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Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Report For 27 January 2017

Date 27/01/2017

A total turnover of 990.584 million shares worth N18.823 billion in 14,917 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.340 billion shares valued at N8.903 billion that exchanged hands last week in 15,733 deals.

CFTC Charges Florida Residents Anthony J. Klatch II And Lindsey Heim, Along With Their Company Assurance Capital Management, LLC, With Fraud And Misappropriation - Defendants Allegedly Defrauded More Than $556,000 From At Least 11 Investors In Multiple Investment Schemes - Klatch Was Charged With Wire Fraud In A Related Criminal Action In The U.S. District Court For The Middle District Of Florida

Date 27/01/2017

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a federal enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Anthony J. Klatch II (Klatch), Lindsey Heim, and their company Assurance Capital Management, LLC (ACM), all of Tampa, Florida, charging them with fraud, misappropriation, and the issuance of false statements in connection with a commodity pool they operated that traded commodity futures contracts and options on futures contracts.

TOM MTF Statistics Week 04, 2017

Date 27/01/2017

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MGEX Reports Five Consecutive Open Interest Records

Date 27/01/2017

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), has recorded the highest open interest total ever following Thursday’s activity with 88,922 contracts, making it the 5th-consecutive record this week.

Chief Operating Officer Jeffery Heslop To Leave SEC

Date 27/01/2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced SEC Chief Operating Officer Jeffery Heslop will leave the agency in February.

CFTC Acting Chairman Giancarlo Announces Amir Zaidi As Director Of The Division Of Market Oversight - Acting Chairman Also Appoints Vincent McGonagle As Acting Director Of The Division Of Enforcement, Jeffrey Bandman To Be Advisor On FinTech, And John Lawton As Acting Director Of The Division Of Clearing And Risk

Date 27/01/2017

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo today announced several staff changes at the Commission. Giancarlo has appointed Amir Zaidi to lead the Division of Market Oversight (DMO). Further, the Acting Chairman appointed Vincent McGonagle as the Acting Director for the Division of Enforcement (DOE). In addition, Jeffrey Bandman will step down from his role as Acting Director of the Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) to become an advisor on issues related to Financial Technology (FinTech). John Lawton, a 36-year employee of the Commission, has taken over as Acting Director of DCR.

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Bulletin: Civil Money Penalties: Final Rule Adjusting Civil Money Penalties For Inflation

Date 27/01/2017

Summary

On January 27, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published in the Federal Register the attached final rule amending its rules of practice and procedure for national banks (12 CFR 19) and federal savings associations (12 CFR 109) to adjust the maximum amount of each civil money penalty (CMP) within its jurisdiction, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Adjustment Act). The effective date of this final rule is January 27, 2017, and the adjusted maximum amounts apply only to penalties assessed after January 15, 2017, for violations that occurred on or after November 2, 2015.

Fund Firms Select Confluence RegTech Solution To Meet Onerous SEC Modernization Challenges - Unity NXT™ Regulatory Reporting Platform Provides Consistency And Control In Data Reporting Through Integration, Aggregation And Reusability

Date 27/01/2017

Confluence, the global leader in investment data management automation, today announced that the first four clients have licensed Confluence’s Unity NXT Regulatory Reporting platform to manage end-to-end filing processes for the new and onerous regulatory reporting requirements imposed by the SEC Investment Company Reporting Modernization rules. Following the announcement of the final rules in October of 2016, Confluence has seen unprecedented urgency in the market to solve the data-intensive reporting challenges imposed by Form N-PORT and Form N-CEN to ensure preparedness well in advance of the initial filing deadlines in 2018.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Trading Report - 27 January, 2017

Date 27/01/2017

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BM&FBOVESPA: Investment In Latin American Exchanges – Purchase Of Equity Stake In Bolsa De Valores De Lima

Date 27/01/2017

Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (“BM&FBOVESPA”) informs that it reached an equity stake of 8.59% in Lima Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Lima – BVL) through acquisitions carried out in the exchange market, in an investment of 50.7 million of Nuevos Soles Peruanos (approximately R$49 million). With this investment, BM&FBOVESPA became the largest shareholder of BVL.