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NYSE Euronext to Host the 2012 NYSE Russia Day with Half-day Conference at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 - Conference Participants To Ring The NYSE Closing Bell Include: Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister Of The Russian Federation - Alexander Voloshin, Head Of Moscow International Financial Center Task Force - Olga Dergunova, Head Of The Federal Property Management Agency Of The Russian Federation - Alexei Moiseev, Deputy Finance Minister Of The Russian Federation - Igor Zyuzin, Chairman Of Mechel (NYSE: MTL)- Andrei Dubovskov, CEO Of Mobile Telesystems “MTS” (NYSE: MBT)

Date 27/11/2012

Leading business executives, investors, and government officials led by Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation will visit the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for the 2012 NYSE Russia Day on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012.  Hosted in conjunction with Vnesheconombank (VEB) and supported by Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Cleary Gottlieb, BNY Mellon and Bloomberg TV, the half-day conference will offer insights into Russia’s economic outlook, investment opportunities, capital markets and privatization program.

World Federation Of Exchanges Urges International Regulatory Bodies To Modify Capital Standards For Exchange Traded Derivatives In Support Of G20 Reforms

Date 27/11/2012

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), representing 59 publicly regulated stock, futures, and options exchanges and associated clearinghouses, today called on international regulatory bodies to modify capital standards to appropriately reflect the liquidity and efficiency of exchange traded derivative (ETD) markets.  In a letter to the Financial Stability Board and other policy organizations, WFE encouraged global standard setting bodies to demonstrate continued support for the G20 commitments to bring greater transparency and central clearing to derivative markets by ensuring that the costs of ETD markets are not unnecessarily increased.

NASDAQ OMX Becomes First North American Exchange To Join The United Nations Global Compact

Date 27/11/2012

Today The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. announced it has joined the United Nations Global Compact. The announcement was made at the Global Compact's 3^rdLEAD Symposium being hosted at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square, New York City.

Montreal Exchange Achieves New Trading Volume Record On CGB® Ten-Year Government Of Canada Bond Futures

Date 27/11/2012

TMX Group Limited today announced that Montréal Exchange achieved a record of 369,761 contracts traded on the Ten-Year Government of Canada Bond Futures contract (CGB) on November 26, 2012, which surpassed the previous record of 368,697 contracts traded that was established on May 24, 2007.

CFTC Charges Connecticut Resident Feisal Sharif With Operating A $5.4 Million Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme And Misappropriating At Least $900,000 Of Pool Participants’ Funds - In A Related Criminal Action Filed In September, The U.S. Attorney For The State Of Connecticut Charged Sharif With Wire Fraud

Date 27/11/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action charging defendant Feisal Sharif of Branford, Conn., with operating a commodity pool Ponzi scheme that solicited approximately $5.4 million from at least 50 people to invest in a commodity pool named First Financial, LLC.  Sharif allegedly misappropriated at least $900,000 of pool participants’ funds, using the funds to pay personal expenses and purchase gifts.  The CFTC complaint also charges Sharif with failing to register as a Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) of First Financial.

SEC Charges Four India-Based Brokerage Firms With Violating U.S. Registration Requirements

Date 27/11/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged four financial services firms based in India for providing brokerage services to institutional investors in the United States without being registered with the SEC as required under the federal securities laws.

NASDAQ OMX Nordic Foundation Supports Financial Market Research Through A Grant To University Of Helsinki

Date 27/11/2012

The University of Helsinki recently announced an open position for a new professorship in Securities Market Law, which is slated to be filled on a permanent basis at the beginning of January 2013. The professorship is unique from a Nordic perspective as it combines the more traditional disciplines of company, finance, market and civil laws into a new independent discipline.

The COBA Project Announces Plan For An Industry-Led Pan-European Consolidated Tape

Date 27/11/2012

In an open letter to key industry stakeholders, co-founders of The COBA Project, Graham Dick, former Head of Business Development at Chi-X Europe and Mark Schaedel former Global Head of Market Data at NYSE Euronext, today announced a plan for the delivery of an industry-led  pan-European consolidated tape.

FIA Statement On Mary Schapiro's Decision To Step Down As SEC Chairman

Date 27/11/2012

The Futures Industry Association issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Mary Schapiro will step down as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Dec. 14 and that President Obama will designate SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter as the agency's new chairman:

"FIA commends Chairman Schapiro for her many years of public service in Washington. As first a Commissioner and then the Chairman of the SEC, as the head of FINRA, and as a Commissioner and Chairman of the CFTC, she always demonstrated a willingness to encourage thoughtful debate on important policy issues and a commitment to balanced and pragmatic policies to promote market integrity and protect investors. As chairman of the SEC, she introduced new ways of thinking about markets and began a long-overdue reassessment of how regulators should approach the difficult task of overseeing and supervising modern electronic markets. We look forward to working with Elisse Walter and the SEC staff as the agency continues its work on market structure reforms and the implementation of Dodd Frank."

European Commission: Statement By President Barroso On Greece

Date 27/11/2012

I welcome the agreement reached by the Eurogroup earlier this morning on Greece, which underscores the Commission's continuous efforts to help guide the quick implementation of the programme and ensure adequate support to Greece until it has regained market access.