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Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Investor Convicted Of Manipulating Callable Bull Bear Contract

Date 25/04/2013

The Eastern Magistracy today convicted Mr Lee Lam Chong of manipulating a Callable Bull Bear Contract (CBBC) during a pre-opening session. Lee pleaded guilty to the offence.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-Month Euroyen Futures - Effective From 24 April 2013

Date 25/04/2013

Shanghai Stock Exchange Market Closure Schedule For 2013 Labor Day

Date 25/04/2013

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) hereby announces its market closure schedule for 2013 Labor Day according to the "SSE Holiday Schedule for 2013" (Shang Zheng Jiao Zi [2012] No. 205) as follows: the SSE will close from April 29 (Monday) to May 1 (Wednesday) and open for trading on May 2 (Thursday). It will also close on the weekend on April 27 (Saturday) and April 28 (Sunday).

HKEx Announces Appointments To Various Committees

Date 25/04/2013

Following the Government's appointment of Margaret Leung and re-appointment of John Harrison, Stephen Hui, and Michael Lee, and shareholders' re-election of John Strickland and Oscar Wong as Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), the HKEx Board today (Thursday) considered the composition of its committees and committees of HKEx's subsidiaries, and appointed new members to certain committees with immediate effect as follows. The composition of other Committees remains unchanged.

Sapient Global Markets Extends Compliance Management And Reporting System With Addition Of Portfolio Reconciliation Capabilities - Strategic Expansion Of CMRS Platform Allows Firms To Comply With Portfolio Reconciliation Requirements Set By Dodd-Frank And EMIR Legislation

Date 24/04/2013

Sapient Global Markets, part of Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE) has today announced the ability for its popular Compliance Management and Reporting System (CMRS) to facilitate portfolio reconciliation. CMRS allows firms to collate vast amounts of data from disparate systems, apply reporting eligibility logic, translate it into the destination message format, and deliver it directly to Swap Data Repositories (SDRs) such as The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

Date 24/04/2013

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of April 15, 2013.

NASDAQ Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date April 15, 2013

Date 24/04/2013

At the end of the settlement date of April 15, 2013, short interest in 2,120 NASDAQ Global Market^SM securities totaled 7,248,543,308 shares compared with 7,144,598,516 shares in 2,120 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of March 28, 2013. The mid-April short interest represents 4.84 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.34 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE MKT Issues Short Interest Report

Date 24/04/2013

NYSE MKT (formerly known as NYSE Amex) today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of April 15, 2013.

SIFMA Statement On Brown-Vitter Legislation

Date 24/04/2013

SIFMA today released the following statement after Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and David Vitter's (R-LA) introduced legislation to address "too-big-to-fail."

DTCC Launches New Loan/SERV Balance Reconciliation Platform

Date 24/04/2013

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that it has launched a new Loan/SERV reconciliation platform called Balance Reconciliation that simplifies the reconcilement process for lenders by focusing on balances only.