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Shanghai Stock Exchange To Fuel Transformation Of Information Disclosure Regulation Through Annual Report Auditing

Date 06/05/2014

The 2014 Meeting on National Securities and Futures Regulatory Work has arranged the work on regulatory transformation, in which it points out that securities exchanges will be in charge of front-line regulation on the information disclosure related to periodical reports and temporary announcements of listed companies, establish authority on information disclosure regulation, and strengthen self-disciplinary management. In line with this requirement, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has, in this year’s annual report auditing, carefully considered such issues as how to promote transformation of self-disciplinary regulation and how to do well in front-line regulation work on investors-oriented information disclosure, adopted an array of measures on in-process and aftermath regulation, and explored new ideas on regulatory transformation in practice, with some good results achieved.

CalPERS Achieves $12.75M Recovery From Ernst & Young LLP

Date 06/05/2014

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced today that it had reached a $12.75 million settlement with Ernst & Young LLP (E&Y), the former auditor for Lehman Brothers (Lehman) with respect to claims arising out of CalPERS purchases of Lehman stock and bonds prior to the collapse of Lehman in 2008.

CFTC Expands Portal Capabilities To Make Market Participant Electronic Submissions Easier, More Efficient

Date 05/05/2014

Beginning today, market participants can submit event-specific reports more easily and securely because of new enhancements to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Portal. The new features also improve the CFTC’s ability to process submissions.

TSX Markets: Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report - April 30, 2014

Date 05/05/2014

Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month. The report below covers the 2-week period ending April 30, 2014.

SEC Charges Toronto-Based Consultant And Four Others In Reverse Merger Schemes Involving China-Based Companies

Date 05/05/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Toronto-based consultant and four associates with conducting illegal reverse merger schemes to bring a pair of China-based companies into the U.S. markets so they could manipulate trading and reap millions of dollars in illicit profits.

Direct Edge Trading Notice #14-17: Announcing Availability Of Connectivity To EDGA/EDGX Certification Ports In NY5 Effective June 2, 2014

Date 05/05/2014

Overview 
Per the BATS/Direct Edge Integration Schedule, effective Monday, June 2, 2014, connectivity for the new EDGA/EDGX certification environments located within the Equinix NY5 data center will be available to Members.  Physical ports will be made available for basic connectivity and logical ports will be available for heartbeating and functional testing of the BATS technology platform. Using the BATS Member Web Portal forms described below, Members may immediately start ordering physical and logical port connections that will be made available by June 2, 2014. 

TMX Group Consolidated Trading Statistics - April 2014 - Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Select, Alpha, Montreal Exchange, NGX

Date 05/05/2014

TMX Group Limited today announced April 2014 trading statistics for its marketplaces - Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TMX Select, Alpha, Montreal Exchange (MX) and NGX.

Strong Month-End For The Oslo Market

Date 05/05/2014

After an unusually strong surge at the end of the month, with four all-time highs in a row and high trading volumes, the Oslo Børs Benchmark Index closed April up by 2.9% for the month.

EGX Hosted 2 Trade Simulation Models Of Cairo University And Misr International University For The First Time At Smart Village

Date 05/05/2014

During April 2014,The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) hosted 2 universities' trade simulation models, the first is COMET 11 th stock market model of the faculty of commerce of Cairo university and the second is Misr International University (MIU) 9th stock market model (SMS)  with the participation of nearly 300 students from the two universities at EGX's Smart Village location for the first time in EGX's history, and sponsored by its educational simulation program (Stock Riders).

The Trading Volume On The Spanish Stock Exchange Grew 36.4% In April To €78.6 Bn. - The Highest Monthly Trading Volume Since October 2013

Date 05/05/2014

• The equity trading volume from January through April grows 22.5% to €269.2 billion
• The number of trades to the end of April was up 69% year-on-year
• ETF trading volume in April increases 536.3% from the same period in 2013
• The number of derivative contracts to the end of April increased by 15% compared to 2013
• Corporate Debt trading exceeded €500 billion in the first four months and the number of trades on SEND increased 76.7%