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S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes In Canadian Indices - A Deletion From S&P/TSX Venture Composite And Venture Select Indices

Date 18/12/2012

The shareholders of Galway Resources Ltd. (TSXVN:GWY) have approved the Plan of Arrangement whereby the company will be acquired by AUX Acquisition 2 Sarl. Shareholders of Galway Resources will receive $CDN2.05 cash per share held and shares of two spinout companies.

Presentation: Implementing Dodd-Frank - CFTC’s Moderating Actions, ISDA’s Requests

Date 18/12/2012

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November 2012 FIF Market Share And Market Dynamics Reports – Executive Summary

Date 18/12/2012

U.S. Equities Market Share

• Share volumes traded across Tape A, B, and C increased1% monthly and decreased 16% annually to 130 billion shares 
• In November 2012, off-exchange trading accounted for33% of the shares traded in NMS Equity Securities.
• Share volumes in NYSE-listed securities decreased 0.5%monthly and decreased 16% annually to 72 billion shares.
• NASDAQ-listed securities share volume increased 1%monthly and decreased 5% annually to 36 billion shares.

ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee: Edison Mission Energy Bankruptcy Credit Event

Date 18/12/2012

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that its Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee resolved that a Bankruptcy Credit Event occurred in respect of Edison Mission Energy.

FIF Capacity Statistics For November 2012 - Four New Record Peaks: Deutsche Börse CEF Core Total, SIAC OPRA, Deutsche Börse CEF Core Eurex and BATS Options MCASTPITCH AGG

Date 18/12/2012

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that for the second consecutive month, Deutsche Börse CEF Core Total was up a record 15% to 228,106 mps over the 1 second interval

SEC Revokes Registration Of Toronto-Based Broker And Bans Two Executives From U.S. Securities Industry For Allowing Layering

Date 18/12/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Toronto-based brokerage firm and its top two executives for failing to supervise overseas day traders who used the firm’s order management system to engage repeatedly in a manipulative trading practice known as layering.

Corporate Board Member And Equilar To Host Educational Forum For Compensation Committee Members Public Company Directors To Convene On Pressing Compensation Issues For 2013

Date 18/12/2012

Corporate Board Member, an NYSE Euronext Company, and Equilar Inc. are joining together to provide a first-in-class conference focusing on the most pressing compensation issues facing today's public companies. The Compensation Committee Boot Camp will be held January 24-25 in Miami, Florida.

BM&FBOVESPA: Fifty More Companies Publish Sustainability Reports, Or Explain Why Not - Exchange's Report Or Explain Initiative Eases Investors' Access To Information About Listed Companies' Business And Sustainability

Date 18/12/2012

The percentage of companies listed on BM&FBOVESPA and adhering to Report or Explain rose from 45.31% in May to 57.95% in October 2012. In all, 253 companies have already published information in their Reference Form about social, environmental and corporate governance dimensions, or they have explained why they do not yet do so. This is according to an extra update of the data executed by BM&FBOVESPA. In May the number was 203.

FOW Names NYSE Liffe U.S. DTCC GCF Repo Index® Futures As ‘Interest Rate Contract Of The Year’ - Noting GCF Is ‘Seen As A More Accurate Reflection Of Funding Costs’ And‘Better Hedge Against Real Exposures’- New All-Time Record Volume Of 8,615 Contracts Traded On Dec. 17

Date 18/12/2012

NYSE Liffe U.S., the innovative U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext (NYX) is proud to announce that its new futures contracts based on the DTCC GCF Repo Index^® were named ‘New Contract of the Year’ in Interest Rates by Futures and Options Week (FOW) Magazine at the 2012 FOW International Awards in London.  Additionally, GCF Repo Index futures traded a new record of more than 8,600 contracts with open interest approaching 52,000 on Monday, Dec. 17.

SEC Charges Financial Media Company And Executives Involved In Accounting Fraud

Date 18/12/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a digital financial media company and three executives for their roles in an accounting fraud that artificially inflated company revenues and misstated operating income to investors.