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Nigerian Stock Exchange Weekly Report For The week Ended 25 April 2014

Date 25/04/2014

It was a four-day trading week as the Federal Government of Nigeria declared Friday 18th and Monday 21st April 2014 as public holidays to mark “Good Friday” and Easter celebrations.
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman Announces Former Bank Of America CFO Joe L. Price Barred For 18 Months From Serving As Officer Or Director Of Any Public Company - $7.5 Million Settlement For Allegedly Concealing And Misrepresenting Material Financial Forecasts While Seeking Merger With Merrill Lynch In 2008

Date 25/04/2014

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a $7.5 million settlement with Bank of America Corporation’s former Chief Financial Officer, Joe L. Price, regarding the bank’s actions as it sought in 2008 to merge with Merrill Lynch & Co. Despite its top executives’ specific knowledge of mounting losses at Merrill Lynch that were forecast at more than $9 billion, Bank of America failed to disclose that information to shareholders prior to their vote on the proposed merger. The Attorney General also alleged that the bank’s former CEO, Kenneth D. Lewis, and Price misrepresented to shareholders the impact that the merger with Merrill would have on Bank of America’s future earnings.
Thomson Reuters/University Of Michigan: Consumer Confidence Improves

Date 25/04/2014

Consumer confidence has rebounded to near its highest level since 2007. The April level of consumer confidence was just one index-point below the post recession peak.
CFTC Staff Issues Time-Limited No-Action Letter On The Applicability Of Oral Recording Requirements For Certain Members Of Designated Contract Markets Or Swap Execution Facilities

Date 25/04/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight and Division of Market Oversight (Divisions) today issued a time-limited no-action letter that provides relief to commodity trading advisors that are members of designated contract markets or swap execution facilities.
FSB/IOSCO: Public Responses To The January 2014 Consultative Document On Assessment Methodologies For Identifying Non-Bank Non-Insurer Global Systemically Important Financial Institutions

Date 25/04/2014

The FSB, jointly with IOSCO, published in January 2014 its consultative document entitledAssessment Methodologies for Identifying Non-Bank Non-Insurer Global Systemically Important Financial Institutions (NBNI G-SIFIs).

TOM MTF Statistics Week 17, 2014

Date 25/04/2014

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 17, 2014.
SEC Charges Six Individuals With Insider Trading In Stock Of E-Commerce Company Prior To Acquisition By eBay

Date 25/04/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former executive with insider trading in advance of eBay’s acquisition of the e-commerce company where he worked by tipping friends and relatives with confidential information about the pending deal so they could attain more than $300,000 in illegal profits.
CFTC Obtains A Permanent Injunction Against Australian Firm Halifax Investment Services, Ltd., Charged With Acting As An Unregistered Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer - Action Is A Result Of CFTC’s 2012 Sweep Against Foreign Currency Firms For Failure To Register Under The 2008 Farm Bill, The Dodd-Frank Act, And CFTC Regulations

Date 25/04/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge James B. Zagel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a Consent Order of Permanent Injunction that bars Australian firm Halifax Investment Services, Ltd. from soliciting orders to trade foreign currency (forex) from United States residents who do not qualify as eligible contract participants (ECPs) and from offering to be the counterparty to United States residents’ forex transactions without registering with the CFTC.
International Banking Statistics At End-December 2013

Date 25/04/2014

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) yesterday released international banking statistics at end-December 2013.
Bloomberg Markets Global Investor Poll To Launch In June Issue - World’s Financial Elite To Be Surveyed On Current Economic Issues And Investment Preferences - Results, Debate And Discussion To Appear On Multiple Global Bloomberg Platforms - Ad Pages For Issue Projected To Be Up 30% Year-On-Year

Date 25/04/2014

Bloomberg Markets magazine will premiere the Bloomberg Markets Global Investor Poll in its June 2014 issue, a survey of 1,000 Bloomberg Professional service users from around the world, representing the most influential bankers, traders, money managers and financial executives. The June issue is forecast to be up 30% in advertising pages, a reflection of the poll’s appeal.