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Kinetic Partners Develops Cayman Islands Team To Respond To Growing Awareness Of Zombie Funds

Date 24/04/2014

Kinetic Partners, the global financial services advisory firm, has today announced the promotion of Jess Shakespeare to Member in the Cayman Islands.  Jess becomes a Member within the corporate recovery and forensic & dispute advisory team.

SIX Swiss Exchange Launches SPI Select Dividend 20 Index

Date 24/04/2014

SIX Swiss Exchange today announced the launch of the SPI Select Dividend 20 Index. The new index includes those 20 stocks from the SPI Index which show the highest historical dividend- payments and the most solid profitability.

KVH to Hire 20 University Graduates To Boost Engineering Work Force

Date 24/04/2014

KVH Co., Ltd., Asia's leading information delivery platform, announced today that it will open up 20 engineering positions to March 2014 university graduates as the company seeks to bolster its expansion throughout Asia.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Circuit Breakers In And After May 2014

Date 24/04/2014

NSX Clarification Statement Regarding The NSX-Atlas Non-Binding Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 24/04/2014

The NSX-Atlas Non-Binding MOU is a non-binding basis of understanding pursuant to which NSX and Atlas may initiate discussions to explore the terms under which NSX would consider what systems, technology and/or expertise could be leveraged to assist in the regulation of the Atlas bitcoin market.  NSX has not agreed to regulate the Atlas bitcoin market nor to commit any of its regulatory or other resources, as a self-regulatory organization or otherwise, to do so.  Discussions with Atlas on the subject are preliminary and may be terminated by either party at any time.

SIFMA Comments On SEC Staff Analysis On Money Market Fund Reform

Date 24/04/2014

SIFMA today submitted a comment letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in response to the SEC Staff Analysis of Data and Academic Literature Related to Money Market Fund Reform. SIFMA's letter was submitted jointly by SIFMA's Asset Management Group and Private Client Group.

Platts Adds Bakken Price Assessment In The Williston Basin To Its Shale Offerings - New Price Marker To Reflect Expanding Crude-By-Rail Market For Bakken - Complements Platts’ Bakken Assessments At Pipeline Injection Points

Date 24/04/2014

Platts today announced it has expanded its North American shale crude oil offering to include an assessment of value nearest the Bakken crude wellhead in the Williston Basin. The new price assessment captures the value of Bakken crude oil from the Bakken shale formation at the point where there is transportation flexibility– either by rail or pipeline.

Bank Of England: Minutes Of The Monetary Policy Committee Meeting Held On 9 April 2014

Date 23/04/2014

The Governor invited the Committee to vote on the propositions that:

• Bank Rate should be maintained at 0.5%;
• The Bank of England should maintain the stock of purchased assets financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at £375 billion.

SEC Issues Stop Order To Prevent Northern California Company From Issuing Stock Under Amended Registration Statement

Date 23/04/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a stop order to prevent a Northern California-based company from issuing stock after including false and misleading information in its amended registration statement for an initial public offering (IPO).

SEC Charges Technology Company Insider In California With Tipping Confidential Information Exploited By Hedge Funds

Date 23/04/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against a former accounting manager at Nvidia Corp. who tipped a friend with confidential company information that set in motion a chain of tipping and illegal trading among a network of hedge fund traders who reaped millions of dollars in illicit gains.