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Andrew Bailey Speech At Lord Mayor’s City Banquet, Speech By Andrew Bailey, Chief Executive, FCA, Delivered At The Lord Mayor's City Banquet At Mansion House.

Date 24/10/2019

Highlights

• There are strong benefits from free trade and open global financial markets and the FCA will continue to support them
• A biq question for the FCA is how we reconcile risk taking with investor protection. What are the boundaries for this risk taking and when should the regulator intervene, and with what consequences?
• Part of the criticism the FCA faces is justified. We should improve our efficiency – which, is why we want to make a major investment in data analytics to give our staff more effective tools to do the job

CFTC Charges New York Man With Misappropriating Customer Funds Intended For Futures And Forex Trading

Date 24/10/2019

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Eyal Alper of Tarrytown, New York, for fraud and misappropriating funds. 

Short Interest Positions In Nasdaq Stocks As Of Settlement Date October 15, 2019

Date 24/10/2019

At the end of the settlement date of October 15, 2019, short interest in 2,382 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 8,313,537,316 shares compared with 8,342,401,350 shares in 2,379 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of September 30, 2019. The mid-September short interest represents 4.64 compared with 4.37 days for the prior reporting period.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 24/10/2019

Due to a reporting firm problem for trade date October 15, 2019, significant reportable positions have been added to the following contracts in the reports published on October 18, 2019:

CBT Corn (CFTC ID 002602)
CBT Soybeans (CFTC ID 005602)
CBT Soybean Oil (CFTC ID 007601)
CBT Soybean Meal (CFTC ID 026603)
ICUS Canola (CFTC ID 135731)

NYSE Group Consolidated Short Interest Report

Date 24/10/2019

NYSE today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of October 15, 2019.

CFTC Commissioner Quintenz To Participate In A Keynote Interview At The 2019 ISDA Annual Japan Conference

Date 24/10/2019

PNGX Announces New PNG Market Indices

Date 24/10/2019

PNGX, Papua New Guinea’s national stock exchange, will launch 6 indices for the PNG market on 1 November 2019.

CFTC Extends Public Comment Period For Proposal To Improve Data Quality And Streamline Regulations For Swap Data Repositories

Date 24/10/2019

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that it is further extending the comment period for the proposed rulemaking to amend certain CFTC regulations related to swap data reporting from October 28, 2019 to January 27, 2020.

Credit Union Meets Robot - Speech By Sam Woods, Bank Of England, Deputy Governor For Prudential Regulation And Chief Executive Officer, Prudential Regulation Authority Given At Mansion House, London

Date 24/10/2019

Sam Woods looks at the barriers to growth for small banks and credit unions. He says these barriers can be a result of complex regulatory rules and ‘cliff-edge’ thresholds. And he explains what the Prudential Regulation Authority is doing about them.

CFTC Chairman Tarbert To Keynote FIA Expo 2019

Date 24/10/2019