Position limit fine in US – Commissioner feels fine is insufficient
The CFTC has fined a meat processing company based in Mexico $35,000 for a violation of the position limits rules. The press release can be found here and the order…
The CFTC has fined a meat processing company based in Mexico $35,000 for a violation of the position limits rules. The press release can be found here and the order…
There has been recent movement on several cases previously reported in the past days: In Germany, the National Regulatory Authority Bundesnetzagentur has reported here that the investigation into irregularities in…
Ofgem, the National Regulatory Authority for Great Britain, has made this announcement publicising a fine levied on SSE Generation Limited for a breach of REMIT Article 4, the part of…
ISDA has written this letter to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) urging a better coordination of efforts worldwide to harmonise different aspects of regulatory reporting. In particular a lack of…
There have been several articles and papers published in recent days around market manipulation and surveillance, which may be of interest to readers: Energy spot markets - Equias has published…
On Wednesday it was announced that the CFTC has agreed with the Bank of Nova Scotia that they pay $127.4 million to settle allegations of market manipulation in precious metals…
ACER issued the latest “REMIT Quarterly” newsletter on Friday, which can be found here. Topics covered include: Data quality – Work that ACER and National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) are carrying…
Last week ESMA issued opinions on a variety of MiFID II position limits. The list can be found here. The limits are on EEX and ICE Endex contracts covering freight, gas…
Last week, allegations started to emerge of market manipulation around the negative oil price seen a few weeks ago. The story found here on Bloomberg talks about unusual profits gained…
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