Search Results for: Commodity Exchange Act
CFTC Orders Paris-Based Société Générale SA to Pay a $450,000 Penalty
December 8th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Société Générale SA (Société Générale) for failing to properly report certain non-deliverable forward transactions to a swap data repository (SDR), and failing ...
CFTC approved rules for swap dealer and major swap participant minimum capital requirements
December 5th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today unanimously approved proposed rules establishing swap dealer (SDs) and major swap participant (MSPs) minimum capital requirements. As required by the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the rules ...
Former CBOE Member to pay $21.8 Million in a Ponzi Scheme
December 1st, 2016
CFTC Obtains $21.8 Million Default Judgment against Former CBOE Member Alvin Guy Wilkinson and his Connecticut-based Firms for Misappropriation of Customer Funds and Fraudulent Solicitation in Ponzi Scheme The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that Judge Virginia ...
Forex broker fined for more than $35 Million
November 17th, 2016
Federal Court Orders IB Capital FX, LLC, Michel Geurkink, and Emad Echadi to Pay More than $35 Million in Restitution and a Civil Penalty for Soliciting at Least $50 Million from Members of the Public to Trade Forex, without ...
CFTC Orders Angus Partners LLC D/B/A Angus Energy to Pay a $250,000 Civil Penalty
September 30th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it entered an Order requiring Angus Partners LLC D/B/A Angus Energy (Angus), a Florida limited liability company with its principal place of business in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to pay a $250,000 ...
CFTC Expands Interest Rate Swap Clearing Requirement
September 29th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) today expanded the existing clearing requirement for interest rate swaps. The Commission voted unanimously to approve an amendment to Commission regulation 50.4(a) that establishes a new clearing requirement determination. The new clearing ...
Advantage Futures penalised for Risk Management and other failures
September 22nd, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Advantage Futures LLC (Advantage), a Chicago-based Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), for failing to diligently supervise the handling of certain commodity interest accounts, for deficient ...
CFTC Orders JSC VTB Bank and VTB Capital PLC Jointly to Pay a $5 Million Civil Monetary Penalty
September 20th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against banking institutions JSC VTB Bank (VTB), headquartered in St. Petersburg, Russia, and VTB Capital PLC (VTB Capital) for executing fictitious and noncompetitive block trades in Russian ...
CFTC Grants Registration to Seed SEF LLC
August 24th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it has issued an Order of Registration to Seed SEF LLC (Seed), of Chicago, Illinois, granting it fully registered status with the CFTC as a Swap Execution Facility (SEF). ...
FXCM Issues Statement on CFTC Complaint
August 22nd, 2016
FXCM has issued a statement in relation to the complaint filed by CFTC on August 19, 2016. Below is the FXCM’s statement as it was published on August 19, 2016: FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) (or the “Company”), today issued a statement ...
