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BM&FBOVESPA Closed On Tuesday May, 1st - Labor Day

Date 30/04/2012

On Tuesday (May, 1st) is public holiday in Brazil and there will be no trading on BM&FBOVESPA.

BOX Granted SRO Approval From U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission

Date 30/04/2012

BOX Options Exchange announces it has received SEC approval of its application for registration as a national securities exchange and thus, act as its own selfregulatory organization (SRO). BOX expects to start using its own exchange license in mid-May. Being an SRO eliminates the need for BOX to rely on Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., which has been conducting the regulatory oversight of its options market. 

Report On Foreign Portfolio Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2011

Date 30/04/2012

The final results from the annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at end-June 2011 are released today on the U.S. Treasury web site at (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx). A revised table on Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities, through end-February 2012, is also released at (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/mfh.txt ).

George Canellos Named Deputy Director Of SEC Enforcement Division

Date 30/04/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that George S. Canellos, currently Director of the SEC’s New York Regional Office, has been named Deputy Director of the Division of the Enforcement.

ISDA Highlights Safe And Efficient Global Derivatives Markets At The Association’s 27th Annual General Meeting

Date 30/04/2012

Over 950 representatives of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives industry will meet this week in Chicago for ISDA’s 27^th Annual General Meeting. This record level of attendance at the industry’s pre-eminent event once again underscores the Association’s commitment to represent all derivative market participants and demonstrates the significant and ongoing level of activity as part of ISDA’s mission to develop and foster safe and efficient derivatives markets globally.

Statement By U.S. Department Of The Treasury Assistant Secretary For Economic Policy Jan Eberly For The Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee Of The Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association

Date 30/04/2012

The economy continued to expand at a moderate pace in early 2012, and labor market conditions improved. The rate of hiring accelerated and the unemployment rate continued to decline, although it remains elevated at 8.2 percent. The improvement in the job market, along with continued moderate growth in consumption, signs of a modest recovery in the housing sector, and strong gains in equity markets have contributed to a somewhat brighter near-term outlook since the beginning of the year. A consensus of private forecasters expects growth to strengthen gradually going forward, although forecasters expect additional progress in reducing the unemployment rate further this year to be limited. Notwithstanding these bright spots, we remain concerned about the potential risks posed by high oil prices, sovereign debt strains in Europe, and the slowdown in global growth more broadly. The Administration has proposed a number of measures to support the U.S. economy in the near term, including providing additional funding for jobs and training programs, further opportunities for underwater mortgage-holders to refinance their loans at lower interest rates, and incentives for small businesses to promote a faster pace of job creation. These short-term initiatives would not jeopardize longer-term efforts to rein in the federal deficit. The federal budget deficit is projected to decline as a share of the economy in FY2012 to 8.5 percent of GDP from 8.7 percent in FY2012, and narrow significantly thereafter to less than 3 percent of GDP by the end of the decade.

U.S. Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates

Date 30/04/2012

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced its current estimates of net marketable borrowing for the April - June and July – September 2012 quarters:

During the April - June 2012 quarter, Treasury expects to issue $182 billion in net marketable debt, assuming an end-of-June cash balance of $95 billion. This borrowing estimate is $19 billion lower than announced in January 2012. The decrease is primarily due to projections of lower outlays and higher issuances of State and Local Government securities, partially offset by lower receipts.

Canadian Securities Regulators Grant Designated Rating Organization Status Under New Regulatory Framework

Date 30/04/2012

The Canadian Securities Administrators announced today the official designation of DBRS Limited, Fitch, Inc., Moody’s Canada Inc., and Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (Canada) as Designated Rating Organizations (DROs) under applicable Canadian securities laws, as contemplated under National Instrument 25-101 Designated Rating Organizations (NI 25-101).

Financial Services Industry Rallies Around OpenMAMA Project As It Delivers First Release - The Linux Foundation-Hosted OpenMAMA Project Fosters Increasing Collaboration On Open Source Technologies For Financial Services; New Steering Committee Participants Include IBM, Tick42 And TS-Associates

Date 30/04/2012

OpenMAMA, a Linux Foundation Labs (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/labs) project, today announced the availability of OpenMAMA 2.1, the open source Middleware Agnostic Messaging API and the first neutral standard in data messaging for financial services.

2012 NASDAQ OMX Analyst/Investor Day

Date 30/04/2012

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. ("NASDAQ OMX®") (Nasdaq:NDAQ) will hold its 2012 Analyst/Investor Day on Thursday, May 10, 2012. NASDAQ's senior executive team will conduct an in-depth discussion of the company's operations, objectives, and strategy. Analysts and investors who wish to attend should RSVP to investor.relations@nasdaqomx.com