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FINRA Requests Comment On Arbitration Proposals

Date 18/10/2017

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued two Regulatory Notices requesting comment on two proposals related to its arbitration program: a proposal to expand the options available to investors when filing a claim in arbitration against an inactive firm or associated person, and a second proposal related to compensated non-attorney representatives that provide public investors an alternative to representation by attorneys in disputes between investors and broker-dealers. 

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 18/10/2017

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

The TABB Group September 2017 Equities LiquidityMatrix™ Is Available For Review

Date 18/10/2017

The TABB Group September 2017 Equities LiquidityMatrix™ is available for review.  

CME Group And JPX Enter into Agreement To Launch Japanese Yen-Denominated TOPIX Futures Contract On CME

Date 18/10/2017

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and Japan Exchange Group (JPX), Asia's leading comprehensive exchange group, today announced the launch of Japanese Yen-denominated Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX) futures contracts to begin trading on CME Globex by Q1 2018, pending all relevant regulatory review periods.

EBA Updates List Of Public Sector Entities For The Calculation Of Capital Requirements

Date 18/10/2017

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an updated list of public sector entities (PSEs) that may be treated as regional governments, local authorities or central governments for the calculation of capital requirements, in accordance with the EU Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). 

Moscow Exchange Risk Parameters Change

Date 18/10/2017

NCC Clearing Bank is changing Securities market risk parameters starting from October 19, 2017 according to the tables below.

SEC Announces 2017 Government-Business Forum To Be Held At University Of Texas At Austin

Date 18/10/2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it is partnering with the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Renewal at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin to host the SEC’s annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation on November 30.  This annual forum provides a platform to highlight additional measures to improve small business capital formation and address whether unnecessary, duplicative, or outdated regulations can be eliminated or reduced.

LCH Clears First Swaps Referencing SARON

Date 18/10/2017

• Migration to new Swiss reference rate comes ahead of discontinuation of TOIS on 29 December 2017
• SwapClear has cleared circa CHF 30 trillion in Swiss Franc-denominated interest rate derivatives since the service’s inception
• Basler Kantonalbank, Credit Suisse and Zürcher Kantonalbank among the first members to clear using the new rate

Blake Grossman, Former BlackRock Vice Chairman And CEO Of Barclays Global Investors, Joins Board Of Directors At Axioma

Date 18/10/2017

Axioma, Inc. announced today the election of Blake Grossman to the company’s Board of Directors.

Derivatives Industry Joins Forces To Launch Futuresfundamentals.org Education Resource

Date 18/10/2017

Today at FIA Expo, the largest gathering of futures market participants in the world, futuresfundamentals.org was launched to provide information and curriculum for learners of all levels to understand the role that derivatives markets play in the global economy and our everyday lives.