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  • Keynote Address By CFTC Chairman Timothy G. Massad Before The Monetary Authority Of Singapore - The Future Of Financial Market Regulation, January 23, 2015

    Date 23/01/2015

    Introduction

    Good morning. I want to thank Lucien for that kind introduction. I also want to thank Ravi Menon and the MAS and the Singapore Academy of Law for inviting me and for organizing this excellent conference. It is a privilege and a pleasure to be here. I am also very pleased to be here with Masa Kono, with whom I spent some time in Tokyo earlier this week, and I look forward to our panel shortly with Ong Chong Tee.

  • SGX Receives Approval From Commodity Futures Trading Commission As Registered Foreign Board Of Trade

    Date 23/01/2015

    Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to receive approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a registered Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT).  The FBOT registration provides legal certainty to U.S. customers  with direct access to SGX’s comprehensive suite of Asian equity derivatives and commodities offerings and trading infrastructure.  SGX was the first in Asia to receive the Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) status from the CFTC in 2013.

  • CFTC Issues Order Of Registration For Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad

    Date 23/01/2015

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) announced today that is has issued an Order of Registration to Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (BMD), a Foreign Board of Trade located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Under the Order, BMD is permitted to provide its identified members or other participants located in the U.S. with direct access to its electronic order entry and trade matching system to trade agricultural commodity, interest rate and security index futures and option contracts.

  • BGC Partners, Inc.: Glass Lewis Recommends GFI Shareholders Vote Against "Flawed And Conflicted" Merger With CME

    Date 22/01/2015

    BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," "the Company," or "BGC"), a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced that Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC ("Glass Lewis"), a leading independent proxy advisory service, has recommended that shareholders of GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: GFIG) ("GFI Group" or "GFI") vote AGAINST the merger agreement with CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) ("CME") at the special meeting of GFI shareholders scheduled for January 27, 2015. 

  • ESMA Adds Athens Exchange Clearing House To Its List Of Authorised CCPs

    Date 22/01/2015

    ESMA has today added Athens Exchange Clearing House to its list of authorised CCPs under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).