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CalPERS Commits $50 Million To Clearlake Capital - California-Based Firm One Of Only Ten Private Equity Managers To Receive A Capital Commitment In 2012

Date 27/06/2013

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced that it has committed $50 million to Clearlake Capital, a California-based private equity firm. The commitment to Clearlake was one of only ten that CalPERS made in its Private Equity Program during 2012, and one of only four commitments to new managers.
CFTC’s Division Of Swap Dealer And Intermediary Oversight Issues No-Action Relief From Certain External Business Conduct Standards And Documentation Standards

Date 26/06/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today announced the issuance of a no-action letter relating to certain duties imposed on swap dealers (“SDs”) and major swap participants (“MSPs”) pursuant to the Commission’s Business Conduct Standards with Counterparties (“External BCS”), as well as certain documentation requirements imposed on SDs and MSPs pursuant to Commission regulation § 23.504.
CFTC’s Division Of Swap Dealer And Intermediary Oversight Issues No-Action Relief For Certain Swap Dealers Concerning Annual Reports Of Chief Compliance Officers

Date 26/06/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) issued a no-action letter that provides certain swap dealers (SDs) with limited relief surrounding the requirement that chief compliance officers of such SDs prepare and submit an Annual Report, pursuant to Commission Regulation 3.3.
CFTC’s Division Of Swap Dealer And Intermediary Oversight Issues No-Action Relief Concerning Terms That May Be Excluded From Portfolio Reconciliation

Date 26/06/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today announced the issuance of a no-action letter relating to the terms that are included in portfolio reconciliations.
ISDA Publishes Additional Provisions Relating To Credit Derivative Transactions With A Restricted Delivery Party Where Physical Settlement Applies

Date 26/06/2013

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the publication of Additional Provisions relating to Credit Derivative Transactions with a Restricted Delivery Party where Physical Settlement applies.

SIFMA Recommends Early Market Close On July 3 And Full Market Close On July 4 For Trading Of US Dollar-Denominated Fixed-Income Securities In The US In Observance Of The Independence Day Holiday

Date 26/06/2013

SIFMA has updated its holiday calendar to recommend an early market close at 2:00 p.m., EST, on Wednesday, July 3 and confirmed its previous recommendation for a full market close on Thursday, July 4 for the trading of US dollar-denominated fixed-income securities in the United States in observance of the Independence Day Holiday
Direct Edge Trading Notice #13-26: Direct Edge Retail Order Designation Update

Date 26/06/2013

Effective immediately, Direct Edge® has updated the requirements for designating Retail Orders for Members that submit orders to EDGX Exchange, Inc. (EDGX®) on behalf of their retail customers. Members can now designate an order as a Retail Order: (i) if they meet a pre-defined set of criteria described in footnote 4 to the EDGX Fee Schedule and (ii) submit a signed Attestation Form that they have implemented policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure that substantially all orders designated as Retail Orders comply with such criteria.
SEC Charges Medical Imaging Device Company And Its CEO With Fraud

Date 26/06/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed fraud charges on Tuesday against Burbank, Calif.-based Imaging3, Inc., and its founder and chief executive Dean Janes for misleading shareholders about the Federal and Drug Administration (FDA)’s view of the company’s medical device.
Interim Revision Of The LuxX Index On 1 July 2013

Date 26/06/2013

In accordance with the rules governing the LuxX index, the executive committee of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange has decided to rebalance the LuxX index (base 1,000 as at 04/01/1999).
Elaine C. Greenberg To Leave SEC After More Than 25 Years

Date 26/06/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Elaine C. Greenberg, Chief of the Enforcement Division’s Municipal Securities and Public Pensions Unit and Associate Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office, is leaving the agency after more than 25 years of service.