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  • US Treasury ‘Final Determination’ To Exempt FX From Central Clearing Under Dodd-Frank Brings Clarity, Says GFMA’s Global FX Division

    Date 17/11/2012

    The US Treasury decision to exempt foreign exchange forwards and swaps transactions from the clearing and exchange trading requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act is a critical step in ensuring the safe functioning of a well performing market and in promoting clarity in the international regulatory regime, according to the Global FX Division of the Global Financial Markets Association

  • United States Department Of The Treasury Fact Sheet: Final Determination On Foreign Exchange Swaps And Forwards

    Date 16/11/2012

    The Dodd-Frank Act put in place a comprehensive set of reforms to help build stronger, safer, and more efficient financial markets.  The Obama Administration fought hard for and strongly supports the Dodd-Frank Act’s comprehensive reforms to the derivatives market, which will reduce risk, increase transparency, and provide accountability for market participants.

  • ISDA Publishes Standard Form Disclosures Relating Primarily To The Requirements Of Commodity Futures Trading Commission External Business Conduct Rules

    Date 16/11/2012

    Disclosures

    The General Disclosure Statement and each of the Annexes (together, the “ISDA DF Disclosure”) contain standard form disclosures intended to relate primarily to the requirements of Rules 23.431, 23.450(g) and 23.605(e) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.  Persons that intend to use the ISDA DF Disclosure in connection with such or other regulatory requirements should consult legal counsel and risk personnel regarding the appropriateness of the ISDA DF Disclosure for them, their counterparties and their transactions.  Each user should consider how any additional disclosure that it may choose to make will relate to the ISDA DF Disclosure.  ISDA assumes no responsibility for any use of the ISDA DF Disclosure and undertakes no duty to update the ISDA DF Disclosure to reflect future regulatory or market developments.

  • Remarks By FINRA Executive Vice President, Regulatory Policy Thomas Selman From The Investment Program Association Fall Conference

    Date 16/11/2012

    Good morning and thank you for your kind introduction.

    During the dark days of the Great Depression, amidst widespread media coverage and intense public interest, the Roosevelt administration and Congress debated the future of financial regulation. Before the stock market crash, there was little appetite for federal regulation of the securities markets. The crash changed that. For the first time, fundamental questions were extensively studied: Should the federal government control the issuance of securities, the allocation of capital and the structure and practices of large industrial corporations? How could speculation on stock markets be reduced? Should the federal government restructure the stock exchanges?

  • ISE Weekly Listings November 16, 2012

    Date 16/11/2012

    The International Securities Exchange listed new options classes during the week beginning November 12, 2012 as described below.  

  • Bermuda Stock Exchange Announces New Trading Member – Cohort Limited

    Date 16/11/2012

    The Bermuda Stock Exchange (“BSX”) is pleased to announce that Cohort Limited has joined the BSX as a Trading Member, effective 1 November, 2012.

  • CFTC.Gov Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

    Date 16/11/2012

    The current reports for the week of November 13, 2012, are now available.

  • Direct Edge Trading Notice #12-56: Market Holiday Reminder – Thanksgiving

    Date 16/11/2012

    EDGA Exchange, Inc. (EDGA®) and EDGX Exchange, Inc. (EDGX®) will be closed on Thursday, November 22, 2012, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. In addition, both EDGA and EDGX will close early on Friday, November 23, 2012, with the regular trading session ending at 1:00 p.m. and extended session ending at 5:00 p.m. Both exchanges will resume normal trading hours on Monday, November 26, 2012. 

  • SEC Charges J.P. Morgan And Credit Suisse With Misleading Investors In RMBS Offerings

    Date 16/11/2012

    In coordination with the federal-state Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group, the Securities and Exchange Commission today charged J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) with misleading investors in offerings of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). The firms agreed to settlements in which they will pay more than $400 million combined, and the SEC plans to distribute the money to harmed investors.

  • Irish Stock Exchange Given Key Role To Monitor Standards Of Debt Securitisations In Europe

    Date 16/11/2012

    The Irish Stock Exchange has been appointed to a key role in a new European initiative designed to provide the benchmark standard for the asset backed securities market.  The new initiative is led by an organisation called Prime Collateralised Securities [PCS].  PCS is an industry-led, non-profit initiative set up to develop a label for high quality securitisations.  The Board of the PCS includes some of the most senior figures in European finance including former executives of the ECB and the European Investment Bank (EIB).