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Nigeria Stock Exchange: Stock Market Report For January 10, 2014

Date 11/01/2014

A turnover of 1.722 billion shares worth N22.443 billion in 29,600 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of The Exchange in contrast to a total of 2 billion shares valued at N15.907 billion that exchanged hands last week in 17,378 deals.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Quarterly Index Reviews

Date 11/01/2014

S&P Dow Jones Indices Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the quarterly S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index and S&P/TSX Venture Select Index Reviews. These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, January 20, 2014.

SIFMA Statement On SEC Muni Advisor Guidance

Date 11/01/2014

SIFMA today issued the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., SIFMA president and CEO, in response to the Interpretive Guidance on Municipal Advisor Registration Rules released by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC):

“SIFMA welcomes the SEC’s interpretive guidance as it clarifies many of the matters addressed therein regarding the final Municipal Advisor Rule. We continue to encourage the SEC to delay the January 13 effective date of the Rule to give the industry sufficient time to incorporate this guidance into compliance programs and employee training as well as to give the industry additional time to identify accounts of municipal entities and obligated persons that contain proceeds of municipal securities."

NASDAQ Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date December 31, 2013

Date 10/01/2014

At the end of the settlement date of December 31, 2013, short interest in 2,161 NASDAQ Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,083,109,452 shares compared with 7,340,995,867 shares in 2,169 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of December 13, 2013. The end-of-December short interest represents 3.79 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.78 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

Date 10/01/2014

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of December 31, 2013.

BATS 1000 Index Gains 0.7% This Week

Date 10/01/2014

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) rose 136.59 points this week to close at 20,755.98 as of the 4 p.m. ET market close today.  

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 10/01/2014

The current reports for the week of January 7, 2014 are now available.

Federal Reserve Board Requests Comment On Proposed Revisions To Regulation HH And Payment System Risk Policy

Date 10/01/2014

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday requested comment on proposed revisions to the Regulation HH risk-management standards for certain financial market utilities that have been designated as systemically important by the Financial Stability Oversight Council, including those for which the Board is the Supervisory Agency pursuant to Title VIII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Board also requested comment on related revisions to part I of the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk (PSR policy), which is applicable to financial market infrastructures (FMIs) more generally, including those operated by the Federal Reserve Banks.

SEC: Interpretive Guidance On Municipal Advisor Registration Rules

Date 10/01/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that its Office of Municipal Securities has issued interpretive guidance to address questions from market participants regarding the implementation of new final SEC rules requiring municipal advisors to register with the SEC.

Myron Marlin, Director Of Communications, To Leave SEC

Date 10/01/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Myron Marlin will be leaving the SEC after nearly five years as communications director, serving under chairs Mary Jo White, Elisse B. Walter, and Mary L. Schapiro.