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"Speculators And Commodity Prices" - Opening Remarks Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton To The Futures Industry Association's Panel Discussion: Financial Investors' Impact On Commodity Prices, Boca Raton, FL

Date 16/03/2011

When I came to the Commission in 2007, I began to hear rumblings about "new" speculators in commodity markets, and their effects on prices. Now I was quite familiar, as we all were, with the traditional hedger and speculator roles, but as security portfolios began to show weaker returns, folks started to try and figure out how to improve their investments, and many of them looked to the commodities world. This "new" class of investor represented a significant asset class shift from what most of us were familiar. And, as these commodity investments began to pay off, this new class increased in size—in fact, they became massive. In just a few years, by 2008, over $200 billion in "passive" investment (that is, folks who are going long and staying long) came into the commodities markets. The question is: What does this mean? Is it a good thing, a bad thing, or neutral?
Written Testimony Of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner Before The House Of Representatives Committee On Appropriations Subcommittee On Financial Services And General Government

Date 16/03/2011

Chairwoman Emerson, Ranking Member Serrano, members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget for the Department of the Treasury.
SEC Charges Former Supervisor At Colonial Bank For Role In Securities Fraud Scheme

Date 16/03/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the former operations supervisor of Colonial Bank’s mortgage warehouse lending division (MWLD) with participating in a $1.5 billion securities fraud scheme.
NYPC Announces Initial Clearing Members For March 21st Launch

Date 16/03/2011

New York Portfolio Clearing, LLC (NYPC) announced today that its board has approved the first of its clearing members.
CBOE And S&P Announce Formation Of 'VIX Network,' A Global Group Of Exchanges Using The VIX Methodology

Date 16/03/2011

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and Standard & Poor's (S&P) announced the formation of VIX Network, a global network of exchanges with agreements regarding use of CBOE's VIX® methodology.

European Central Bank Encourages Comments On CPSS-IOSCO Consultation On Principles For Financial Market Infrastructures

Date 16/03/2011

The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) are requesting comments on the consultative report entitled ‘Principles for financial market infrastructures’ released on 10 March 2011.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange And The Cyprus Stock Exchange Signed A MOU

Date 16/03/2011

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cooperation between the two exchanges. The signing ceremony was attended by the Cypriot and Israeli presidents.
Presentation Of Hellenic Exchanges S.A. At The Association Of Greek Institutional Investors

Date 16/03/2011

As part of the regular presentations organized by the Association of Greek Institutional Investors, Hellenic Exchanges S.A. presented today its financial results to analysts.
CME Group Announces Two New NYMEX Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial Crack Spreads

Date 16/03/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse energy marketplace, today announced two new Brent crude futures crack spreads to be listed with implied functionality on CME Globex® for trade date on March 28, 2011.
FSA Chairman Spells Out Regulatory Challenges Beyond Basel III

Date 16/03/2011

Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), will say this evening that already agreed regulatory reforms will have a major beneficial impact but further reforms are needed to make the financial system stable. He will also say that regulators need to recognise that the financial system will continually mutate, creating new risks, and requiring a continually evolving regulatory regime.