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Opening Remarks At SEC Roundtable On Credit Ratings By SEC Chairman Mary Jo White

Date 14/05/2013

Good morning everyone, and welcome to the Securities and Exchange Commission's Credit Ratings Roundtable, which I have been very much looking forward to and which will address a range of critical subjects. I would like first to extend a special welcome to our distinguished Members of Congress here today: Senator Franken, Senator Wicker, and Chairman Garrett. Thank you for taking time from your hectic schedules to speak to us today. Thank you also in advance to our distinguished panelists for contributing your time and knowledge to this roundtable.

Athens Exchange Monthly Statistical Bulletin April 2013

Date 14/05/2013

Click here to download Athens Exchange monthly statistical bulletin for April 2013.

NYSE Euronext Commemorates The 10th Anniversary Of The Intellidex Family Of Indices

Date 14/05/2013

NYSE Euronext today announces the 10^th anniversary of the Intellidex  Indices, the industry’s first ‘smart index’, designed to objectively identify those stocks within a particular market segment that have the greatest potential for capital appreciation. NYSE Euronext has owned, calculated and maintained the Intellidex Indices, which serves as a basis for the Dynamic series of Invesco PowerShares exchange traded funds (ETFs), since 2003.

Dodd-Frank Regulatory Framework: What Questions Remain Unanswered - Keynote Address By CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia, Energy Risk USA 2013

Date 14/05/2013

Thank you very much for inviting me to participate in the discussion.

As I was preparing my speech and reflecting on the most important answers that the Commission must give to market participants, I thought of the famous statement made by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, “[t]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” It has occurred to me that these three categories could just as easily be applied to the Commission’s implementation of Dodd-Frank.

BAE Systems Detica Wins XCelent Award 2013 For Breadth Of Functionality For Its Watchlist And Sanctions Solutions

Date 14/05/2013

BAE Systems Detica today announces further recognition of its industry leading AML (anti-money laundering) compliance offering with the naming of its watchlist filtering and sanctions solutions as winner of leading analyst Celents’s XCelent 2013 Breadth of Functionality award.

Antitrust: European Commission Confirms Unannounced Inspections In Oil And Biofuels Sectors

Date 14/05/2013

The European Commission can confirm that, on 14 May 2013, Commission officials carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of several companies active in and providing services to the crude oil, refined oil products and biofuels sectors. These inspections took place in two EU Member States. At the Commission's request, inspections were also carried out on its behalf by the EFTA Surveillance Authority in one European Economic Area (EEA) Member State. The Commission has concerns that the companies may have colluded in reporting distorted prices to a Price Reporting Agency to manipulate the published prices for a number of oil and biofuel products. Furthermore, the Commission has concerns that the companies may have prevented others from participating in the price assessment process, with a view to distorting published prices. Any such behaviour, if established, may amount to violations of European antitrust rules that prohibit cartels and restrictive business practices and abuses of a dominant market position (Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU and Articles 53 and 54 of the EEA Agreement).

Addressing Conflicts Of Interest In The Credit Ratings Industry By SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar - Remarks At The Credit Ratings Roundtable

Date 14/05/2013

Good morning.  I am very pleased to be here at the Roundtable on Credit Ratings.  I strongly support the Commission’s effort to evaluate ways to improve our credit ratings system. Effective oversight of Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (“NRSROs”) is critical to ensuring accurate ratings and promoting investor confidence.  Before I begin, however, let me issue the standard disclaimer that the views I express today are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”), my fellow Commissioners, or members of the staff.

Sapient Global Markets Announces Global Strategic Partnership With RWE Supply & Trading GmbH

Date 14/05/2013

Sapient Global Markets today announced it has signed a strategic IT partnership with RWE Supply & Trading, a leading European energy trading house. Sapient Global Markets will support RWE Supply & Trading to deliver excellent operational efficiency services in an increasingly dynamic and cost-competitive industry. As RWE Supply & Trading's partner, Sapient Global Markets will also play a proactive role in assessing and proposing new technologies and delivering innovation to assist RWE Supply and Trading in continuously enhancing business excellence.

SunGard Helps Natural Gas Market Participants Attain Agile Growth & Smarter Operations Amid Evolving Market Trends

Date 14/05/2013

The natural gas market is undergoing rapid change, fueled by abundant natural gas supply, improved recovery technologies and lower gas prices. While this change will offer substantial opportunity for gas producers, traders, and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) merchants, the complexity of this evolving global market will require market participants to adapt their business models to manage new risks, implement smarter more efficient operations and develop agility for global growth.

NASDAQ OMX Successfully Delivers SMARTS To Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) To Enhance Market Surveillance Capabilities

Date 14/05/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), an independent body that regulates the financial services industry in the United Kingdom, today announced that the FCA has officially gone live with NASDAQ OMX's SMARTS Integrity market surveillance platform to enhance its monitoring of transaction reports across the UK's financial markets.