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MAR Guidelines On Commodity Derivatives Now Available In All EU Languages

Date 17/01/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today the official translations of its final guidelines on commodity derivatives under the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

CFTC Orders CNCGC Hong Kong Ltd. To Pay A $150,000 Penalty For Call Cotton Reporting Violations - On 53 occasions, CNCGC HK Failed To File Required Form 304 Reports, And On Two Occasions The Firm Filed Late Form 304 Reports

Date 17/01/2017

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against CNCGC Hong Kong Ltd. (CNCGC HK), an investment and trading company headquartered in Hong Kong, for failing to file required CFTC Form 304 Cotton On-Call Reports, reporting its call cotton purchases and sales when it held or controlled at least one hundred (100) cotton futures positions, and for filing late Form 304 reports on two occasions.

Dalian Commodity Exchange New Year’s Message

Date 17/01/2017

On Behalf of Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), I would like to extend the New Year’s greetings to the member units and market participants, and express our heartfelt thanks to all our friends for their support.

CME Group Clears Daily Record 1 Trillion In Mexican Peso Interest Rate Swaps

Date 17/01/2017

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced today that it cleared a record 1 trillion in Mexican peso (MXN) interest rate swaps in a single day, January 12, 2017, an equivalent of more than $47 billion in notional value.  January 12 cleared notional surpassed the previous record of MXN 659 billion ($32 billion) set on December 16, 2016.

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Allows National Banks And Federal Savings Associations In The District Of Columbia To Close For The Presidential Inauguration

Date 17/01/2017

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued a proclamation allowing national banks and federal savings associations in the District of Columbia to close at their discretion for the Presidential Inauguration.

SEC: BlackRock Charged With Removing Whistleblower Incentives In Separation Agreements

Date 17/01/2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that New York-based asset manager BlackRock Inc. has agreed to pay a $340,000 penalty to settle charges that it improperly used separation agreements in which exiting employees were forced to waive their ability to obtain whistleblower awards.

MGEX Reports Top 25 Daily Volume Record

Date 17/01/2017

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), reports its 25th-best daily volume that occurred on Friday, with a total volume of 18,134.

The British Government's Negotiating Objectives For Exiting The EU: PM Speech

Date 17/01/2017

Prime Minister Theresa May set out the Plan for Britain, including the 12 priorities that the UK government will use to negotiate Brexit.

Speech By Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard, At The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., January 17, 2017, Monetary Policy In A Time Of Uncertainty

Date 17/01/2017

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There are many sources of uncertainty affecting the trajectory of the U.S. economy and, by extension, the appropriate path of monetary policy. In particular, there has been speculation about significant changes to fiscal policy of late, although the magnitude, composition, and timing of any fiscal changes are as yet unknown and will depend on the incoming Administration and the new Congress as well as the vicissitudes of the budgeting process. Even once any changes are enacted, uncertainty will remain about their effects on the overall economy. It thus seems possible that monetary policy could be affected for some time by uncertainty surrounding fiscal policy and its effects on the economy.

FESE European Equity Market Report – December 2016 Figures

Date 17/01/2017

The European Equity Market Report is a piece of analysis that allows for an accurate comparison of trading statistics across European trading venues.