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Deutsche Bank Opens Innovation Lab In New York City

Date 21/03/2017

Deutsche Bank announced today that it has opened an innovation lab in New York City, its fourth globally.

Thomson Reuters And SAP Team To Help Businesses Manage Compliance And Third-Party Risk Challenges - Integration Of World-Check Data With SAP® Business Partner Screening Offers Organizations Improved Vigilance Across The Globe

Date 21/03/2017

Thomson Reuters is collaborating with SAP to allow its World-Check content to be available to customers within the SAP® Business Partner Screening application. The aim is to help organizations better manage their third-party compliance and risk challenges.

Preet Bharara To Join NYU Law

Date 21/03/2017

NYU School of Law has announced that Preet Bharara will join the Law School as a distinguished scholar in residence on April 1, 2017. Bharara comes to NYU Law at the conclusion of his tenure as United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, one of the longest for anyone holding that position. As US attorney, Bharara brought a number of public corruption prosecutions against politicians working at the city and state levels, notably the speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver and State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. He also oversaw many prosecutions of financial crimes, including numerous insider trading charges and the case against Bernie Madoff and his associates, as well as suits against Bank of America and Citibank growing out of the financial crisis. Under his leadership, the US attorney’s office secured a record-setting $1.2 billion financial penalty from Toyota in an agreement that installed an independent monitor to oversee the company’s public statements and safety reporting. In addition, the office during Bharara’s tenure extended its long history of successful national security prosecutions, addressing terrorism, international arms and drug trafficking, and evolving cybersecurity threats.

Canadian Securities Regulators Announce Climate Change Disclosure Review Project

Date 21/03/2017

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today announced a project to review the disclosure of risks and financial impacts associated with climate change. The project will gather information on the current state of climate change disclosure in Canada and internationally, and will include consultation with investors and reporting issuers.

Moscow Exchange: Xi Parameter Change For Non-Principal Futures

Date 21/03/2017

As per p.8 of Principal and non-principal futures listing Methodology (approved by NCC Management Board 29 May 2014) on 21/03/2017, 19-00 (MSK) Xi parameter for non-principal futures was changed:

Thomson Reuters Completes Clarient And Avox Acquisitions Creating Best-In-Class KYC And Legal Entity Data Due Diligence Standards - Acquisitions Strengthen Thomson Reuters Relationship With DTCC, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, State Street And Other Clients For Compliance Solutions That Enable Them And Their Customers To Conduct Global Business.

Date 21/03/2017

Thomson Reuters has completed its acquisitions of Clarient Global LLC and Avox Limited, expanding its risk-management footprint and its ability to provide a best-in-class standard of customer solutions by integrating both businesses into its portfolio of risk management, compliance and data offerings. 

FINRA Seeks Comment On Its Engagement Programs - Part Of New Initiative To Evaluate Various Aspects Of Operations And Programs

Date 21/03/2017

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued a Special Notice seeking comment on how to enhance its programs for engagement with its members and other stakeholders, with particular focus on FINRA’s advisory and ad hoc committees, rulemaking process, member relations programs, and the information it provides regarding its programs and operations.

MIAX Options - New Order Functionality For Simple And Complex Orders

Date 21/03/2017

MIAX Options will introduce new Order functionality as detailed below:

• Mandatory Usage of MIAX Options Simple Order Monitor Protections
  • If your Firm has not already done so, the following values must be set:
    • Maximum Order Size Protection
    • Maximum Open Order Protection
    • Maximum Open Contract Protection

Bats Welcomes Saba Capital Management As A New Issuer To The Bats ETF Marketplace - 28 Issuers, 157 Funds Now Listed On Bats In The U.S.

Date 21/03/2017

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company, and a leading market for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading globally, today welcomed Saba Capital Management, L.P., (‘Saba’) as a new issuer to the Bats ETF Marketplace.

CFTC Refuses Registrations Of Georgia-Based Zero Chaos Advisors, LLC And Ronald Edward Fisher - Zero Chaos Advisors And Fisher Are Prohibited From Registering With The CFTC, Acting In Exempt Capacities, Or Acting As Principals, Agents, Officers, Or Employees Of Registrants

Date 21/03/2017

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Opinion and Order (Order) refusing registration with the CFTC for Zero Chaos Advisors, LLC (Zero Chaos) and Ronald Edward Fisher. Additionally, Zero Chaos and Fisher agree never to apply for CFTC registration or claim exemption from registration; and never to engage in any activity requiring registration with the CFTC, or act as a principal, agent, officer, or employee of any person registered or required to be registered with the CFTC. Fisher is a Georgia resident, and Zero Chaos has its principal place of business in Brookhaven, Georgia. Fisher is Zero Chaos’s founder, sole shareholder, and president.