Placing Traders News

FIA Elects Directors And Officers

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:09:51 GMT

The Futures Industry Association today announced the election of board directors at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Following the election, the new board elected the association's officers and public directors. All directors will serve two-year terms unless otherwise noted.

SEC Warns Investors Of Phony Web Site Targeting Madoff Fraud Victims

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:06:15 GMT

The Securities and Exchange Commission is alerting investors about a Web site that falsely claims to have recovered $1.3 billion in funds hidden by convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff in Malaysia. The site asks Madoff victims to submit information to verify that they are on a refund list * a ploy commonly used by con artists to further rip off financial fraud victims.

Former Cazenove Partner Found Guilty Of Insider Dealing

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:51:27 GMT

Malcolm Calvert, a former equities marketmaker at stock broker Cazenove, was today found guilty at Southwark Crown Court on five counts of insider dealing. Calvert made approximately £103,883 profit from the trades that took place between June 2003 and October 2004.

Investec To Join FTSE 100 Index

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:50:01 GMT

FTSE Group ("FTSE") confirms today that international specialist banking group Investec will be joining the FTSE 100 Index for the first time. In the rebalance, Resolution will leave the UK's leading blue chip benchmark and join the FTSE 250 Index.

Hellenic Exchanges S.A.: Presentation Of HELEX At The Association Of Greek Institutional Investors.

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:30:39 GMT

As part of the regular presentations organized by the Association of Greek Institutional Investors, Hellenic Exchanges S.A. presented today its financial results to analysts.

CFTC Hosts International Regulators To Discuss Futures Industry Issues

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:12:03 GMT

Futures services regulators from Brazil, Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec), Ethiopia, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States will assemble today at an annual International Regulators Meeting hosted by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

SEC Halts Ponzi Scheme Preying On Retirees Attending Estate Planning Seminars

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:58:44 GMT

The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency court order to shut down a Ponzi scheme targeting retirees in California and Illinois by inviting them to estate planning seminars and later coaxing them to buy promissory notes for purported Turkish investments.

The March Issue of Futures Industry Is Now Online

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:51:00 GMT

March/April 2010 Futures Industry 2009 Volume Survey: Decline in the West, Surge in the East By Galen Burghardt and Will Acworth Three Days in March: CFTC Investigates Cotton Spike By Bennett Voyles China’s Stock Index Futures: Final Countdown By Nick Ronalds Transatlantic Trading: Eurex Links European Customers to U.S. Options Market By Darrell Delamaide And Then There Were Eight: Bats Launches Options Exchange By Will Acworth http://www.futuresindustry.org/futures-industry.asp

China's National People's Congress Deputy Liu Xingqiang Speaks On The Futures Market

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:59:04 GMT

On March 5th, after hearing Wen Jiabao's "Government Report", National People's Congress Deputy Liu Xingqiang, president of the Dalian Commodity Exchange, said to the Futures Daily that the government's report, under the new circumstances presented, presents the development and functional roles of the domestic futures market with new requirements. Altering the mode of economic development and optimizing the economic structure will require new and modern market mechanism, and the futures market will make new contributions toward these goals.

KRX And Eurex To Start Link In August 2010 - Eurex To Launch Daily Futures On KOSPI 200 Options On 30 August 2010 - KRX To Extend Global Reach Of Its KOSPI 200 Options

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:03:46 GMT

Eurex, Europe's largest derivatives exchange, and the Korea Exchange (KRX), a leading Asian exchange, today announced the start date of their Eurex/KRX Link, a product cooperation to trade and clear KOSPI 200 Options. In-soo Kim, Executive Director of KRX, and Michael Peters, member of the Eurex Executive Board, stated today that both exchanges are jointly preparing to launch daily futures on KOSPI 200 Options at Eurex on 30 August 2010. For the first time, KOSPI 200 Options will be available worldwide after Korean trading hours.

National Stock Exchange Of India And Singapore Exchange To Explore Listing More India-Linked Products On SGX

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:01:04 GMT

National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate in the development of a market for India-linked products.

RTS Indices Weekly Review: March 1 - 5, 2010

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:57:52 GMT

Weekly review: March 1 - 5, 2010 (pdf, 215 Кб)

13 New Xmtch ETFs Launched On Xetra

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:50:43 GMT

Since Wednesday, 13 new Xmtch equity index funds from Credit Suisse's ETF offering have been tradable on Xetra®. Of the 13 new products, seven are tradable in euros, four in US dollars, and two ETFs in pounds sterling.

Singapore Exchange To Offer Nifty Options, Related Products

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:43:24 GMT

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today said it expects to offer options on the S&P CNX Nifty Index (Nifty) and related products in the coming year.

RTS Group Weekly Trading Results: March 1 - 5, 2010

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:39:25 GMT