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ESMA Updates Its EMIR Q&A

Date 26/09/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&A regarding the implementation of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). 

CFTC Charges Brooklyn Resident Yehuda L. Belsky With Binary Options Fraud, Violating A Prior CFTC Order And Making False Statements To The CFTC - CFTC Also Charges Belsky With Acting As An Unregistered Commodity Trading Advisor

Date 26/09/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging Yehuda L. Belsky of Brooklyn, New York, and his firm Y Trading, LLC (Y Trading) with solicitation fraud in connection with binary options trading.  The CFTC Complaint also charges Belsky with making false statements to the CFTC about his binary options trading and failing to register with the CFTC as a Commodity Trading Advisor, as required.  According to the Complaint, Belsky solicited at least $1,258,000 from at least 14 customers to purportedly trade binary options on their behalf.

ESMA Updates Q&A On MiFIR Data Reporting

Date 26/09/2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued today an update of its Q&As regarding data reporting under the Market in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR).

SEC Proposes Amendments To Codify Exemption To Credit Rating Agency Rule

Date 26/09/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has voted to propose rule amendments to codify an existing temporary exemption for credit rating agencies registered with the Commission as nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs). 

CFTC Open Meeting Cancelled

Date 26/09/2018

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Open Meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 27, 2018 has been cancelled. The matters under consideration were resolved through the Commission’s seriatim process.

Thomson Reuters And Moody’s Analytics Partner On IFRS9 SPPI Solution For Fixed-Income Investors

Date 26/09/2018

SEC Charges Firm With Deficient Cybersecurity Procedures

Date 26/09/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a Des Moines-based broker-dealer and investment adviser has agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges related to its failures in cybersecurity policies and procedures surrounding a cyber intrusion that compromised personal information of thousands of customers.

TP ICAP Announces New London Headquarters

Date 26/09/2018

TP ICAP, the world’s largest interdealer broker, is today pleased to announce that it has signed a commercial lease with British Land to create a new London headquarters at 135 Bishopsgate, Broadgate, EC2.  

Introductory Remarks For U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza At The SEC Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Washington D.C., Sept. 25, 2018

Date 26/09/2018

Thank you Juanita [Hernandez] for that kind introduction. I want to welcome those joining us here in D.C., and our regional offices who are participating via VTC, to the SEC’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration.

FSB: Task Force Report Shows Momentum Building For Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

Date 26/09/2018

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) welcomed the publication of a report today by the industry-led Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The Status Report provides an overview of the extent to which companies in their 2017 reports included information aligned with the core TCFD recommendations published in June 2017. The report also provides information to support preparers of disclosures in implementing the TCFD recommendations.