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ASIC Consults On Foreign Financial Services Providers Relief Proposals

Date 01/06/2018

ASIC has today released a consultation paper proposing a modified licensing regime for foreign financial service providers carrying on a financial services business in Australia with wholesale clients. These foreign providers are global investment banks or wholesale managed funds. This approach would provide ASIC with a broader range of tools to regulate the activities of foreign providers in Australia.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Prices Of Cash-Settled Oil Futures May 2018 Contracts

Date 01/06/2018

Final settlement prices for cash-settled oil futures May 2018 contracts are as follows:

(Yen/kl)
Platts cash-settled Dubai Crude Oil   51,360
Cash-settled Barge Gasoline             66,450
Cash-settled Lorry Gasoline               67,410
Platts cash-settled Barge Kerosene   65,960
Platts cash-settled Lorry Kerosene    66,790
Platts cash-settled Barge Gas Oil      68,330
Platts cash-settled Lorry Gas Oil       67,700

Nadex: Monthly Bitcoin Mini Spread Contracts To List For June 1, 2018

Date 01/06/2018

On February 27, 2018, North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”) submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”), its intent to list new Mini Bitcoin Variable Payout Contracts, based on the underlying USD TeraBit Price Index, on or after March 1, 2018.  The new Mini Bitcoin Variable Payout (“Spread”) contract will have a duration of one month, and will be listed on the first trade date of each new month and expire on the last trade date of the month. 

IIROC To Assume Responsibility For Debt Statistics Reporting

Date 31/05/2018

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada(IIROC) announces that, effective today, it will take over the statistical reporting on secondary trading by all Government Securities Distributor- (GSD) and non-GSD Dealer Members currently carried out by the Bank of Canada (BoC).

Chyhe Becker Named Acting Chief Economist And Acting Director Of The Division Of Economic And Risk Analysis

Date 31/05/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Dr. Chyhe Kim Becker has been named as the Acting Chief Economist and Acting Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA). 

BOX Options Exchange Fee Change – June 2018

Date 31/05/2018

BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) is making the following changes to the BOX Fee Schedule:

SEC Names Julie A. Erhardt Acting Chief Risk Officer

Date 31/05/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Julie A. Erhardt has been named the Commission’s Acting Chief Risk Officer, to serve while the agency completes its search to fill this important new position.  

S&P Dow Jones Indices - Europe Dashboard

Date 31/05/2018

• In a month when trade tensions and political risk dominated headlines, the S&P Europe 350® managed to eke out a 0.25% monthly gain.
• As uncertainty rose this month, quality-oriented S&P Europe 350 equity strategies came to the fore; Dividend Aristocrats® and Quality led the way.
• Most of our fixed income indices gained this month.  Italian and Spanish sovereign bond indices provided the exceptions.

Cboe To Host 2018 Risk Management Conference Europe In September

Date 31/05/2018

• Cboe to host 7th Annual Cboe Risk Management Conference Europe
• September 12–14 in Enniskerry, County Wicklow, Ireland

SEC Charges Investment Banker In Insider Trading Scheme

Date 31/05/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an employee of a prominent investment bank with repeatedly using his access to highly confidential information in order to place illicit and profitable trades in advance of deals on which the bank was providing investment banking advisory services.