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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.
Federal Court Orders Brookshire Raw Materials Management, LLC, John M. Marshall, Stephen Z. Adams And Other Companies To Pay More Than $15.8 Million For Defrauding Pool Participants And Misappropriating Millions Of Dollars In A Commodity Pool Scheme

Date 16/03/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained a federal court consent order requiring defendants Brookshire Raw Materials Management, LLC (BRM), of Barrington, Ill., and its principals, John M. Marshall and Stephen Z. Adams, Brookshire Raw Materials Group, Inc. (BRMG) and Brookshire and Company, Ltd. (BCL), all of Toronto, Canada, to pay more than $15.8 million in disgorgement and a civil monetary penalty for defrauding commodity pool investors.
SEC Charges Three Executives With Conducting $230 Million Investment Scheme At Ohio-Based Company

Date 16/03/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three senior executives at Akron, Ohio-based Fair Finance Company with orchestrating a $230 million fraudulent scheme involving at least 5,200 investors – many of them elderly.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Popularizing Securities Investment Knowledge And Protecting Legitimate Interests And Rights Of Investors

Date 16/03/2011

Following holding the press conference for “ 2010 SZSE Individual Investors Investigation Report” and “Insider Dealing Warning” on March 14th, the SZSE, together with Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen office of China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited held the 9th 3/15 Investor-Rights-Protection Online Consultation activity centered on “Popularizing securities investment knowledge and protecting legitimate interests and rights of investors” via the Online Communication Platform for Investors on the official website of the SZSE.
EEX Harmonises Trading Hours

Date 16/03/2011

As of 24 March 2011, the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) will standardise the trading hours on all markets of the exchange to the hours from 08:00am to 06:00pm (CET).

RTS Exchange: Final Settlement Prices Determined For March FX Futures

Date 16/03/2011

On March 15, 2011 final settlement prices were calculated for futures contracts on currency pairs.
Bahrain Bourse Closed Wednesday 16th March - Declaration Of National Safety In The Kingdom

Date 16/03/2011

Bahrain Bourse will be closed today Wednesday 16th March due to the declaration of national safety in the kingdom.
Traiana Announces CCP Connectivity, Supporting OTC FX - CME Clearing First Central Counterparty To Connect To The Harmony Network

Date 16/03/2011

Traiana, leading provider of post-trade solutions, announced today that it is providing real-time straight-through-processing (STP) connectivity through the Harmony network to parties wishing to link to central counterparties (CCPs). This solution will allow for connectivity and matching between executing banks, prime brokers, execution platforms and CCPs for OTC foreign exchange (FX) trades. CME Clearing is the first CCP to connect to the Harmony network.
Remarks Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler, Implementing The Dodd-Frank Act, FIA’s Annual International Futures Industry Conference, Boca Raton, Florida

Date 16/03/2011

Good morning. I thank the Futures Industry Association for inviting me to speak this morning and John Damgard for that kind introduction. I regret that I am not with you in person.
Common EU Tax Base Proposal Completely Misses The Point

Date 16/03/2011

Plans published today for a common EU-wide method of computing corporate taxes are unnecessary and could damage countries that choose to have more competitive corporate tax regimes, Kay Swinburne MEP, European Conservatives and Reformists group economics spokesman, warned today.