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SEC Charges Former Qualcomm Executive And His Financial Advisor With Insider Trading Through Secret Offshore Accounts

Date 23/09/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former executive at Qualcomm Inc. and his former financial advisor with insider trading ahead of major announcements by the San Diego-based wireless technology company for more than a quarter-million dollars in profits.

CFTC’s Division Of Clearing And Risk Issues Time Limited No-Action Letter For LCH.Clearnet Ltd And Its Clearing Members

Date 23/09/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today issued a time limited no-action letter stating that DCR will not recommend that the Commission take enforcement action against LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH) for clearing certain swaps (DCM/SEF Swaps) executed on, or subject to the rules of, designated contract markets or swap execution facilities, and will not recommend enforcement action against LCH’s clearing members for clearing DCM/SEF Swaps through LCH.

SEC Charges TD Bank And Former Executive For Roles In Rothstein Ponzi Scheme In South Florida

Date 23/09/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged TD Bank and a former executive with violating securities laws in connection with a massive South Florida-based Ponzi scheme conducted by Scott Rothstein, who is now serving a 50-year prison sentence.

BME: Abide Financial And REGIS-TR’ Sign Business Alliance

Date 23/09/2013

• Abide to benefit from REGIS-TR’s EMIR repository capabilities
• REGIS-TR’s European client base gain access to MiFID reporting services in London

SEC Charges Independent Filmmaker With Insider Trading

Date 23/09/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Manhattan-based independent filmmaker with insider trading on confidential information about impending takeovers of two biotechnology companies.

Napier Park Global Capital Opens Office In DIFC

Date 23/09/2013

Napier Park Global Capital (“Napier Park”), a global alternative asset management firm, announced today that it has expanded its business operations into the UAE and is opening an office at the Dubai International Financial Centre. Napier Park will now have offices in New York, London and Dubai.

StockTouch To Leverage NASDAQ OMX FinQloud For Processing Power And Data Hosting - Mobile App Becomes Newest Contributing Member To The Financial Services Cloud Ecosystem

Date 23/09/2013

StockTouch announced today that the leading financial application used to monitor and understand the stock market will be powered by NASDAQ OMX FinQloud, a secure, cloud computing platform designed exclusively for the financial services sector and powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). StockTouch is a mobile application that displays a series of color coded heat maps that give users the pulse and direction of the market, categorized across industry sectors.

Hellenic Exchanges S.A. - Change In The Composition Of The Board Of Directors

Date 23/09/2013

The Board of Directors of Hellenic Exchanges, at its meeting today, elected Mr. Fokion Karavias as new non-executive member, in place of the non-executive member Mr. Konstantinos Vousvounis who resigned. Mr. Karavias is Chairman of the Board of Directors at Eurobank Equities, General Manager of Capital Markets & Wealth Management and a Member of the Executive and the Management Committee at Eurobank.

MEPs To Discuss NSA Tapping Into SWIFT Data With Commissioner Malmström

Date 23/09/2013

MEPs will debate the NSA's tapping of the SWIFT network of international bank-transfer-data and the findings of the last meeting of EU and US experts on data protection with Commissioner Malmström on Tuesday.

Announcing The First Ever UK Crowdfunding Day - November 1, 2013

Date 23/09/2013

The explosion of crowdfunding onto the UK startup landscape is to be recognised with a special annual event - UK Crowdfunding Day.