint, Belsky solicited at least $1,258,000 from at least 14 customers to purportedly trade binary options on their behalf.

ESMA Updates Q&A On MiFIR Data Reporting

Date 26/09/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&As regarding data reporting under the Market in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).

SEC Proposes Amendments To Codify Exemption To Credit Rating Agency Rule

Date 26/09/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has voted to propose rule amendments to codify an existing temporary exemption for credit rating agencies registered with the Commission as nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs). 

CFTC Open Meeting Cancelled

Date 26/09/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Open Meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 27, 2018 has been cancelled. The matters under consideration were resolved through the Commission’s seriatim process.

Thomson Reuters And Moody’s Analytics Partner On IFRS9 SPPI Solution For Fixed-Income Investors

Date 26/09/2018

SEC Charges Firm With Deficient Cybersecurity Procedures

Date 26/09/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a Des Moines-based broker-dealer and investment adviser has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges related to its failures in cybersecurity policies and procedures surrounding a cyber intrusion that compromised personal information of thousands of customers.

TP ICAP Announces New London Headquarters

Date 26/09/2018

TP ICAP, the world’s largest interdealer broker, is today pleased to announce that it has signed a commercial lease with British Land to create a new London headquarters at 135 Bishopsgate, Broadgate, EC2.