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GPW Modifies Exchange Indices

Date 16/08/2016

• The Warsaw Stock Exchange will publish its sector sub-indices on a continuous basis every 60 seconds as of 1 October 2016.
  
• The classification of companies in the dividend index will be modified as of 16 December 2016.

SEC: Former Goldman Sachs Trader Settles Fraud Charges

Date 16/08/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the former head trader in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) at Goldman Sachs has agreed to be barred from the securities industry and pay $400,000 to settle charges that he repeatedly misled customers and caused them to pay higher prices.  

trueEX Introduces Execution Of Brazilian Real Swaps Cleared At CME Group

Date 16/08/2016

trueEX, the innovative global interest rate swap trading platform, has built a solution to provide execution for Brazilian Real (BRL) interest rate swaps cleared at CME Group. The launch follows CME Group’s Q4 2015 launch of BRL interest rate swaps clearing, which has cleared more than 250 billion Real in notional from 25 market participants.

Statement Of CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad On Release Of Reports On CCP Resilience, Recovery And Resolution

Date 16/08/2016

I welcome the documents published today by the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), as well as by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), on issues related to clearinghouse resiliency and recovery and resolution planning.

U.S. Corporate Issuance Up In July, CUSIP Requests Show Municipal Requests Decline 30% Largely Due To State Fiscal Timing

Date 16/08/2016

CUSIP Global Services (CGS) today announced the release of its CUSIP Issuance Trends Report for July 2016. The report, which tracks the issuance of new security identifiers as an early indicator of debt and capital markets activity, shows an increase in corporate requests but a drop in municipal requests.

CFTC Restricts Registration of Steven A. Cohen Based on Failure to Supervise

Date 16/08/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it filed a Notice of Intent (Notice) to revoke, suspend, or place restrictions on the registration of Steven A. Cohen (Cohen) of Greenwich, Connecticut. The CFTC simultaneously issued an Opinion and Order (CFTC Order) accepting Cohen’s Offer of Settlement and settling the action. The CFTC Order immediately restricted Cohen’s registration as an Associated Person (AP) of SAC Capital Advisors, L.P. (SAC LP). Additionally, pursuant to the Order, Cohen agreed not to engage in any activity requiring registration with the CFTC or to act as an officer or employee of any person registered or required to be registered with the CFTC until at least December 31, 2017, contemporaneous with the restriction end date set forth in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) order of January 8, 2016 (SEC Order).

Presentation By HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li At A Media Briefing On Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect

Date 16/08/2016

Click here to download a presentation by HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li at a media briefing on Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect.

TABB Group - NEW Equities Data: Off-Exchange Percentage Hits 6-Year High

Date 16/08/2016

According to the July 2016 TABB Equities LiquidityMatrix™ (ELM) – available on TabbFORUM.com – Off-exchange market share in July 2016 increased 2% month-over-month to 38.3%, the highest off-exchange market share since April 2010. TABB Group equities research analyst Valerie Bogard, who authors the ELM, says that during the same period, the VIX average close decreased 17.8 to 13.2, the lowest in 2 years.

HKEX Set For Another Step Forward In Mutual Market Access

Date 16/08/2016

Following today' joint announcement  by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) will work with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (ChinaClear) and other relevant parties to establish mutual stock market access between Shenzhen and Hong Kong (Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect) and abolish the aggregate quota under Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect.

BSO Drives International Network Performance Management Across Multiple-Carrier Connections With Accedian - State-Of-The-Art Network Monitoring Technology Empowers Operator To Optimize Low-Latency Connectivity For Financial Exchanges

Date 16/08/2016

BSO, the global Ethernet network, cloud and hosting provider, announces it has partnered with Accedian, the end-to-end network performance experts, to enhance network monitoring capabilities and improve client services.