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CFTC Charges Irvine, California Resident Ghassan Tawachi And His Company, Intelligent Trades, LLC, With Defrauding Customers In Connection With A Commodity Futures Trading System - Tawachi Also Charged With Violating An Earlier CFTC Anti-Fraud Order And Acting As A Commodity Trading Advisor Without Being Registered As Such With The CFTC

Date 07/01/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a civil anti-fraud enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California charging Defendants Ghassan Tawachi (a/k/a Marco Tawachi) and his firm, Intelligent Trades, LLC, with fraudulently marketing commodity futures trading software, under which Tawachi indirectly controlled the trading of his customers’ commodity futures accounts and collected substantial fees for the use of his trading software. In all, the Defendants allegedly defrauded clients of over $479,755.

NZX December 2015 Shareholder Metrics

Date 07/01/2016

Please find attached shareholder metrics for December 2015.

CFTC Financial Data For Futures Commission Merchants Update

Date 07/01/2016

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.

Alberta Securities Commission Enters Into Agreement With ESMA To Establish Cooperation Arrangements For Central Counterparties

Date 07/01/2016

The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding Central Counterparties (CCPs). The MoU establishes cooperation arrangements between the ASC and ESMA for CCPs that are established, recognized and regulated in Alberta and have applied to ESMA for recognition under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (Covered CCPs).

CalPERS' Annual Report Highlights Investment, Finance Progress - CalPERS Releases 2014-15 Fiscal Year Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

Date 07/01/2016

CalPERS released its annual financial report, which provides a detailed summary of the pension plan's investment activities and performance over a one-year period ended on June 30, 2015. The 2015 CalPERS Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) (PDF) presents an in-depth statistical analysis of pension and health finances of the System and its thousands of contracting public agencies in California cities, counties, and special districts.

SEC: Fee Rate Advisory #3 For Fiscal Year 2016

Date 07/01/2016

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that starting on Feb. 16, 2016, the fee rates applicable to most securities transactions will be set at $21.80 per million dollars. 

ESMA To Cooperate With Canadian And Swiss Regulators On CCPs

Date 07/01/2016

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has established three Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) under the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). 

ICE Futures Canada Achieves Record Year In Canola Futures And Options

Date 07/01/2016

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, announced today that in 2015 ICE Futures Canada achieved record volume in canola futures and options with 5.745 million contracts traded for the year.

Highlights From ESMA’S 2015 Financial Innovation Day

Date 07/01/2016

BATS ETF Marketplace Welcomes Three New iShares ETFs - 30 iShares ETFs Now Listed On The BATS ETF Marketplace - New ETFs Began Trading Today

Date 07/01/2016

BATS Global Markets (BATS), the #1 U.S. market for the trading of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today welcomed three new ETFs from iShares to its U.S. market.