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HKEx: Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report

Date 18/02/2016

HKEx: Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report , Updated:  18/02/2016 

European Commission: Speech By Commissioner Jonathan Hill At The European Forum For Manufacturing And Association For Financial Markets In Europe Dinner Debate

Date 18/02/2016

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It’s a great pleasure to be here with you this evening. It’s been a particular pleasure to have had the chance to meet some of you over dinner and hear a little about the work that your different companies are doing, and the ways in which you work with the financial services sector.

CHAIN-FINANCE To Debut Blockchain Finance Workshop In London 16 March, 2016 - "How Can Blockchain Technology Improve Credit Markets?"

Date 18/02/2016

CHAIN-FINANCE, a provider of news, research & workshops on blockchain technologies for global financial services, today announced the debut of its first Blockchain-Finance Workshop in London on March 16, 2016. Speakers from Credits, Ethereum, Nxt, UBS, and the Stephen Lawrence Scholars will contribute to the agenda.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Issues Third-Quarter Report

Date 18/02/2016

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today published its Quarterly Report summarising key developments from October to December 2015.

CBOE Holdings Declares First-Quarter 2016 Dividend - Announces Increase In Share Repurchase Authorization

Date 17/02/2016

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per share and increased its share repurchase authorization by $100 million. 

Daniel Kahl Named As Chief Counsel Of National Exam Program

Date 17/02/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Daniel S. Kahl has been named Chief Counsel of its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE).  In this role Mr. Kahl will oversee a staff of 15 lawyers and advise OCIE’s leadership on legal, technical, and policy matters regarding the agency’s National Exam Program.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 17/02/2016

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

US Department Of Justice: Former Chief Operating Officer Of Davis Bio-Pesticide Company Indicted For Securities Fraud - SEC Files Separate Civil Complaint

Date 17/02/2016

Hector Absi, 47, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was arrested today by FBI agents at his home in Las Vegas.  He is charged in a 16-count indictment, unsealed today, that was returned by a federal grand jury in Sacramento, California, on February 11.  The indictment charges Absi with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and securities fraud; substantive counts of mail, wire and securities fraud; and with other securities-related charges, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner for the Eastern District of California announced.

SEC Charges Biopesticide Company And Former Executive With Accounting Fraud

Date 17/02/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged biopesticide company Marrone Bio Innovations and a former executive with inflating financial results to meet projections it would double revenues in its first year as a public company.  Marrone Bio agreed to pay a $1.75 million penalty to settle the SEC’s charges.

OCC Welcomes ISE Mercury Options Exchange

Date 17/02/2016

OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, announced today that ISE Mercury has become an OCC participant exchange. ISE Mercury, ISE’s newly launched options exchange, began operations on February 16, bringing to 14 the total number of U.S. options markets.