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Statement For The Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee Of The Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association - Janice Eberly, U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy

Date 30/01/2012

The recovery continued to firm in the final quarter of last year, and labor market conditions improved. According to the advance GDP report released last week, the economy grew by 2.8 percent at an annual rate in the fourth quarter, the tenth straight quarter of growth since the recession ended in mid-2009. Job growth accelerated in the final months of 2011, and the unemployment rate declined sharply, although at 8.5 percent, it still remains too high. The unwinding of the effects of temporary shocks sustained earlier last year helped boost growth in the second half of the year. Private forecasters anticipate a more moderate but stable path of expansion going forward. Even so, further progress this year in reducing unemployment from current levels may be limited. The economy continues to face a number of challenges, including the slowdown in growth overseas, particularly in Europe, and the threat of further fiscal contraction at all levels of government. The Administration remains committed to fostering stronger near-term growth and a more rapid pace of job creation and to redressing the country’s longer-term fiscal situation.

U.S. Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates

Date 30/01/2012

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

Robert Udall Glazier, Deputy Executive Officer Brad Pacheco, Chief, Office Of Public Affairs - CalPERS Names Stacie Sormano Chief Of Retirement Research And Planning Division

Date 30/01/2012

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has named Stacie Sormano to lead the pension fund’s Retirement Research and Planning Division (RRPD).

President of the European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso's Presentation On Growth At The Informal European Council Of 30/01/2012

Date 30/01/2012

Once again we are meeting in an atmosphere of crisis and pressure. We know that our current problems are a consequence of long standing imbalances and divergences in competitiveness inside and outside the Euro area. I have illustrated the scale of the competitiveness challenge in previous presentations so I will not repeat them.

ICE Clear Credit Launches Portfolio Margining Benefits For Clearing Participants

Date 30/01/2012

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that ICE Clear Credit now offers portfolio margining benefits for clearing participants' proprietary positions, allowing for more efficient collateralization of opposite positions in index and correlated single-name credit default swap (CDS) instruments.

BM&FBOVESPA S.A. 4Q11 Earnings Release Schedule

Date 30/01/2012

Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (“Company”) hereby informsthe earnings results of the fourth quarter of 2011 (4Q11) schedule.

Reporting: February 14, 2012 (Tuesday), after the trading session.

EDHEC-Risk Institute Welcomes Conclusions Of ESMA Consultation Paper On ETFs And UCITS Issues

Date 30/01/2012

Following the publication on January 30, 2012, of the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) consultation paper on ETFs and other UCITS issues (ESMA/2012/44), EDHEC-Risk welcomes the broadened focus of the new ESMA consultation, which approaches important issues in a horizontal way across all UCITS rather than in a vertical way limited to UCITS ETFs; as underlined in its recent contribution, EDHEC-Risk believes that continued adherence to a silo approach would have increased the risks of adverse selection by investors and regulatory arbitrage by issuers.

Automated Trader's Annual Survey Reveals Massive Growth In Trade Automation - Hedge Funds To Hugely Outpace Traditional Buyside Firms

Date 30/01/2012

Automated Trader, the world's leading journal of automated and algorithmic trading, has just published its Algorithmic Trading Survey Report. Based upon 515 responses from investment banks, hedge funds, traditional asset managers, market makers and proprietary trading firms, together with input from both niche and global brokers, the report provides definitive insights into the current and future trading practices of buyside and sellside firms globally.

ICE Brent Crude Benchmark Reaches Open Interest Of One Million Contracts

Date 30/01/2012

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that the benchmark ICE Brent Crude futures contract reached a new record open interest level of 1,001,286 contracts on 26 January, 2012.

Inaugural Meeting Of The Financial Stability Board - Regional Consultative Group For The Commonwealth Of Independent States

Date 30/01/2012

Today, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation hosted the inaugural meeting of the FSB Regional Consultative Group for the Commonwealth of Independent States (RCG for CIS) in Moscow. The group was established pursuant to the announcement of Financial Stability Board (FSB) in November 2010 to expand and formalise outreach beyond its membership. Six regional consultative groups¹ including the RCG for CIS were established to bring together financial authorities from FSB member and non-member countries to exchange views on vulnerabilities affecting financial systems and on initiatives to promote financial stability.