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DME Records 20 Per Cent Growth In Physical Delivery Volumes In 2016 Delivering Over 260,000,000 Barrels - Impressive Growth In Trading Volumes Appears Set To Continue In 2017 With A Record 29,887,000 Barrels Of DME Oman Crude Due For Delivery In February

Date 11/01/2017

The Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), the premier international energy futures and commodities exchange in the Middle East, announced a 20 per cent increase year-on-year in physical delivery volumes during 2016, reinforcing its increasingly influential role in the global energy trading marketplace.

Vatsa Narasimha Appointed As Chief Executive Officer Of OANDA Global Corporation, Replacing Ed Eger

Date 11/01/2017

OANDA Global Corporation’s Board of Directors has appointed Vatsa Narasimha, formerly CFO of OANDA, as its CEO. Mr. Narasimha succeeds Ed Eger who, alongside the Board, hand-selected Mr. Narasimha for the role. Mr. Eger will remain at OANDA to support Mr. Narasimha during a transition period.

ESMA Finds Improvement In Regulators’ Supervision Of MiFID Best Execution Requirements

Date 11/01/2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) finds that national regulators are giving greater attention to best execution requirements under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) in the follow-up report to its Peer Review published in 2015.

CFTC Issues Order Of Registration For ICE Endex Markets B.V. To Permit Trading By Direct Access From The U.S.

Date 11/01/2017

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it has issued an Order of Registration to ICE Endex Markets B.V. (ICE Endex), a Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Under the Order, ICE Endex is permitted to provide its identified members or other participants located in the U.S. with direct access to its electronic order entry and trade matching system.

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Issues Notice of Charges to Prohibit and Assess $5 Million Penalty Against Two Foreign Exchange Traders

Date 11/01/2017

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today issued a notice of charges for prohibition and notice of assessment of civil money penalty against Richard Usher, former Head of G10 Spot Trading at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Rohan Ramchandani, former Head of European Spot Trading at Citibank, N.A.

EPEX SPOT Intraday Markets Reach All-Time High In 2016

Date 11/01/2017

Financial Recovery Technologies Appoints Nasdaq, Thomson Reuters Veteran Cotter As Chief Revenue Officer

Date 11/01/2017

Financial Recovery Technologies (“FRT”), a leading securities class action recovery services provider, has appointed Michael Cotter as its first Chief Revenue Officer. Over the last two years, FRT nearly tripled its roster of clients while rapidly expanding its product suite through innovation and acquisition, enabling the company to attract a seasoned executive like Cotter with his pedigree of success.

NYSE To Expand Floor Trading To All U.S. Equity Securities In 2017

Date 11/01/2017

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), part of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), today announced plans to expand its floor-based trading operations, offering investors even greater access to trade all U.S. securities for the first time with NYSE’s unique and proven market model.

Thailand Futures Exchange Adds 24 Underlying Stocks For Stock Futures, Effective From Jan 16

Date 11/01/2017

Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) will introduce a new set of Stock Futures with the new 24 underlying stocks to further boost trading volume after its 2016 trading volume surged 72 percent from a year earlier. The new additions will be effective from January 16.

Millennium Exchange Release 9.1 Oslo Børs – Dress Rehearsal In The Production Environment 21 January 2017

Date 11/01/2017

Oslo Børs kindly reminds you of the Millennium 9.1 dress rehearsal with client participation on Saturday 21 January. This is the first out of two opportunities for members and ISVs in order to comply with the obligation to participate in at least one dress rehearsal in the project of upgrading Oslo Børs’ Millennium platform to release 9.1. The date for the second dress rehearsal is to be announced shortly.