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HKEx: Resignation Of Listing Committee Member

Date 15/11/2013

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, announces that Mary Xuezheng Ma has resigned from the Main Board and GEM Listing Committees with effect from 14 November 2013 following her appointment as a Non-Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission.   

MCX Weekly Market Report - November 08, 2013 To November 14, 2013

Date 15/11/2013

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SGX's Clearing And Settlement Infrastructure Assessed To Be Sound, Efficient And Effective

Date 15/11/2013

Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) clearing and settlement infrastructure has been independently assessed under the International Monetary Fund’s Financial Sector Assessment Programme (FSAP) as sound and efficient with an effective risk management framework.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: David Ross Sentenced For New Zealand’s Largest Ever Ponzi

Date 15/11/2013

David Robert Gilmour Ross (63) has been sentenced in the Wellington District Court to 10 years and 10 months of imprisonment following a joint agency investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Financial Markets Authority (FMA).

Thomson Reuters Announces Pricing Of US$1.5 Billion Note Offering

Date 15/11/2013

Thomson Reuters (TSX / NYSE: TRI), the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the pricing of its offering of US$1.5 billion of debt securities, which consists of US$550 million principal amount of 1.30% notes due 2017, US$600 million principal amount of 4.30% notes due 2023 and US$350 million principal amount of 5.65% notes due 2043. The offering is expected to close on November 21, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. Thomson Reuters plans to use the net proceeds of this offering to redeem all of its US$800 million principal amount of 5.70% notes due in October 2014, as previously announced earlier today, and for general corporate purposes including, without limitation, to finance share repurchases.

The Importance Of Trials To The Law And Public Accountability, SEC Chair Mary Jo White, 5th Annual Judge Thomas A. Flannery Lecture, Washington D.C.

Date 14/11/2013

It is a great honor to have been asked to give the Fifth Annual Judge Thomas A. Flannery Lecture. And it is especially meaningful to be joined tonight by Tom Flannery’s daughter Irene, son Tom, and so many friends, colleagues, and former law clerks who knew and served with him.

FINRA Names Mike Rufino Head of Member Regulation – Sales Practice, And Bill Wollman Head Of Member Regulation – Risk Oversight And Operational Regulation (ROOR)

Date 14/11/2013

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that Mike Rufino will become Head of Member Regulation – Sales Practice, and Bill Wollman will become Head of Member Regulation – Risk Oversight and Operational Regulation (ROOR).

SEC Charges Hedge Fund Trader With Insider Trading In Carter’s Stock

Date 14/11/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against a New York-based investment professional who used nonpublic information about youth clothing company Carter’s Inc. to give the hedge fund where he worked a $3.2 million trading edge.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Share Update For The S&P/TSX Composite Index

Date 14/11/2013

S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

Barrick Gold Corporation (TSX:ABX) has closed a bought deal equity offering of common shares that was announced on October 31, 2013. After the close of trading on Thursday, November 21, 2013, the relative weight of Barrick Gold will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped, the S&P/TSX Capped Materials,  the  S&P/TSX  Global  Mining,  the  S&P/TSX  Global  Gold  and  the  S&P/TSX Composite Dividend Indices to reflect this issuance of new shares. There will be no weight change for Barrick Gold in the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight, the S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight,  the  S&P/TSX  Composite  High  Beta,  the  S&P/TSX  60  130/30  Strategy  or  theS&P/TSX Equal Weight Global gold Indices.

TABB Group Reaction To European Commission Continuing To Press Ahead With The Council's Recommendation Of 4% And 8% Volume Caps For Dark Pool Trading

Date 14/11/2013

According to TABB’s senior research analyst Rebecca Healey in London, despite the capital markets industry’s best efforts, the European Commission is continuing to press ahead with the Council’s recommendation of the 4% and 8% volume caps for dark pool trading, as well as price improvement at the mid-point.