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  • Testimony Of CFTC Acting Chairman Mark Wetjen Before The U.S. House Committee On Financial Services On The Volcker Rule Impact

    Date 05/02/2014

    Good morning Chairman Hensarling, Ranking Member Waters and members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me to today’s hearing on Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank), otherwise known as the Volcker Rule. I am honored to testify as Acting Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). I also am pleased to join my fellow regulators in testifying today.

  • FINRA Fines Brown Brothers Harriman A Record $8 Million For Substantial Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Failures - Highest Fine Levied By FINRA For AML-Related Violations - Former AML Compliance Officer Also Fined And Suspended

    Date 05/02/2014

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined New York-based Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) $8 million for substantial anti-money laundering compliance failures including, among other related violations, its failure to have an adequate anti-money laundering program in place to monitor and detect suspicious penny stock transactions. BBH also failed to sufficiently investigate potentially suspicious penny stock activity brought to the firm's attention and did not fulfill its Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing requirements. In addition, BBH did not have an adequate supervisory system to prevent the distribution of unregistered securities. BBH's former Global AML Compliance Officer Harold Crawford was also fined $25,000 and suspended for one month.

  • CFTC Issues Order Of Registration For NZX Limited

    Date 05/02/2014

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) issued NZX Limited (NZX) an Order of Registration to permit NZX to provide direct access, subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Order, to its identified members or other participants located in the U.S.

  • Non Jordanian Investment At The Amman Stock Exchange During January 2014

    Date 05/02/2014

    The total value of shares that were bought by non-Jordanian investors during January 2014 was JD37.7 million, representing 12.2% of the overall trading value, while the value of shares sold by them amounted to JD41.8 million. As a result, the net of non-Jordanian investment during January 2014 showed a decrease by JD4.1 million, compared with an increase by JD7.0 million during the same month of 2013.

  • OneChicago Holiday Notice – Washington’s Birthday 2014

    Date 05/02/2014

    OneChicago (OCX) will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2014 in observance of the upcoming Holiday, Washington’s Birthday, which is consistent with U.S. equity markets.  OneChicago will be open on Tuesday, February 18, 2014.