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Showing 11 - 20 of 24 results for "Commodity Futures Trading Commission"

Portfolio manager caught out faking returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... plus prejudgment interest and a civil penalty of US $100,000. Concurrent to SEC action, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) also entered a consent order against Rege, involving conduct similar to the SEC's orders. The CFTC's order finds ...

Goldman Sachs fined $120m for rate rigging

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... million penalty for attempting to rig global benchmarks for interest rate products. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission found that, between January 2007 and March 2012, traders in New York - including the head of Goldman's US Interest Rate Products ...

DTCC to cut GTR fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... commodities. In addition to the ASIC & MAS reporting regimes, DTCC also supports the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Canadian reporting across provinces, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Financial Services ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... and several Australian state governments. It has received 'no-action' relief from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), allowing it to provide direct access to US persons to transact interest rate swaps on its market. "Yieldbroker is a ...

RBS enters enforceable undertaking

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... interest rate benchmark settings is in accordance with its obligations under the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Orders. "RBS is also required to undertake certain remedial measures with respect to its trading in Reference Bank ...

FBI launches probe into high speed traders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... insider trading. According to reports, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are looking into ties between high-speed traders and major exchanges, examining whether the firms are getting preferential ...

ANZ fined over futures contracts

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... after exceeding speculative position limits in wheat and cotton futures contracts. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said ANZ had exceeded speculative position limits in the futures contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade and the Intercontinental ...

Gensler to depart T. Rowe Price

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... analyst in the equity risk arbitrage department. He is twin brother to the chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Barack Obama, Gary Gensler.

US regulator spotlights high frequency trades

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... control the practice which is often accused of exacerbating stock market volatility. The US' Commodity Futures Trading Commission was due to meet with its UK counterpart this week to discuss the idea of a registration process that would give a better ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... millions setting off the record plunge. But the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said the agencies and exchanges were "to review the unusual trading activity" and would "take appropriate steps to protect ...