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Remarks At The North American Electronic Bond Trading Forum By Jonathan S. Sokobin, FINRA Chief Economist And Senior Vice President

Date 10/05/2016

Electronic Trading in the Bond Markets

Good morning. Thank you [Mark Monahan] for that introduction. I’m pleased to have this opportunity to join today’s conversation on the increasing automation of fixed income markets.

Many of us have been in the securities business long enough to appreciate how the first electronic trading system—the NASDAQ quotation system that was launched in 1971—helped transform trading in the U.S. equities market. On the equities side, strong investor demand for faster executions, lower trading costs and more complete market information through limit order books helped spur the movement toward electronic trading. Today, nearly all stock markets both here in the U.S. and abroad are electronic.

CFTC Issues Proposed Amendment To The 2013 Final Order Regarding RTOs And ISOs

Date 10/05/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a proposed amendment to a final order the CFTC issued on March 28, 2013 that exempted certain specified transactions of six Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators (RTO-ISO Order) from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations.

Office Of Financial Research Update: “Developing Best Practices For Regulatory Data Collections”

Date 10/05/2016

The OFR today issued the Viewpoint Series, a new series representing the views of the OFR. The first viewpoint is entitled, “Developing Best Practices for Regulatory Data Collections,” which is accompanied by a blog by OFR Director Richard Berner.

Keynote Address Of CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo Before The Markit Group, 2016 Annual Customer Conference New York, “Blockchain: A Regulatory Use Case”, May 10, 2016

Date 10/05/2016

U.S. Treasury Department Issues White Paper On Online Marketplace Lending Industry - “Opportunities And Challenges In Online Marketplace Lending”

Date 10/05/2016

The U.S. Treasury Department today issued a white paper regarding its review of the online marketplace lending industry. The white paper titled, “Opportunities and Challenges in Online Marketplace Lending,” provides an overview of what the Treasury Department heard in response to its Request for Information, and it contains research on and recommendations for the industry. 

CFTC Financial Data For Futures Commission Merchants Update

Date 10/05/2016

Futures commission merchants (FCMs) and retail foreign exchange dealers (RFEDs) must file monthly financial reports with the CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) within 17 business days after the end of the month. Selected financial information from these reports is published below. The most recent month-end information generally is added within 12 business days after FCMs and RFEDs file their reports, but occasionally may be added later. For example:  The 17th business day filing “due date" for February 28, 2015 financial reports was March 25, 2015.  The 12 business day target for posting these data was April 10, 2015.

Borsa İstanbul VIOP’s Revenue Sharing Based Market Making Program Welcomes Garanti Bank For Its Gold Futures

Date 10/05/2016

Garanti Bank joined Borsa İstanbul VIOP’s revenue sharing based new market making program for Gold futures. Effective from April 1, 2016, Gold and USD/Ounce Gold Futures were included in the New Market Making Program based on revenue sharing to further increase the liquidity of gold contracts. Garanti Bank is the first market maker that will operate under the New Market Making Program in Gold and USD/Ounce Gold Futures.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions Expands Its Data And Analytics Platform To Include Flood Re Data - LexisNexis Presents Flood Re Information Alongside A Holistic View Of Existing Exposure And Building-Specific Information Through The LexisNexis Risk Solutions Data Platform

Date 10/05/2016

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a leading provider of data, analytics and technology, has added Flood Re data to its data platform for home insurers and insurance brokers. The addition enables insurers to automatically identify any property that qualifies for Flood Rei at the point-of-quote and understand the cost of ceding to the program. Together with building-specific flood modeling data already provided by LexisNexis Risk Solutions, insurers can make better decisions regarding the price to quote and whether to cede the policy to Flood Re. The solution is being used by several leading insurers and is available for both direct insurance business and broking channels. 

Turkish Ministry Of Science, Industry And Technology Has Approved Borsa İstanbul’s “BISTECH Research & Development Center” Application As Of May 6, 2016.

Date 10/05/2016

According to the Law on Supporting Research and Development Activities numbered 5746; Borsa İstanbul applied to the Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Development on March 4, 2016, in order to be registered as a Research & Development (R&D) Center.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For May 2016 Rubber Contract

Date 10/05/2016

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the May 2016 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined as follows,

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 2.2 of the Rubber Delivery Detailed Rules, the price differential between the Good Delivery materials RSS No.3 and the non-standard grade RSS No.4 for the May 2016 contract month shall be -3.0 yen/kg.