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Japan’s Financial Services Agency: Publication Of The Report By The “Working Group On The Provision Of Insurance Products And Services, Etc.” Of The Financial System Council

Date 13/06/2013

The “Working Group on the Provision of Insurance Products and Services, etc.” of the Financial System Council (chairman Hiroshi SUZAKI, professor, Graduate Schools for Law, University of Kyoto) has deliberated 16 times on providing insurance products and services, etc., since June 2012.

Mitsubishi Corp Becomes DME Member

Date 13/06/2013

Mitsubishi Corp has today become the first Japanese Trading House Member of the DME, the Middle East’s premier international energy futures and commodities exchange.

Building A Multi-Tiered Capital Market Serving The Upgraded Chinese Economy - Speech By Song Liping, President And CEO Of Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Date 13/06/2013

I’m very pleased to participate in this program promoting Shenzhen’s financial industry to better serve the real economy. On behalf of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), I would like to extend my warm congratulations on the opening of Qianhai Equity Exchange (QEE).

SIFMA Applauds House Passage Of Cross-Border Coordination Legislation

Date 13/06/2013

SIFMA today released the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., president, after a bi-partisan majority of the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1256, the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act.  The legislation seeks to address cross-border application of derivatives regulation under Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act by requiring coordination in rulemaking between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

CFTC Files Enforcement Action Against Arizona Resident For Issuing False Account Statements And Operating As An Unregistered Commodity Pool Operator

Date 13/06/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil complaint against Thomas L. Hampton, an Arizona resident. The CFTC’s complaint charges Hampton with acting as an unregistered commodity pool operator (CPO) and issuing false account statements in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Exercise Of Ibovespa Options Generates BRL 7.66 Billion Financial Volume On BM&FBOVESPA

Date 12/06/2013

The exercise of options on the BOVESPA Index (Ibovespa) generated BRL 7.66 billion today, with 140,550 contracts traded. All of the volume exercised was in put options.

CFTC Files Enforcement Action Against Arizona Resident For Issuing False Account Statements And Operating As An Unregistered Commodity Pool Operator

Date 12/06/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil complaint against Thomas L. Hampton, an Arizona resident. The CFTC’s complaint charges Hampton with acting as an unregistered commodity pool operator (CPO) and issuing false account statements in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act.

SEC Announces More Charges In Massive Kickback Scheme To Secure Business Of Venezuelan Bank

Date 12/06/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the former head of the Miami office at brokerage firm Direct Access Partners (DAP) for his role in a massive kickback scheme to secure the bond trading business of a state-owned Venezuelan bank.

FTSE RAFI Index Series Exceeds $5bn In ETF-Linked AUM

Date 12/06/2013

• Leading global alternative indices hit milestone AUM
• Index series breaks link between price and weight
• Successful 8 year partnership between FTSE and Research Affiliates

TSX And TSXV Trading List Leaders By Volume And By Value - May 2013

Date 12/06/2013

The Top 10 brokers chosen by their customers to execute their trades, measured by Volume and Value of securities traded. Compiled from data in the TMX Datalinx Attributed Trading Summary report. All figures as of month-end and do not include post trade-date corrections.