The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) has launched its new trading system, which is operated by Nasdaq’s Genium INET technology, as well as Nasdaq Pre-Trade Risk and SMARTS Market Surveillance solutions, officials confirm. The new system is now fully integrated with the Osaka Stock Exchange’s derivatives trading system (J-GATE), which also runs on the same Nasdaq… Read More >>
Barclays Penalized for EFRP Records Violations
A U.S. regulator has cited Barclays Bank on charges of record-keeping violations and is imposing a $500,000 civil monetary penalty upon the bank, months after the U.K. banking giant was cited for problems with its submissions of large trader reports (LTRs) on physical commodity swap positions. The CFTC, the regulator in both cases, is now… Read More >>
ABN AMRO Clearing to Use Fidessa Execution Services
A clearing and financing services provider ABN AMRO Clearing (AAC) is working with trading systems vendor Fidessa to offer managed, cross-asset execution services to AAC clients via a new deal between them. The new link would provide AAC clients with low-latency access to more than 110 futures, options, equities and foreign exchange (FX) markets globally,… Read More >>
JPMorgan Penalized $225K for Reporting Errors
Officials at JPMorgan Ventures Energy Corp. (JPMVE) and JPMorgan Chase, N.A. (JPMCB) have an idea of how much errors in large trader reports (LTRs) will cost them as the CFTC recently issued an order settling charges and imposing a $225,000 civil monetary penalty. For the Large Trader Reporting program, the CFTC operates “a comprehensive system… Read More >>
CME Group Partners with Top Index Provider in China
The CME Group, a conglomerate of derivatives marketplaces, and China Securities Index Co. Ltd. (CSI), dubbed the “largest index provider in China,” have begun a strategic partnership that will lead to new commodity indexes, and will pave the way for the listing, trading and clearing of derivatives products based on the commodity indexes to be… Read More >>
