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CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 02/08/2013

The updated current reports for the week of July 30, 2013 are now available.

SEC Charges Former Green Mountain Coffee Employee And Friend In $7 Million Insider Trading Scheme

Date 02/08/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against a former systems administrator at Vermont-based Green Mountain Coffee Roasters who repeatedly obtained quarterly earnings data and traded in advance of its public release.  The SEC also charged his friend who illegally traded along with him.

SIFMA Statement On SEC Confirmations

Date 02/08/2013

SIFMA today released the following statement from former Senator Judd Gregg, CEO, after the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Kara Stein and Michael Piwowar as Commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and confirmed a full term for SEC chairman Mary Jo White. 

CFTC Obtains Default Judgment Against Christopher Smithers Of Florida For Fraud In Connection With Futures Contracts, Fraud In Connection With Contracts Of Sale Of A Commodity In Interstate Commerce, And Violations Of A United States District Court’s Prior Orders - Defendant Defrauded Customers In Trading Commodity Futures Contracts And In The Purchase Of Gold Bullion

Date 02/08/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Kenneth A. Marra of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered an Order of default judgment and permanent injunction against Christopher Smithers of Jupiter, Florida. The Order requires Smithers to pay a $590,940 civil monetary penalty and $196,980 in restitution, imposes permanent trading and registration bans against Smithers, and prohibits Smithers from violating the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations, as charged.

TOM MTF Statistics Week 31, 2013

Date 02/08/2013

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 31 - 2013. 

Key Figures For SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland: July 2013

Date 02/08/2013

Since the start of 2013, a total of 20,700,401 transactions have been conducted on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland. This marks a year-on-year increase of 6.0%. There were 19,271,707 trades in the equities including funds + ETPs segment, equating to a rise of 6.1%. The ETF segment is also performing strongly, with a total of 580,385 trades. This marks a year-on- year increase of 26.8%.

CBOE Holdings, Inc. Reports All-Time Record Quarterly Results For Second Quarter 2013

Date 02/08/2013

Second Quarter Financial Highlights

• Record Quarterly Results
• Operating Revenue Increases 14 Percent to $150.8 Million
• GAAP Net Income Allocated to Common Stockholders Increases 20 Percent to $45.5 Million; Diluted EPS of $0.52
• Adjusted Net Income Allocated to Common Stockholders Up 24 Percent to $47.0 Million(1); Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.54(1)
• GAAP Operating Margin Expands by 20 Basis Points to 50.0 Percent; Adjusted Operating Margin Up 140 Basis Points to 51.2 Percent(1)

BOX Options Exchange August 2013 InBOX

Date 02/08/2013

This is the August issue of InBOX, your news source from inside the BOX Options Exchange. This monthly publication will provide convenient summaries of recent developments at BOX.

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2013 Article IV Consultation With Spain

Date 02/08/2013

CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review Of The Chicago Mercantile Exchange And The Chicago Board Of Trade

Date 02/08/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has notified the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) (collectively, the Exchanges) of the results of a rule enforcement review completed by the Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (Division). The review covered the target period from November 1, 2010 to October 31, 2011. The Division assessed the Exchanges’ compliance with Core Principles 4 and 5, pre- and post-Dodd–Frank Act, relating to the Exchanges’ market surveillance program. The Division’s findings and recommendations were limited to CME and CBOT and their respective products, and did not address the market surveillance program at any other CME Group exchange.