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CalPERS Appoints New Principal Advisor To Board President

Date 18/10/2011

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced the appointment of Mary Ann Burford as Principal Advisor to Board President Rob Feckner.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite, Venture Select And Venture 30 Indices

Date 17/10/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Indices:

The Toronto Stock Exchange announced today in the Daily Bulletin that the shares of Prophecy Coal Corp. (TSXVN:PCY) will graduate to trade on TSX at the open of trading on Wednesday, October 19, 2011. The ticker symbol will remain "PCY" and the CUSIP number will remain 74346B 10 3. The company will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.

Chi-X Global Announces New Equity Investors

Date 17/10/2011

Chi-X Global Holdings LLC announced today that five major financial institutions have taken a minority stake in the firm. Chi-X Global Holdings is the holding company for Chi-X market operators Chi-X Canada, Chi-X Japan and Chi-X Australia, which will launch on October 31, 2011. It also jointly operates Chi-East, an independent, non-displayed liquidity pool in Singapore, through a joint venture with a subsidiary of the Singapore Exchange, and has developed the Chi-FX product in a venture with BM&FBOVESPA that is scheduled for commercial launch in Brazil early next year.

Liquidnet Launches Global Institutional Platform For Fast Growing Private- Company Shares Trading Provides Asset Management Firms Access To High Growth Investment Opportunities In New Asset-Class - Leading Internet Company Expert Lou Kerner To Head Team That Will Make New Market More Efficient For Institutional Investors And Private Companies

Date 17/10/2011

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the appointment of Lou Kerner, a leading Internet and social media expert, to head a team that will bring the efficiencies and scale of Liquidnet‟s global institutional network to the fast-growing market in private-company shares trading.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 17/10/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, October 17, 2011:

• PNI Digital Media Inc. (TSXVN:PN) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.

Exercise Of Options On Stocks Generates BRL 3.31 Billion On BM&FBOVESPA

Date 17/10/2011

BM&FBOVESPA announces that the exercise of options on stocks on Monday in the BOVESPA segment generated BRL 3.31 billion, of which BRL 1.58 billion in call options and BRL 1.73 billion in put options. 

Directors Group Honors CalPERS Leaders

Date 17/10/2011

Anne Stausboll, Chief Executive Officer of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), and Anne Simpson, CalPERS Senior Portfolio Manager, head of Corporate Governance, have been named to a list of the 100 most influential corporate governance professionals for 2011.

Hearing At The Committee On Economic And Monetary Affairs Of The European Parliament - Introductory Statement By Jürgen Stark, Member Of The Executive Board Of The ECB, Brussels, 17 October 2011

Date 17/10/2011

Dear Madam Chair,

Dear Honourable Members,

It is a pleasure to be here today and share with you my thoughts on Economic Governance. This public hearing comes at a right time: important decisions have been taken, but major reforms are still crucially needed. I will therefore address, in turn, the three suggested issues for discussion: the implementation of the economic governance package, the longer term reforms in the economic governance framework and the question of Eurobonds.

CME Group Announces Open Interest In Power Contracts Reaches One Billion Megawatt Hours

Date 17/10/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it reached an open interest record for its power contracts. At the close of trading Friday, open interest in CME Group power contracts reached 1,001,362,363 Megawatt hours (MWh), breaking the billion MWh threshold for the first time ever. CME Group power contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

Federal Reserve Board Approves Final Rule Implementing The Resolution Plan Requirement Of The Dodd-Frank Act

Date 17/10/2011

The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the approval of a final rule to implement the resolution plan requirement in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.