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Thomson Reuters FX Volumes
January 11th, 2016
Covering all spot, forwards, swaps, options and non-deliverable forwards traded on Thomson Reuters platforms Each month Thomson Reuters publishes combined average daily volumes for its FX electronic trading platforms Matching, FXall and the Thomson Reuters SEF. The volumes figures ...
J.P. Morgan to Pay $267 Million for Disclosure Failures
December 21st, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that two J.P. Morgan wealth management subsidiaries have agreed to pay $267 million and admit wrongdoing to settle charges that they failed to disclose conflicts of interest to clients. An SEC investigation found that ...
JPMorgan Said to Win Relief in SEC Case on Sale of Its Own Funds
December 10th, 2015
Bank to get consent to continue raising money for hedge funds SEC, CFTC may announce settlements with bank as soon as Friday JPMorgan Chase & Co. is close to settling cases that threatened to bar the bank from raising ...
GlobalRisk and Interactive Data Collaboration
November 20th, 2015
GlobalRisk and Interactive Data Collaborate to Support CFTC’s Derivatives Oversight Operations Offering will provide market regulator with real-time pricing and data to support greater transparency into risk exposures Interactive Data, a leading provider of lowlatency technology and market data ...
Oil Approaching $40 Deepens Investor Pessimism on Recovery
November 17th, 2015
Hedge funds’ short position grew 21% through Nov. 10: CFTC IEA sees `massive cushion’ worldwide on record production Hedge funds have turned more pessimistic on oil as prices flirted with $40 a barrel for the first time since August. ...
SGX establishes connectivity with CME Group co-location facility
November 4th, 2015
Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced that it will establish a presence in the CME Group co-location facility based in Aurora, Illinois, to provide direct connectivity for customers between the two facilities. The SGX Chicago Hub, hosted within the CME ...
Commodities Trader Found Guilty in ‘Spoofing’ Case
November 4th, 2015
Michael Coscia faces up to 25 years in prison with sentencing scheduled for March A Chicago jury found a New Jersey-based commodities trader guilty of 12 counts of fraud and manipulating the futures market on Tuesday in a major ...
FINRA warns that trading Binary Options can be extremely risky
October 27th, 2015
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a new Investor Alert, Binary Options: These All-Or-Nothing Options Are All-Too-Often Fraudulent. FINRA published the alert to warn investors that trading binary options can be extremely risky. Unlike other types of options ...
Oil Speculators Make `Easy’ Bearish Call at 85-Year Supply High
October 27th, 2015
Money managers increase bearish wagers by most since July U.S. crude supplies have gained 5% in past four weeks Hedge funds placed the most bets on falling oil prices since July as rising piles of crude dashed hopes of ...
European Court of Justice: Bitcoin is a currency and exchanges are VAT-exempt
October 22nd, 2015
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that bitcoin exchange transactions should be exempt from VAT. The ECJ ruling stated that bitcoin transactions “are exempt from VAT under the provision concerning transactions relating to currency, bank notes and ...
