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TFEX’s New SET50 Futures, SET50 Options, Sector Futures To Debut On October 29

Date 12/09/2012

Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand group, is ready to launch the new versions of SET50 Index Futures and SET50 Index Options, and to introduce Sector Index Futures on October 29, 2012, in order to provide more investment choices for investors and boost market liquidity.
Trade Me To Be Added To NZX 20 Index

Date 12/09/2012

NZX Indices announces changes to the NZX 20 Index following the September 2012 Quarterly Index Review. The changes below, and the quarterly index rebalance, will be effective at market open on Monday 24 September 2012.
ASIC Releases Surveillance Snapshot And New Service Charter

Date 12/09/2012

A snapshot of ASIC’s surveillance work has been published for the first time, as part of a commitment to improving transparency and increasing the public’s understanding of how ASIC operates.
Dalian Commodity Exchange Will Drive The Futures Market To Develop Further At Three Aspects

Date 12/09/2012

According to related persons in charge of DCE when interviewing with China Securities Journal, China’s futures market has relatively poor capacity to serve the national economy, and cannot satisfy the requirements of a large number of enterprises for hedging and avoiding risks. We should further improve the efficiency of the market and play the role of the market functions to serve the national economy, and further drive the development of the futures market for the purpose of optimizing the allocation of resources.
Statement By The EC, ECB And IMF On The Fifth Review Mission To Portugal

Date 11/09/2012

Staff teams from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Lisbon during August 28-September 11 for the fifth quarterly review of Portugal’s economic program.

Former Bank CEO Sentenced To 15 Years in Prison For Fraud Scheme

Date 11/09/2012

Joseph M. Braas, 46, of Lititz, Pa., was sentenced today to 180 months in prison for his role in a fraud conspiracy that caused the Bank of Lancaster County, which was chartered in 1863 and is one of the five oldest banking organizations in the country, to cease its independent existence. As a result of the fraud, hundreds of jobs were lost. Braas was chief operating officer of Equipment Finance LLC (EFI), when he and his co-defendants—Michael J. Schlager, Mary C. Stankiewicz, Misty L. Kroesen, Curtis A. Kroesen, John Wiley Spann, Harold W. Young and John S. Tomberlin—engaged in a sophisticated loan fraud scheme that caused losses of approximately $53 million at EFI. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond also ordered Braas to pay restitution in the amount of $53 million.
Statement From New York Attorney General Schneiderman On 11th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks

Date 11/09/2012

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman released the following statement today on the 11^th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
CFTC Seeks Public Comment On Request from ICE Clear Europe For Order Permitting Portfolio Margining Of Futures And Foreign Futures Contracts

Date 11/09/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is requesting public comment on a petition submitted by ICE Clear Europe Limited (ICE Clear Europe) for an order pursuant to Section 4d(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act). The petition requests an order that would permit ICE Clear Europe and its clearing members that are registered futures commission merchants to (1) commingle in an account subject to Section 4d(a) (a futures customer account) positions in futures and options, and foreign futures and foreign options, and related customer money, securities and property; and (2) portfolio margin such futures and options, and foreign futures and foreign options, in the futures customer account.
Regulation And Supervision: Where Europe Is Heading - Presentation By Judith Hardt, Secretary General, FESE To The SFOA Conference

Date 11/09/2012

Click here to download a presentation by Judith Hardt Secretary General to the SFOA Conference, 6th September, Interlaken.
FTSE MIB Index Quarterly Review 11 September 2012

Date 11/09/2012

The FTSE Italia Index Policy Committee has approved the following changes to the FTSE MIB Index which will become effective after the close of business on Friday, 21 September 2012 (i.e. on Monday, 24 September 2012).