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  • CFTC: Federal Court Orders Russian National Marat Yunusov To Pay $500,000 Civil Monetary Penalty For Illegal Commodity Futures Trading Scheme

    Date 09/05/2011

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on May 4, 2011, obtained a federal court consent order imposing a $500,000 civil monetary penalty on Marat Yunusov, a Russian national who traded on U.S. futures markets from overseas. The CFTC charged Yunusov with engaging in fictitious transactions and trading noncompetitively on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Globex electronic trading platform (see CFTC Press Release 5836-10, June 15, 2010). The order also permanently bans Yunusov from engaging in any commodity-related activity within the jurisdiction of the CFTC, including trading and registering with the CFTC in any capacity.

  • Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

    Date 09/05/2011

    Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:

    • The shareholders of Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited (TSX:CLM) have accepted the $C17.25 cash per share takeover offer from Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLF). Consolidated Thompson will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Completion and the S&P/TSX Capped Materials indices after close on Friday, May 13, 2011.

  • CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Announces Appointment Of Steven Adamske As Director Of Public Affairs

    Date 09/05/2011

    Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler today announced the appointment of Steven W. Adamske to serve as Director of Public Affairs at the agency. Mr. Adamske, who will join the CFTC staff this summer, currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Spokesperson for Secretary Timothy Geithner at the U.S. Treasury Department. He previously served as Communications Director for the House Financial Services Committee under Chairman Barney Frank. Mr. Adamske will replace Scott Schneider, who is leaving this summer to attend law school and business school at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • KCBT Memorial Day Holiday - Schedule For Days Surrounding The Memorial Day Holiday

    Date 09/05/2011

    In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observe the following trading hours on the days before and after the upcoming Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 30, 2011.

  • ELX Sets Multiple Volume Records: Overall Exchange, Combined U.S. Treasury Futures, 5-Year And 30-Year Futures

    Date 09/05/2011

    ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX), a leading electronic futures exchange, announced today that it established multiple new end-of-day volume records on Friday, May 6, including overall exchange; combined U.S. Treasury futures contracts, 5-year note and 30-year bond. ELX ended the session with a record of 148,308 contracts traded and 120,137 contracts traded for combined U.S. Treasuries. The 5-year note hit a record volume of 43,748 contracts traded and the 30-year bond also set a new record with 26,117 contracts traded.