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CalPERS Board Re-Elects Feckner As President; Elects Henry Jones As Vice President

Date 20/01/2015

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration unanimously re-elected Rob Feckner as Board president and elected Henry Jones as vice president. Feckner will be serving his 11th term as president, while it will be Jones' first vice presidential term.
SIFMA Supports Increased Bond Market Price Transparency For Investors - Urges Greater Access To And Usage Of Existing Data On FINRA And MSRB Systems

Date 20/01/2015

SIFMA, in a comment letter filed today with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board on their Matched Trade Proposals, expresses that it shares the goal of regulators to enhance bond market price transparency for retail investors. But because the enormous costs and burdens associated with the proposals would significantly outweigh the purported benefits, SIFMA recommends that the proposals be withdrawn in favor of a uniform rule that encourages increased usage of the extensive pricing data already available on the existing Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine ("TRACE") and Electronic Municipal Market Access ("EMMA") systems rather than the creation of something new.
CFTC Imposes $3 Million Penalty Against Olam International, Ltd. And Olam Americas, Inc. For Violating Cocoa Position Limits And Unlawfully Executing Noncompetitive Trades - Olam International And Olam Americas Failed To Disclose To The CFTC That Their Cocoa Futures Trading Was Not Independently Controlled

Date 20/01/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Singapore-based Olam International, Ltd. (Olam International), which operates a futures trading desk in London, England, and its subsidiary, Olam Americas, Inc. (Olam Americas), which is based in Summit, New Jersey and operates a futures trading desk there. Both companies purchase, sell, and trade cocoa and other agricultural products. The CFTC Order requires Olam International and Olam Americas to pay a $3 million civil monetary penalty and prohibits them from committing future violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC Regulations, as charged.
Euronext Brussels To Relocate

Date 20/01/2015

Euronext Brussels today confirmed plans to relocate to the Marquis Building, Rue du Marquis, 1 in Brussels, next to the Central Station. The move will take place at the end of May 2015.
BGC Announces Increase Of All-Cash Tender Offer To Acquire GFI Group To $6.10 Per Share - Offers Additional Consideration Of $0.10 Per Share Contingent Upon Determination Of Superiority By GFI Special Committee And Board - BGC Extends Tender Offer Deadline To February 3, 2015 - BGC Urges GFI Shareholders To Vote AGAINST The Inferior CME/GFI Management Transaction And Tender Their Shares To BGC

Date 20/01/2015

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 it has increased its fully financed, all-cash tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: GFIG) ("GFI Group" or "GFI") to $6.10 per share.

OCC Announces John Gracy As New Chief Risk Officer

Date 20/01/2015

OCC announced today that John Grace has joined OCC as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. He will be responsible for driving and implementing OCC’s risk management strategy. This includes advising senior management and the Board of Directors on risk issues, overseeing OCC’s Model Validation and Enterprise Risk Management departments and working with regulators from the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
TOM MTF Statistics Week 3, 2014

Date 20/01/2015

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Federal Reserve Governor Jerome H. Powell At "Making Markets Fair And Effective for All," Sponsored By The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., January 20, 2015, Comments On The Fair And Effective Markets Review

Date 20/01/2015

I want to thank the Brookings Institution for inviting me to comment today on Martin Wheatley's presentation on the Fair and Effective Markets Review (Review). The Review is an ambitious and important initiative. Although London is perhaps the leading center for many fixed-income, currency, and commodities (FICC) markets, these markets are global, and the United States and the largest U.S. firms play key roles in them. So the Review addresses issues that affect our markets as well.
CME Group Releases White Paper: "Clearing - Balancing CCP And Member Contributions With Exposures"

Date 20/01/2015

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today published a white paper detailing the company's position on a variety of issues facing central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs) in today's financial markets, particularly the question of how much "skin in the game" clearing houses should contribute to a market's financial safeguards.
ADX Hosts Massar Solutions Meeting

Date 20/01/2015

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) hosted yester day Massar Solutions meeting with ADX licensed brokers in the exchange’s main offices in Abu Dhabi. During the meeting, attended by Massar’s CEO Paul Greenwood and some of the company’s senior staff as well as ADX senior management, Massar delivered a presentation on the company’s strategies, their financial results, and their future plans.