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This week’s issue addresses the following topics:

  • Broker-Dealer and Two Senior Officers Fined US $2.5 Million for Market Access Violations
  • US Senate Subcommittee Calls for CFTC Joint Oversight With SEC Over Commodity ETFs and Other Measures in Response to Inquiry of Banks’ Involvement With Physical Commodities
  • SEC Adopts New Rules to Beef-up Technology Backbone of Securities Markets
  • CME Group Sanctions Member for Not Having Adequate Controls to Prevent Automated Trading System Erroneous Response to Bad Data
  • UK FCA Sanctions Three Related Banks US $66 Million for Lack of Technology Backbone Resiliency
  • Court Rejects US Bank’s “Unclean Hands” Argument in CFTC PFG-Related Enforcement Action
  • NYS Financial Watchdog Imposes an Additional Fine on Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ for Misleading Regulators Regarding Prior Settlement
  • CME Group Fines Trader for Spoofing-Type Offense
  • Another CFTC Commissioner Recommends Amendments to Swaps Trade Execution Rules
  • Industry Organizations Request Basel Committee Reconsider Proposed Treatment of Segregated Customer Margin
  • Steak and Potatoes Please —But Hold the Insider Tips; Former Public Company CEO Charged With Passing Material Nonpublic Information to Favorite Restaurant Manager