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BM&FBOVESPA Publishes February Market Performance

Date 11/03/2014

Bovespa Segment

In February 2014 the equities market’s (BOVESPA segment) financial volume totaled BRL 131.54 billion against BRL 136.95 billion in January. Daily average was BRL 6.57 billion against BRL 6.22 billion in the previous month. Total number of trades in February was 17,943,360 against 17,612,258 in January. Daily average number of trades was 897,168 against 800,557 in January.

CFTC Staff Issues An Extension Of Time-Limited No-Action Relief To Eurex Clearing

Date 10/03/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today issued an extension of time-limited no-action relief to Eurex Clearing AG (Eurex Clearing).

MXT Global Adds USD/CNY And New Precious Metals To Its Product Offering

Date 10/03/2014

Australian based online Forex and CFD provider, MXT Global is pleased to announce it has added the USD/CNY to its currency listing and has expanded on its commodities offering adding Palladium, Platinum as well as Gold and Silver against the Australian dollar.

CFTC Announces That Bloomberg SEF LLC’s Available-To-Trade Determinations Are Self-Certified

Date 10/03/2014

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) today announced that Bloomberg SEF LLC’s (Bloomberg) self-certification of available-to-trade determinations (MAT Determination) for certain interest rate swap (IRS) and credit default swap (CDS) contracts are self-certified.

FIA Volume Report: Global Futures And Options Volume Rose 2.1% To 21.64 Billion In 2013

Date 10/03/2014

FIA today released its annual report on global trends in the trading of futures and options. According to statistics gathered by FIA from 84 exchanges worldwide, 21.64 billion futures and options contracts were traded in 2013, an increase of 2.1% from the previous year, but still well below the number of contracts traded in 2011 and 2010.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission And Financial Services Agency Of Japan Sign Memorandum Of Cooperation To Enhance Supervision Of Cross-Border Regulated Entities

Date 10/03/2014

Today, leaders of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of regulated entities that operate on a cross-border basis in the United States and Japan.

SEC Launches Enforcement Cooperation Initiative For Municipal Issuers And Underwriters

Date 10/03/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a new cooperation initiative out of its Enforcement Division to encourage issuers and underwriters of municipal securities to self-report certain violations of the federal securities laws rather than wait for their violations to be detected.

Egyptian Exchange: Egypt's Minister Of Trade, Industry And Investment And The Minster Of Education Open The Trading Session Celebrating Global Money Week In Egypt.

Date 10/03/2014

In line with Egypt's cooperation in The Global Money Week, School Students, Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment and the Minster of Education opened the trading session of The Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) ON Monday 10 March 2014.

Federal Court In Illinois Imposes Over $3.5 Million In Sanctions Against Dimitry Vishnevetsky And His Company, Oxford Capital, For Orchestrating Commodity Fraud Schemes And Misappropriation - In A Related Criminal Action, Vishnevetsky Sentenced To Six Years In Prison

Date 10/03/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court Order requiring Defendants Dimitry Vishnevetsky formerly of Chicago, Illinois, and his company, Oxford Capital, LLC (Oxford) to pay a civil monetary penalty of $1,910,982 and restitution for defrauded customers totaling $1,608,327. The default judgment Order, entered by the Honorable Ruben Castillo of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on February 26, 2014, stems from a CFTC enforcement action filed on May 1, 2012, that charged the Defendants with fraud in connection with operating two commodity pools and an additional fraudulent commodity trading scheme (see CFTC Press Release 6249-12). The court’s Order also imposes permanent trading and registration bans against Vishnevetsky and Oxford and prohibits them from violating provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, as charged.

TOM Insight February 2014

Date 10/03/2014

Click here to download TOM’s February ‘14 Insight, a document describing matching statistics on TOM MTF and savings made for the retail client by TOM Smart Execution.