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CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight Announces Mel Gunewardena As Deputy Director Of The Market Intelligence Branch And The Agency’s Chief Market Intelligence Officer

Date 19/02/2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) announced today that Mel Gunewardena has been named Deputy Director of the Market Intelligence Branch (MIB) and CFTC’s Chief Market Intelligence Officer.
MIAX Options: Change To Exchange Rule 521, Nullification And Adjustment Of Options Transactions Including Obvious Errors, For Transactions Being Used To Calculate The Final Settlement Price Of A Volatility Index

Date 19/02/2019

MIAX Options is amending Exchange Rule 521, to adopt a provision specifically related to its volatility index product and the calculation of the final settlement price of a volatility index on the final settlement day.
Dankse Bank Told To Shut Down Estonian Branch In Response To Historic Money Laundering Scandal

Date 19/02/2019

The Estonian Financial Supervision (Finantsinspektsioon), issued a precept today to Danske Bank to terminate its activities in Estonia and ordered it to close its branch in Tallinn before the end of 2019. The precept statedthat Danske Bank "violated anti-money laundering regulations for many years by allowing high-risk money-laundering clients to make suspicious transactions through the bank. In addition, it stated that Danske Bank misled the Estonian public authorities by providing them with inadequate information and thus actually hampered their investigation."
CFTC Commissioners Submit Comment On Prudential Regulators' Proposed Rulemaking

Date 19/02/2019

Commissioners of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) submitted a comment on the notice of proposed rulemaking issued by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to implement a new approach for calculating the exposure amount of derivatives contracts under the agencies’ regulatory capital rules. Commissioners Brian Quintenz, Rostin Behnam, and Dan Berkovitz signed the comment, and were joined by Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo.
SEC Proposes To Expand “Test-The-Waters” Modernization Reform To All Issuers

Date 19/02/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose an expansion of a popular modernization reform that would permit investor views about potential offerings to be taken into account at an earlier stage in the process than is the case today. The new rule and related amendments would expand the "test-the-waters" accommodation—currently available to emerging growth companies or "EGCs"—to all issuers, including investment company issuers.

Pirum Welcomes Nancy Steiker And Gareth Day To The Team

Date 19/02/2019

Pirum is delighted to welcome Nancy Steiker & Gareth Day to the team.
EBA Board Of Supervisors Nominates José Manuel Campa As New EBA Chairperson

Date 19/02/2019

The Board of Supervisors (BoS) of the EBA nominated today Jose Manuel Campa as the new Chairperson of the Authority. Mr Campa was selected from a shortlist of candidates compiled by the EBA Selection Committee.
Abacus Group CEO Named “Game Changer” - Chris Grandi Receives 2019 Game Changers Award From Finance Monthly For Role In Founding/Growing Abacus Group Into Leading Global It Provider For Alt Investment Firms

Date 19/02/2019

Chris Grandi, CEO of Abacus Group, a leading global provider of IT services for alternative investment firms, has been named a winner of Finance Monthly’s Game Changers Award for 2019. The awards highlight the most innovative and forward-thinking leaders in the financial industry, based on research conducted by the London-based publication.
Net Profits Of The Listed Companies At Amman Stock Exchange Increased 44.7% By The End Of 2018

Date 19/02/2019

The Net profits of 193 out of 195 companies listed in the First and the Second Markets increased by JD 361.5 million according to their primary financial statements that were provided to the ASE for the year of 2018 to reach JD 1.170 billion in comparing with JD 809 million for the year of 2017, which represents an increase by 44.7%.
SIFMA Issues Muni Model Placement Engagement Agreements

Date 19/02/2019

SIFMA today issued two new model placement agent engagement agreements, along with related commentary. One of the agreements covers conduit bonds and the second covers non-conduit bonds.