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CME Group Announces E-Mini Nasdaq-100 Futures All-Time Daily Trading Volume Record - New Single-Day High Surpasses Prior Record Set Over A Decade Ago

Date 12/10/2018

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures reached an all-time daily volume record of 1,150,475 contracts traded on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. This surpasses the previous single-day volume record of 1,149,387 contracts reached on Sept. 18, 2008.

SEC Suspends Former BDO Accountants For Improperly “Predating” Audit Work Papers

Date 12/10/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today suspended three former BDO USA LLP accountants for their improper professional conduct during an audit of an exchange-listed insurance company.

In CFTC Action, Former Trader Kamaldeep Gandhi Admits To Engaging In Spoofing And Manipulative Schemes At Proprietary Trading Firms - CFTC Order Recognizes Gandhi’s Entry Into A Cooperation Agreement With The Division Of Enforcement

Date 12/10/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and settling charges against Kamaldeep Gandhi, in which Gandhi admits to engaging in manipulative and deceptive schemes, along with other individuals, which involved thousands of acts of spoofing (bidding or offering with the intent to cancel the bid or offer before execution) with respect to a variety of futures products traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, New York Mercantile Exchange, and the Commodity Exchange, Inc.  The Order finds that Gandhi engaged in this unlawful activity while placing orders for, and trading futures contracts through, accounts owned by his former employers, two proprietary trading firms named as Firm A and Firm B in the Order.

Update On Transaction Between CME And NEX

Date 12/10/2018

The boards of CME and NEX are pleased to announce that they have received clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act from the United States Department of Justice - Antitrust Division for the proposed acquisition of NEX by CME and Bidco.

CME Group Receives DOJ Clearance For Proposed NEX Acquisition

Date 12/10/2018

CME Group (Nasdaq: CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has received clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act from the United States Department of Justice - Antitrust Division for its proposed acquisition of NEX Group plc (NXG.L).

ISDA Transfers DC Secretary Role To Independently Managed Company

Date 12/10/2018

ISDA today announced that it has appointed DC Administration Services, Inc. (DCAS) to act as secretary to the credit derivatives Determinations Committees (DCs).

CFTC Commissioner Quintenz To Speak At The 38th Annual GITEX Technology Week In Dubai

Date 12/10/2018

Financial Technology: ESMA’s Approach, 4th Luxembourg FinTech Conference, 10 October 2018, Patrick Armstrong, Senior Risk Analysis Officer, Innovation And Products Team

Date 12/10/2018

Ladies and gentlemen,

It is both an honour and a great pleasure to be here today to speak at the Fourth Luxembourg FinTech Conference.

Statement By Mario Draghi, President Of The ECB, At The Thirty-Eighth Meeting Of The International Monetary And Financial Committee, Bali (Indonesia), 12 October 2018

Date 12/10/2018

The euro area economy continues to expand in a broad-based manner, across countries and sectors, despite some moderation following its strong growth in 2017. The economy grew by 2.1% year-on-year in the second quarter of this year. It continues to exhibit a high level of capacity utilisation, and labour markets are tightening in several countries and sectors. The unemployment rate in the euro area has dropped to its lowest level since 2008, and the number of people in employment has increased by more than nine million since mid-2013. The latest economic indicators suggest that, overall, this broad-based growth in the euro area will continue.

Passage Of Bill 67 Strengthens Investor Protection In Nova Scotia - Nova Scotia Joins Two Other Provinces In Giving IIROC Full Enforcement Toolkit

Date 12/10/2018

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) today applauded the Government of Nova Scotia upon proclamation of legislation that strengthens investor protection, and safeguards seniors and vulnerable retail investors.