Jamie McDonald to Start CFTC Post on April 10 James McDonald, who has served as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, has been named the director of the CFTC’s Enforcement Division, according to the CFTC’s Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo. McDonald will replace Vince McGonagle, who has been serving as acting director… Read More >>
Deutsche Bank’s NYC Lab to Explore AI & Cybersecurity
Deutsche Bank officials have opened an innovation lab in New York City that they say is their fourth globally, and will be focused on several IT areas including artificial intelligence (AI), cloud technology and cybersecurity. The lab is located in Lower Manhattan’s Fulton Center and will enable the bank to “access a leading innovation ecosystem… Read More >>
RCG Picks a President for Structured Products
Rosenthal Collins Group Hires from RJO Rosenthal Collins Group (RCG), a futures clearing firm, reports the appointment of Hilton T. Sheng to the new position of president, structured products division. Sheng, a futures industry veteran, will operate out of the New York office and will “build on the company’s newly established expertise in structured products,”… Read More >>
Indata’s iPM Epic Update Targets MiFID
iPM Epic Uses Big Data Technology Indata, a software, technology and services vendor targeting buy-side firms, has released an update of its iPM Epic software suite that offers “significant functionality enhancements” for the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II. More than 350 changes were made to the iPM Epic software suite… Read More >>
RBS Pays $85M Fine in Benchmark-Rigging Case
U.S. regulator CFTC fined the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) $85 million for its alleged role in manipulating the ISDAfix benchmark, which is tied to the $311 trillion interest rate swaps market. The civil penalty against the U.K. state lender is the fourth settlement the regulator has struck in its four-year-long investigation. All of the… Read More >>
Richard Ketchum Re-Emerges at MarketAxess
Richard Ketchum Joins MarketAxess Board of Directors Richard G. Ketchum, a Nasdaq and SEC veteran and former chairman and CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), will be serving on the board of directors of MarketAxess Holdings Inc., as of April 1, 2017, officials say. In his career, Ketchum has served in many senior… Read More >>
Citi Pays $18M Penalty to Settle Overbilling Charges
The SEC reports that Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGMI) has agreed to pay $18.3 million for over-billing investment advisory clients and misplacing client contracts. In fact, the SEC contends that “at least 60,000 advisory clients were overcharged approximately $18 million in unauthorized fees because Citigroup failed to confirm the accuracy of billing rates entered into… Read More >>
Citadel, Morgan Stanley & JPMorgan Settle with Pre-Trump Regulators
Shortly before the Trump administration came to power on January 20, the SEC and CFTC settled with some major industry players such as Citadel Securities, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and J.P. Morgan Securities (JPMS). The violations ranged from charges of misleading statements about trade orders to billing and supervisory failures. Some of the penalties paid… Read More >>
Citi Pays $25 Million Penalty for Spoofing
The CFTC has fined Citigroup Global Markets Inc. $25 million for spoofing, citing the actions of traders and managers who demonstrated a lack of proper supervision, training and regulatory compliance. Spoofing, the commission says, is “bidding or offering with the intent to cancel the bid or offer before execution.” In this case, the spoofing took… Read More >>
Giancarlo Moves Up to Acting Chairman of CFTC
CFTC Shuffle: Aitan Goelman to Exit As expected, the CFTC designated J. Christopher Giancarlo, a current commissioner, as the acting chairman of the CFTC on January 20. At the same time, just as the Trump team took power Aitan Goelman, a key enforcement director for the futures, options and swaps regulator, announced his plans to… Read More >>
