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SEC Charges Trucking Executives With Accounting Fraud

Date 05/12/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two former top executives of Indiana-based trucking company Celadon Group Inc. for their participation in an accounting fraud that inflated the company's income and earnings per share. Celadon previously agreed to settle accounting fraud charges brought by the SEC in April.

CFTC’s Market Risk Advisory Committee Announces Agenda For December 11 Public Meeting

Date 05/12/2019

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the agenda for the upcoming Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) public meeting that will be held on December 11, 2019 at the CFTC’s Washington, DC headquarters. Commissioner Rostin Behnam is the sponsor of MRAC.

SEC Releases Report On 38th Annual Small Business Forum

Date 05/12/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today released a report on the 38th Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation.  The Forum is a unique event attended by SEC Commissioners and staff in which members of the public and private sectors gather to craft suggestions for securities policy impacting emerging businesses and their investors.  The 2019 Forum was hosted in partnership with the Heider College of Business at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, on Aug. 14, 2019, and marks the first year that the Forum was organized by the SEC’s new Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation.

CFTC Financial Data For Futures Commission Merchants Update

Date 05/12/2019

Futures commission merchants (FCMs) and retail foreign exchange dealers (RFEDs) must file monthly financial reports with the CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) within 17 business days after the end of the month. Selected financial information from these reports is published below. The most recent month-end information generally is added within 12 business days after FCMs and RFEDs file their reports, but occasionally may be added later. For example:  The 17th business day filing “due date" for February 28, 2015 financial reports was March 25, 2015.  The 12 business day target for posting these data was April 10, 2015.

SEC Charges Iconix Brand Group And Former Top Executives With Accounting Fraud

Date 05/12/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged brand-management company Iconix Brand Group Inc. and three of its former top executives with fraud. Iconix and two of its former executives have agreed to settle. The SEC’s litigation is proceeding against Iconix’s former CEO.

CME Group Chief Financial Officer And Global Head of Financial And OTC Products To Present At Goldman Sachs Conference

Date 05/12/2019

CME Group announced today that John Pietrowicz, Chief Financial Officer, and Sean Tully, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Financial and OTC Products, will present at the Goldman Sachs U.S. Financial Services Conference in New York on Tuesday, December 10, at 9:10 a.m. (Eastern Time). 

Eurex Takes Its ESG Offering To A Global Level - New Futures Using MSCI ESG Screened Indexes To Be Launched In March 2020 - Covering USA, World, EM, EAFE And Japan

Date 05/12/2019

The global derivatives exchange Eurex will expand its ESG equity index-linked product suite during the first quarter of 2020. With the introduction of derivatives on sustainable versions of various regional and global benchmarks, Eurex will achieve global coverage with its ESG offering.

Euronext To Acquire Control Of Nord Pool, A Leading Physical Power Market In Europe, Reinforcing Oslo As Euronext’s Hub In The Nordics

Date 05/12/2019

• Euronext to diversify commodities franchise to spot power trading with acquisition of 66% of Nord Pool’s share capital
• Nord Pool is the second largest power market in Europe, offering trading, clearing, settlement and associated services in both intraday and day-ahead physical markets across 14 European countries, notably in the Nordic and Baltic regions
• Further strengthening of Euronext in the Nordics with Oslo as main hub, following acquisition of Oslo Børs VPS earlier this year

ESMA Updates Its Q&As On MiFID II And MiFIR Transparency And Market Structures Topics

Date 05/12/2019

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today updated its Questions and Answers regarding market structures and transparency issues under the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) and Regulation (MiFIR).

UK Financial Conduct Authority: Building Operational Resilience: Impact Tolerances For Important Business Services

Date 05/12/2019

The Bank of England (the Bank), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have today published a shared policy summary and co-ordinated consultation papers (CPs) on new requirements to strengthen operational resilience in the financial services sector.