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CFTC Charges Hawaii-based Marvin Cooper And Billion Coupons, Inc. With Operating A $4 Million Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme Aimed At Defrauding The Deaf Community - Court Freezes Defendants’ Assets And Appoints Temporary Receiver

Date 19/02/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it charged Marvin Cooper and his company Billion Coupons, Inc. (BCI), both of Honolulu, Hawaii, with operating a Ponzi scheme that involved more than 125 customers - all of whom are Deaf - in connection with commodity futures trading and foreign currency futures (forex) trading.
ICE Clear Europe Welcomes Call For European CDS CCP - Forming ICE Trust Europe To Clear Credit Default Swaps In Europe - To Commence Clearing In First Half Of 2009

Date 19/02/2009

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced that ICE Clear Europe(TM) will create a new service, known as ICE Trust Europe, to serve as a European-regulated central counterparty clearing house for European credit default swap (CDS) transactions. ICE Trust Europe will operate within the existing ICE Clear Europe clearing house which is regulated by the U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA).
RTS Realtime Systems Group First Provider To Pass Conformance Test For Utpdirect Protocol On The Common Customer Gateway To NYSE Euronext’s Universal Trading Platform - Solution Provider Hits Another Milestone

Date 19/02/2009

RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading trading solutions provider, announced today that it is the first trading solutions provider that has passed the conformance test for the NYSE Euronext Universal Trading Platform’s Common Customer Gateway via UTP–Direct protocol. The newly designed Universal Trading Platform replaced the market platform NSC for NYSE Euronext’s European cash regulated market.
ISDA: Major Firms Commit To EU Central Counterparty For CDS

Date 19/02/2009

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that major industry participants have committed to the use of central counterparty clearing for CDS in the European Union (EU).
NYSE Liffe US Welcomes ASTMAX Co., Ltd. As A New Member Firm -Leading Japanese Commodities Trading Firm Joins NYSE Liffe US

Date 19/02/2009

NYSE Liffe US, the new U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today announced that ASTMAX Co., Ltd., which became an NYSE Liffe US member in December 2008, began trading its precious metal contracts. ASTMAX is one of Japan ’s leading commodities trading firms, already active on local Japanese and international markets.

SEC Halts Ponzi Scheme Targeting Deaf Investors

Date 19/02/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a court order halting a Ponzi scheme that specifically targeted members of the Deaf community in the United States and Japan.
New Report From Aite Group Examines The Carbon Emissions Market - Carbon Emissions Market Overview: Framework, Market Structure And Related Issues - The Kyoto Protocol Must Be Extended If A Coordinated Global Carbon Emissions Reduction Program Is To Mater

Date 19/02/2009

A new report from Aite Group, LLC provides an introduction to the carbon emissions market and examines its regulatory and voluntary frameworks. The report looks at the Kyoto Protocol as well as various regional initiatives. It also considers probable regulatory developments, and outlines execution and clearing processes for the carbon emissions market.
innerExchange Releases inExhedge For Islamic Funds, Green And Ethical Funds - innerExchange Releases A New Version Of Its inExHedge Product, Enhanced For Managing Islamic Funds, Green And Ethical Funds

Date 19/02/2009

innerExchange, a leading provider of FIX, connectivity and smart routing solutions to the financial community, today announced that in response to strong client demand, it has released an enhanced version of inExHedge, a sophisticated portfolio management and accounting system to cater for managing Islamic Funds, Green and Ethical Funds.
RTS Operating Schedule For The Holidays Period

Date 19/02/2009

Due to the celebration of the public holiday Defender of the Fatherland Day, OJSC RTS will operate according to the following schedule:
CESR Launches A Call For Evidence On Possible Implementing Measures Of The Future UCITS Directive

Date 19/02/2009

On 13 January 2009 the European Parliament adopted in plenary session a proposal for a Directive containing amendments to the UCITS Directive (85/611/EEC) . This followed approval by the Council of an identical compromise text at a COREPER meeting of 17 December 2008 (the Council’s final approval is expected in April/May). On the basis of the compromise text, the Commission has requested CESR’s assistance on the content of the implementing measures to be taken pursuant to the revised Di