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SEC Obtains $30 Million From Traders Who Profited On Hacked News Releases - Litigation Continues Against 32 Other Defendants In Alleged $100 Million Scheme

Date 14/09/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Ukrainian-based Jaspen Capital Partners Limited and CEO Andriy Supranonok have agreed to pay $30 million to settle allegations they profited from trading on non-public corporate information hacked from newswire services.

CFTC Agricultural Advisory Committee To Meet On September 22, 2015

Date 14/09/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at the Commission’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The meeting will focus on topics related to speculative position limits for agricultural commodities and other agricultural market matters.

BNY Mellon Explores The Sources Of Growth In The World's Four Largest Economies - Has The Post-Crisis Slump Lured Investors Into Premature Pessimism?

Date 14/09/2015

In its second white paper on the world's four largest economies, BNY Mellon, a leading global investments company, cautions against "premature pessimism", arguing that it is too soon to conclude that global growth will disappoint over the rest of this decade.

Saudi Stock Exchange Announces That Some Members Have Experienced Disruption In Communication With Their Telecommunication Providers

Date 14/09/2015

The Saudi Stock Exchange would like to announce that five members and four data providers have encountered connectivity issues caused by disruption in communication links with their telecommunication service providers. 

Recognos Reference Data Center To Transform Critical Mutual Fund Data Into Actionable Insight - New Data Utility To Remove Manual Processing And Increase Accuracy Of Data For Fund Families And Intermediaries

Date 14/09/2015

Recognos Financial, the premier provider of semantic data analysis for the financial services industry, today launched the Recognos Reference Data Center for Mutual Funds (RDC). The RDC is an industry utility designed to provide participants and their clients with all the mutual fund information necessary to support their business from start to finish. It acts not only as a central repository for documents relating to all U.S. based open-ended mutual funds, but transforms the unstructured data in these documents into actionable and verifiable insight using Recognos Financials’ proprietary semantic technology.

CFTC Financial Data For Futures Commission Merchants Update

Date 14/09/2015

This information has recently been updated, and is now available.

http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/FinancialDataforFCMs/index.htm

EEX New Participants German Intraday Cap Future

Date 14/09/2015

The following participants have been admitted to exchange trading for German Intraday Cap Future:

Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH

RWE Supply & Trading GmbH

U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks At Press Conference With Attorney General Michael Lauber Of Switzerland

Date 14/09/2015

Thank you all for coming and thank you for having me here today.  The IAP (International Association of Prosecutors) is a tremendous organization that brings together the world’s prosecutors to share insights and improve our collective ability to enforce criminal laws effectively and justly.  I want to thank Attorney General [Michael] Lauber in particular for his partnership and for inviting me to participate in this wonderful conference.

EEX Approved As Registered Reporting Mechanism

Date 14/09/2015

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has officially been approved as Registered Reporting Mechanism by the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) on 11 September 2015. EEX will also serve as RRM for other exchanges of the EEX Group: Gaspoint Nordic and Powernext. The authorisation as an RRM is a prerequisite for offering data reporting services to market participants in the context of the Regulation on Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT).

Stockfuse Launches Global Markets Insight Game With Barclays - Bank Leverages Gamification And Machine Learning Techniques To Tap Into A Diverse Talent Pool, Whilst Also Providing Students With The Opportunity To Gain Knowledge Of Financial Markets

Date 14/09/2015

Following its time on the Barclays Accelerator programme, Stockfuse, a revolutionary candidate evaluation and talent development platform, today announced that Barclays has selected it to power the first ever Barclays Markets Insight Game as part of its graduate recruitment campaign. By taking part in the game, a total of 18 individuals will have an opportunity to meet with Barclays executives from around the world and be mentored about career opportunities at the bank. Barclays is taking an innovative approach to its global graduate recruitment, expanding the talent pool, improving efficiency, and introducing a “fun factor” to help students increase their commercial awareness and help inform their career choices.