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Dr Henry Kissinger Welcomed To London Stock Exchange Group’s Paternoster Series - Former Secretary Of State And Nobel Peace Laureate Speaks At London Stock Exchange Group - Latest In The Exclusive Paternoster Series Of Talks And Debates

Date 05/12/2012

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) today welcomed Dr Henry Kissinger to its London headquarters. Hosted by LSEG Chairman, Chris Gibson-Smith, the event was the latest in the Paternoster Series, welcoming global thinkers, statesmen and academics to the heart of London’s financial centre.
CFTC Charges Hunter Wise Commodities, Lloyds Commodities, C.D. Hopkins Financial, United States Capital Trust, Newbridge Alliance, Blackstone Metals Group, And Their Principals In Multi-Million Dollar Fraudulent Precious Metals Scheme - CFTC Alleges That Defendants Conducted Illegal, Off-Exchange Commodity Transactions, And Deceived Customers In Connection With Financed Transactions In Precious Metals

Date 05/12/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that on December 5, 2012, it filed a civil injunctive enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Hunter Wise Commodities, LLC; Hunter Wise Services, LLC; Hunter Wise Credit, LLC; Hunter Wise Trading, LLC; Lloyds Commodities, LLC; Lloyds Commodities Credit Company, LLC; Lloyds Services, LLC; C.D. Hopkins Financial, LLC; Hard Asset Lending Group, LLC; Blackstone Metals Group, LLC; Newbridge Alliance, Inc.; United States Capital Trust, LLC; Harold Edward Martin, Jr.; Fred Jager; James Burbage; Frank Gaudino; Baris Keser;Chadewick Hopkins; John King; and David A. Moore. The complaint charges these entities and individuals with fraudulently marketing illegal, off-exchange retail commodity contracts. The complaint alleges that Hunter Wise Commodities, the orchestrator of the fraud, has taken in at least $46 million in customer funds since July 2011.
Emulex Announces Intent To Acquire Endace - Entering Network Performance Management Space Doubles Emulex’s Total Addressable Market

Date 05/12/2012

Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the leading provider of converged networking solutions, and Endace Limited (LSE:EDA), a leading supplier of network visibility infrastructure products, announced today that Emulex has issued a Takeover Notice, under the terms of the New Zealand Takeovers Code, pursuant to which Emulex will make an offer to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests in Endace in an all cash transaction. Endace is a network performance management company that provides network monitoring appliances, network analytics software and ultra-high speed network access switching with 100 percent accuracy.
CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight Provides Swap Dealers With Swap Data Reporting Relief With Respect To Equity Swaps, Foreign Exchange Swaps And Other Commodity Swaps, Due To Effects Of Hurricane Sandy

Date 05/12/2012

In order to account for certain disruptions to the testing of swap data reporting systems caused by Hurricane Sandy, the Division of Market Oversight of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the issuance of a letter providing swap dealers with time-limited no-action relief from swap data reporting obligations with respect to equity swaps, foreign exchange swaps and other commodity swaps.
SEC Charges 10 In Insider Trading Ring Around Investment Banker’s Illegal Tips On Impending Mergers

Date 05/12/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an investment banker who was primarily based in Charlotte, N.C., and nine others involved in an insider trading ring that garnered more than $11 million in illicit profits trading on confidential information about impending mergers.

Talanx To Be Included In SDAX - Deutsche Börse Reviews Index Composition - Changes Are Effective On 27 December 2012

Date 05/12/2012

On Wednesday Deutsche Börse decided on changes in its selection indices. The following changes have been made to the SDAX Index: The shares of Talanx will be included in the index and will replace the shares of Constantin Medien.
Eris Exchange To Launch New, Margin-Efficient Interest Rate Swap Futures - Eris Standards Combine Swap Economics With The Regulatory And Capital Efficiency Of Futures

Date 05/12/2012

Eris Exchange, a US-based futures exchange, today announced the December 10 launch of Eris Standards — quarterly Interest Rate Swap Futures contracts that are expected to offer margin savings of 40-80% compared to cleared OTC interest rate swaps. Eris Standards are 2, 5, 10 and 30-year swap futures contracts with quarterly effective dates, pre-determined fixed rates, and cash settlement upon maturity. Additionally, on December 3, Eris Exchange launched the next generation of its Eris SwapBookTM electronic trading platform.
Federal Court In Idaho Orders CFTC Defendant Trigon Group, Inc. To Return More Than $20.6 Million Of Ill-Gotten Gains To Victims Of Its Fraud

Date 05/12/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Edward J. Lodge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho entered a consent order of permanent injunction that requires defendant Trigon Group, Inc. (Trigon), an Idaho-based business, to disgorge more than $20.6 million of ill-gotten gains to the victims of its fraud. The consent order also imposes permanent trading and registration bans against Trigon and prohibits it from violating the anti-fraud provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, as charged.
General Counsel Mark Cahn To Leave SEC

Date 05/12/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that General Counsel Mark D. Cahn will leave the agency at the end of the year to return to the private sector.
Former Rochdale Securities Trader Arrested In Connecticut

Date 05/12/2012

A New York man was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with wire fraud, announced the U.S. Attorney, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut David B. Fein and Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the FBI Kimberly K. Mertz. The complaint alleges that David Miller, 40, of Rockville Centre, N.Y., engaged in a fraud scheme relating to large purchases of stock in Apple Inc. while he was employed as an institutional sales trader for Rochdale Securities LLC of Stamford.