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Remarks Before OpenLink’s 2011 Worldwide User Conference - CFTC Commissioner Jill E. Sommers

Date 08/04/2011

Good morning and thank you Kevin for inviting me here today to discuss the new regulatory landscape for swaps transactions under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank or Act). It looks to me that the agenda for the next two days is very relevant to what we at the CFTC have been working on to implement Dodd-Frank. The coming changes in the regulatory structure will be very technology-intensive and will require increased risk-based assessments surrounding the clearing and trading of products. I am glad to see that these areas are prominently featured in the agenda.

U.S. Federal Reserve Announces New Director Of Management Division

Date 07/04/2011

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the appointment of Richard "Dick" A. Anderson as director of the Management Division and as the Board's chief operating officer, effective April 18, 2011.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 07/04/2011

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:

• The 5-Year rate reset 1^st Preferred shares, Series 24, of National Bank of Canada (TSX:NA.PR.O) are the subject of a $C28.03 cash per share offer and will be removed from the S&P/TSX North American Preferred Stock Index and the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index after the close of Monday, April 11, 2011.

CME Group Announces E-micro Gold Futures Volume Surpasses 100,000 Contracts

Date 07/04/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced its E-micro Gold futures contract surpassed cumulative trading volume of 100,000 contracts yesterday. Trading on the E-micro Gold contract, which was launched on October 4, 2010, reached a total of 100,275 contracts on Wednesday, April 6.

LME Steel Billet Trading Up 305 Per Cent In Q1

Date 07/04/2011

Trading in steel billet at the London Metal Exchange has rocketed in the first quarter of 2011, up 305 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.

Antonio Zoido To Serve As Trustee Of The IFRS Foundation

Date 07/04/2011

The IFRS Foundation Trustees, the oversight body of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), today announced that the IFRS Foundation Monitoring Board approved the appointment of Antonio Zoido as a Trustee of the IFRS Foundation.  His initial term begins immediately and will expire on 31 December 2013.  The term is renewable once.

Mongolian Prime Minister And London Stock Exchange Group CEO Seal Partnership To Develop Mongolian Stock Exchange - Signing Ceremony In Ulan Bator

Date 07/04/2011

London Stock Exchange Group ("LSEG") and the Mongolian State Property Committee ("SPC") today announce that they have signed a Master Services Agreement ("MSA"), confirming their intention to modernise the Mongolian Stock Exchange ("MSE"), and agreeing details of how the partnership will be implemented.

FINRA Sanctions Two Firms And Seven Individuals For Selling Private Placements Without Conducting A Reasonable Investigation - FINRA Continues Sweep Of Broker-Dealers Who Sold Interests In Troubled Private Placements

Date 07/04/2011

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced it has sanctioned two firms and seven individuals for selling interests in private placements without conducting a reasonable investigation. The companies whose securities were sold in these private placements were unrelated to the firms and individuals FINRA sanctioned. The companies ultimately failed, resulting in significant investor losses.

Program Trading Averaged 33.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Mar. 28-Apr. 1

Date 07/04/2011

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database.  The report includes trading on the NYSE for Mar. 28-Apr. 1.

SEC Charges Brokerage Executives With Failing To Protect Confidential Customer Information

Date 07/04/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three former brokerage executives for failing to protect confidential information about their customers.