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SIFMA President And CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. Named Chairman Of Financial Services Industry's Engage China Coalition

Date 18/02/2016

SIFMA announced today that the members of the Engage China coalition have agreed the Honorable Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. will take over as chairman. Mr. Bentsen is currently the president and CEO of SIFMA and the CEO of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA). From 1995 to 2003, he served as a Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas, where he sat on the House Financial Services Committee (and its predecessor House Banking and Financial Services Committee), and separately on the House Budget Committee. Prior to his service in Congress, Mr. Bentsen was an investment banker at both a major Wall Street firm and a large regional firm, where he specialized in municipal and mortgage finance.
BISX CEO Addresses Rotary Club Of East Nassau - BISX CEO: ‘Bahamian Capital Market Vibrant,’

Date 18/02/2016

In a decade defined more by economic challenge than growth worldwide, The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) market has surged nearly 400% from a market capitalization of $820 million at inception to today’s $3.8 billion.
BATS ETF Marketplace Welcomes New ProShares Managed Futures Strategy ETF

Date 18/02/2016

BATS Global Markets (BATS), the #1 U.S. market for the trading of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today welcomed the ProShares Managed Futures Strategy ETF (BATS: FUT), which began trading today on The BATS ETF Marketplace.
Euronext Distinguishes Capital Market Participants And Calls For Portuguese Market To Work Together

Date 18/02/2016

The fifth edition of the Euronext Lisbon Awards, was held yesterday. During the event, the Portuguese Stock Exchange distinguished the issuers, financial intermediaries and other institutions, as well as the individuals who, in 2015, played an important role in the Portuguese capital market. The Minister Assistant to the Prime Minister, Eduardo Cabrita, closed the event which took place at Teatro Tivoli BBVA, and was heavily attended by issuers, brokers, investment banks, analysts, fund managers, law firms, academics, governmental entities, regulators and journalists, among other participants.
Turkey-UK Partnership In Financial Services Conference To Be Organized On Feb 18-19, 2016

Date 18/02/2016

In line with “Turkey-UK Partnership in Financial Services” project undertaken by UK Government a conference will be organized in İstanbul on February 18-19, 2016. Borsa İstanbul CEO Tuncay Dinç will deliver a speech at the conference.

CFTC Staff Extends Request For Comment Period On Draft Technical Specifications For Certain Swap Data Elements

Date 18/02/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight and Office of Data and Technology staff today extended the request for comment period on the draft technical specifications for certain prioritized swap data elements and associated questions. The comment period will be extended to March 7, 2016. This extension will allow the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee and other interested parties to discuss the request for comment at a public meeting on February 23, 2016.
SGX Consults On Changes To Derivatives Rules And Contract Specifications

Date 18/02/2016

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is seeking public feedback on proposed amendments to the Futures Trading Rule, SGX-Derivatives Clearing (SGX-DC) Rules and various contract specifications.
Operators Of Bitcoin Mining Operation Butterfly Labs Agree To Settle FTC Charges They Deceived Consumers - Defendants Will Be Prohibited from Misleading Consumers, Taking Up-Front Payments For Bitcoin Machines

Date 18/02/2016

Butterfly Labs and two of its operators have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived thousands of consumers about the availability, profitability, and newness of machines designed to mine the virtual currency known as Bitcoin, and that they unfairly kept consumers’ up-front payments despite failing to deliver the machines as promised.
The MiG Report January 2016 - TSX, TSX Venture Exchange

Date 18/02/2016

Please click here for the January 2016 MiG Report.
CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight Provides Time-Limited No-Action Relief For End Users From The Form TO Filing Requirement

Date 18/02/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today issued a no-action letter providing time-limited relief for end users from the Form TO filing requirement under CFTC regulations.