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SEC Charges Two College Professors In Naked Short Selling Scheme - Data Analysis By SEC Staff Breaks Case

Date 31/01/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a pair of college professors in Tallahassee, Fla., with perpetrating a complex naked short selling scheme for more than $400,000 in illicit profits.
CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight To Host Public Roundtable Regarding The Trade Execution Requirement And Package Transactions

Date 31/01/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) will hold a public roundtable on February 12, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., to discuss the application of the Commodity Exchange Act’s (CEA) trade execution requirement to so-called “package transactions.”
Thomson Reuters/University Of Michigan: Recent Gains Keep Confidence Warm

Date 31/01/2014

Consumer confidence edged downward in the January survey, although the overall falloff was minor. Unfortunately, in the months ahead larger than normal home heating bills caused by the frigid weather will strain budgets across the country, with the greatest negative impact on lower income households. Slowing gains in stock and home values will also curtail the rate of spending growth by upper income households. Vehicle and home sales will continue to improve during the year ahead, although the pace of gains in overall consumer expenditures will slow in 2014 from the exceptional 3.3% pace in the 4th quarter of 2013.
Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Stock Market Report For The Week Ended 31 January 2014

Date 31/01/2014

A turnover of 2.221 billion shares worth N21.045 billion in 27,855 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of The Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.758 billion shares valued at N21.024 billion that exchanged hands last week in 28,949 deals.
Consolidated Industry Response To The Second Consultative Document On The Fundamental Review Of The Trading Book (FRTB)

Date 31/01/2014

ISDA, GFMA & IIF Letter to the Trading Book Group of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, providing consolidated industry response to the Second Consultative Document on the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB)

SIFMA Issues Quarterly Government Securities Issuance And Rates Forecast For 1Q 2014

Date 31/01/2014

SIFMA today issued its quarterly government securities issuance and rates forecast for the first quarter of 2014. The full report is available here.
BATS Global Markets And Direct Edge Receive SEC Approval To Merge - All Regulatory Approvals Now Complete; Transaction Close Expected Within Days

Date 31/01/2014

BATS Global Markets, Inc. (BATS) and Direct Edge Holdings LLC (Direct Edge) today announced the receipt of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval for their merger and expect to close the transaction within days.
Amendments To The MIAX Options Fee Schedule Beginning February 1, 2014

Date 31/01/2014

The MIAX Regulatory Circulars, MIAX_RC_2014-01 and MIAX_RC_2014-02, refer to the MIAX Options Exchange fee amendments to the following beginning February 1, 2014:
TOM MTF Statistics Week 5, 2014 - 31% Market Share

Date 31/01/2014

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 5, 2014.
EBA Announces Key Features Of The 2014 EU-Wide Stress Test

Date 31/01/2014

The European Banking Authority (EBA) announced today the key components of the forthcoming 2014 EU-wide stress test that will be conducted on a wide sample of EU banks. The objective of the EU-wide stress tests is to help supervisors assess the resilience of financial institutions in the European Union to adverse market developments. This exercise aims at ensuring consistency and comparability of the outcomes across all banks based on a common methodology, scenarios and accompanied by a consistent disclosure exercise.