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Statement Of CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad On Actions To Protect Customer Funds

Date 08/08/2016

Today, the Commission continues its work to ensure the resiliency of clearinghouses and protect customers in our markets. To provide the necessary context for these efforts, it is useful to look back at recent history.

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman Announces $100 Million Multi-State Settlement With Barclays Over Role Artificially Manipulating Interest Rates - Manipulated Interest Rates Hurt Government And Not-For-Profit Entities In New York And Across The Country

Date 08/08/2016

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a $100 million, 44-state settlement with Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Capital Inc. for fraudulent and anticompetitive conduct involving the manipulation of U.S. Dollar (USD) LIBOR (the London Interbank Offered Rate) and other benchmark interest rates. Benchmark interest rates affect financial instruments worth trillions of dollars and have a widespread impact on global markets and consumers because LIBOR may determine how much they will be paid on their investments. New York and Connecticut led the working group of State Attorneys General investigating Barclays.  

Unscheduled Adjustment In MDAX And SDAX - Share Of KUKA AG Leaves MDAX - RATIONAL AG Moves Up

Date 08/08/2016

On Monday, Deutsche Börse announced an unscheduled change to MDAX and SDAX. Following the takeover by MECCA International the free float of KUKA AG has dropped below 10 percent (to 5.45 percent). As a result the share of KUKA AG will leave the MDAX index. It is replaced by RATIONAL AG. Chorus Clean Energy will enter SDAX and replace RATIONAL AG.

EEX-Market Messages Service Is Moving To Thomson Reuters EIKON Messenger

Date 08/08/2016

EEX Market Supervision decided to move its Market Messages Service from the Yahoo! to the Thomson Reuters EIKON Messenger. The Market Messages Service discontinues on 8 August 2016 on Yahoo! and continues on Thomson Reuters EIKON.

Opinion Of SEC Commissioner Piwowar, Concurring In Part And Dissenting In part From The Opinion Of The Commission - Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar, Aug. 8, 2016

Date 08/08/2016

Commissioner Piwowar issued a separate opinion, concurring in part and dissenting in part, from the Commission’s consideration of an appeal of an administrative law judge’s initial decision in the matter of John J. Aesoph, CPA, and Darren M. Bennett, CPA.

TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – July 2016

Date 08/08/2016

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for July 2016.

EEX: Nordic Power With Strong First Week In August

Date 08/08/2016

Last week a volume of 194,415 MWh was traded in Nordic Power – this is the highest weekly volume in this market so far.

ESMA Announces Vacancies In The IT Unit

Date 08/08/2016

ESMA is organising a selection procedure to recruit ICT Officers.

FINRA Fines Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. $12.5 Million For Inadequate Supervision Of Internal Communications

Date 08/08/2016

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced it has fined Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. $12.5 million for significant supervisory failures related to research and trading-related information it disseminated to its employees, called 'hoots' or 'squawks,' over internal speakers commonly known as 'squawk boxes.' Despite multiple red flags regarding the potential dissemination of confidential information, Deutsche Bank failed to establish adequate supervision over registered representatives' access to hoots or their communications with customers regarding hoots. As part of the settlement, Deutsche Bank also agreed to provide a written certification that it has adopted and implemented supervisory systems and written procedures concerning hoots that are reasonably designed to achieve compliance with FINRA rules and federal securities laws.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics For July 2016

Date 08/08/2016

Warsaw Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics for July 2016 is now available:

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