NSX Re-Launches for Equities, ETFs As expected, the National Stock Exchange (NSX) has re-launched trading operations for equity securities and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and reports that it is offering “low-price market access fees,” officials say. The relaunch follows the SEC’s approval on Dec. 14 to resume trading operations, which includes a phased roll-out of all… Read More >>
JPMorgan to Pay $367 Million in Penalties to CFTC, SEC
JPMorgan will pay a combined total of $367 million to the SEC and the CFTC to settle charges that key subsidiaries had allegedly failed to disclose conflicts of interest to clients, and which the bank says were unintentional acts. In the SEC case, the regulator reports that two JPMorgan wealth management subsidiaries have agreed to… Read More >>
ISC Creates a Map for T+2 Move
The nitty gritty of shorter settlement cycles is getting clearer as the U.S. T+2 International Steering Committee (T+2 ISC) has submitted its Implementation Playbook to the SEC on December 18 and released to the industry on Dec. 21 to provide the industry with a timeline to help them move to a two-day settlement cycle (T+2)… Read More >>
SEC Targets Mutual Funds, ETFs via Curbs on Derivatives
As expected, the SEC has voted to propose new derivatives rules that would limit leverage and other risks for mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other registered investment companies in the derivatives markets. After a 90-day comment period, the commission is likely to move forward on the new rules. New rules are needed, the commission… Read More >>
SS&C Matching Service to Tackle U.S. Market Next Year
With a nod from the SEC, SS&C Technologies will be able to target its cloud-based, post-trade matching service SSCNet at the “significant unmet trade matching service levels in the U.S.,” say vendor officials. After being able to offer it to Canadian markets, SSCNet should be available to U.S. clients, starting sometime next year, says Bob… Read More >>
Grant Thornton Pays $4.5 Million to Settle SEC Case
A recent case involving auditor Grant Thornton and two of its affiliates is making it clear that the SEC is watching auditing firms closely and underscoring the need for securities firms to independently verify the data they get from them. In this latest legal action, the SEC’s findings led to Grant Thornton admitting wrongdoing and… Read More >>
Q&A: Firms Still in Limbo over T+2 Changes
(Editor’s Note: Matt Rodgers, senior manager at business consultancy Sapient Global Markets, thinks that it’s a little premature to know what IT infrastructure and solution changes will be required for the transition to trading day plus two settlement (T+2). The efforts of the DTCC, the Securities and Financial Market Association (SIFMA) and major industry players… Read More >>
SEC Pushes to Shed Light on Dark Pool Operations
The SEC has voted to propose new operational-transparency and regulatory-oversight rules for alternative trading systems that trade stocks listed on a national securities exchange (NMS stocks), including “dark pools.” So-called dark pools of liquidity, on private exchanges not available to the general public, have not — at least until now — been transparent, by definition…. Read More >>
Deutsche Bank Hires from Goldman Sachs for Head of New CIB Group
Deutsche Bank Appoints Head of Corporate & Investment Banking for EMEA Deutsche Bank reports that Alasdair Warren from Goldman Sachs has been named head of corporate and investment banking (CIB) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective spring 2016. CIB itself will be created by combining the corporate finance business in corporate banking… Read More >>
Virtus Settles AlphaSector Case with the SEC for $16.5M
Investment management firm Virtus Investment Advisers is paying a total of $16.5 million to settle a case with the SEC, which alleges that the firm misled mutual fund investors among others via advertisements that allegedly reported false historical performance data about AlphaSector, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) portfolio strategy. The charges against the Hartford, Conn.-based firm… Read More >>
