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SEC Charges China-Based Executives With Securities Fraud

Date 22/02/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two China-based executives with defrauding investors into believing they were investing in a Chinese coal business when in fact they were investing in an empty shell company.
Commissioner Barnier Appoints Members Of A High-Level Expert Group On Possible Reforms To The Structure Of The EU Banking Sector

Date 22/02/2012

"I thank the members for having joined this Group. They bring an impressive amount of expertise to the table. I know they will do an independent, intellectually solid and practical assessment of the potential merits of structural reform. They will make all the recommendations as regards the structure of EU banks they deem necessary to strengthen financial stability and enable banks to fully play their role in favour of citizens, the Single Market and European growth," said Commissioner Barnier.
Publication Of A List Of Prospectuses And Supplements On ESMA’s Website

Date 22/02/2012

Further to the different information requirements allocated to ESMA by the Directive 2010/78/EU (the so called Omnibus Directive) and reflected in the Amended Prospectus Directive (the Prospectus Directive as amended by Directive 2010/73/EU), ESMA informs its website users and stakeholders that, until further notice, the information required on Prospectus will only be available at the relevant National Competent Authority.
CFTC Settles Action Against Aaron Klein For Failing To Disclose He Was A Registrant’s Principal - CFTC Requires Klein To Pay A Penalty And Permanently Bars Him From Registration

Date 22/02/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed and settled an action against Aaron Klein of Rochester, N.Y., finding that Klein acted as an undisclosed controlling person and principal of a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) registered with the CFTC.
BM&FBOVESPA Publishes Annual Report Containing Financial And Sustainability Results - GRI Standard - Exchange Publishes Economic, Financial, Social And Environmental Dimensions Simultaneously In A Single Report For Analysts And Investors

Date 22/02/2012

For the second year in a row, BM&FBOVESPA’s Annual Report contains information about the company’s economic, financial, social and environmental dimensions, in the same publication. It was released to the market on February 14, on the eve of the Exchange’s APIMEC meeting with analysts, investors and journalists, for the presentation of the 2011 results. The decision to publish a report with both financial and non-financial information is based on the understanding that these dimensions are linked and should be communicated to the market simultaneously, encouraging analysts and investors to include socio-environmental and corporate governance questions when assessing share prices and making investment decisions.

SGX-ST Offers To Review New Information By Former Independent Director Of China Sky

Date 22/02/2012

On 16 December 2011, SGX-ST reprimanded China Sky Fibre Chemical Limited (“the Company”) and the directors of its Board for failing to comply with the SGX-ST’s directive pursuant to Listing Rule 704(14) to appoint a Special Auditor (the “Reprimand”). On 16 February 2012, the Commercial Affairs Department (“CAD”) announced that it has commenced investigation into potential breaches of the Securities and Futures Act, Cap. 289 ("SFA") by the Company and its directors. On 21 February 2012 Mr Yeap Wai Kwong, a former independent director of the Company, applied to the High Court and was granted permission to apply for a quashing order on SGX-ST’s Reprimand of him dated 16 December 2011.
Natural Gas Exchange Continues U.S. Expansion By Adding Physical Clearing At Three New Locations

Date 22/02/2012

Natural Gas Exchange Inc. (NGX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TMX Group Inc., today announced that it has added three new natural gas hubs in the United States.
BM&FBOVESPA Exchange Visits

Date 22/02/2012

BM&FBOVESPA offers a special Visiting Program for Foreign Students Groups. It consists of a presentation, in English, on the main aspects of the Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange, its markets, trading systems, projects, indices and statistics.
Direct Edge Market Data Notice #12-02: Market Data Fees

Date 22/02/2012

Overview

Effective May 1, 2012, Direct Edge will introduce fees for its depth of book market data feed for EDGA Exchange, Inc. and EDGX Exchange, Inc., pending Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval. Market data fees will apply to internal and external distribution, with no fees for User displays/devices.
Top 15 Sovereign And Corporate Credit Default Swaps Provided By The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

Date 22/02/2012

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is publishing a weekly email containing simple, easy-to-read tables listing credit default swaps (CDS) contracts on the top 15 sovereign and corporate reference entities by net notional amount as well as the Top 10 volume movers, both corporate and sovereign, by percentage change based on the net notional amount registered in its Trade Information Warehouse for the week ending February 17, 2012, along with historical data.