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Kansas City Board Of Trade: Presidents' Day Trading Hours - Schedule For Days Surrounding The Presidents' Day Holiday

Date 13/02/2012

In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observe the following trading hours on the days before and after the upcoming Presidents' Day holiday on Monday, February 20, 2012.

Deutsche Börse AG Releases Preliminary Results For 2011 - Best Sales Performance Since Record Year 2008 - Costs In-Line With Lowered Guidance For 2011 - Strong Increase In Earnings Per Share Acceleration Of Growth Strategy Through Increased Investments In 2012 - Positive Outlook For 2012 Regular Dividend Of €2.30 And Special Dividend Of €1.00 Proposed - Share Buybacks Of Up To €200 Million Planned For H2/2012

Date 13/02/2012

Deutsche Börse Group achieved its best sales revenue performance since record year 2008 based on preliminary 2011 numbers released on Monday. Sales revenue increased 6 percent to €2,233 million, while net interest income increased 26 percent to €75 million. Total costs amounted to €1,217 million, including around €83 million merger related and restructuring costs. Adjusted for these items, total costs fell by 1 percent to €1,134 million. Adjusted net income grew 15 percent to €833 million in 2011. Adjusted earnings per share grew 16 percent to €4.49. Reported earnings per share more than doubled to €4.57.

“Heart Of The Matter: Resources” - Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton On The Administrations FY 2013 Budget

Date 13/02/2012

I support the President’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2013. It goes to the heart of the matter by proposing funding to ensure we have the rudimentary resources to do our job.
Director Of L.A. Office Rosalind Tyson To Retire After 30 Years Of SEC Service

Date 13/02/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Rosalind Ramsey Tyson, Director of the SEC’s Los Angeles Regional Office, will retire at the end of March after 30 years of service with the agency.
Chairman’s Letter, President’s Budget And Performance Plan For Fiscal Year 2013 - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 13/02/2012

Dear Senators Inouye and Cochran and Representatives Rogers and Dicks:

I am pleased to transmit the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Budget and Performance Estimate for FY 2013. The CFTC’s budget request strikes a balance between important investments in technology and human capital, both of which are essential to carrying out the agency’s mandate under the Commodity Exchange Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).

International Securities Exchange Introduces Premium Access Connectivity - New 10 Gigabit Connection Offers Ultra-Low Latency To Subscribers

Date 13/02/2012

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) is now offering a PremiumAccess connection in its primary data center. Premium Access subscribers will connect to ISE over Juniper Networks’ high performance, ultra-low latency 10 gigabit Ethernet switches. The introduction of the Juniper switches along with new network cards and a custom load balancing scheme will enable member firms with a direct connection to ISE to reduce their roundtrip network latency by up to 150 microseconds, or approximately 90 percent.
SIFMA Offers Ideas To Reorient Proposed Volcker Rule Regulations

Date 13/02/2012

SIFMA along with several other financial services trade organizations today submitted comments to federal regulators on their proposed regulations to implement the Volcker Rule.
Olli Rehn Vice-President Of The European Commission And Member Of The Commission Responsible For Economic And Monetary Affairs And The Euro Statement On The Vote In The Greek Parliament Statement In The Press Room Brussels, 13 February 2012

Date 13/02/2012

On behalf of the European Commission, I welcome the positive vote of the Greek Parliament on the second programme for Greece. Yesterday's vote is an expression of the determination prevailing in the country to put an end to the spiral of unsustainable public finances and to the loss of competitiveness.
State Street Global Markets Intends To Join LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear Service

Date 13/02/2012

LCH.Clearnet Ltd. (LCH.Clearnet) today announced that State Street Global Markets, LLC (SSGM), intends to join SwapClear, LCH.Clearnet’s global over-the-counter (OTC) IRS clearing service, by June, 2012 subject to regulatory approval. SwapClear’s total clearing membership is currently 61.
ESMA Extends The Deadline For The Consultation On The Considerations Of Materiality In Financial Reporting

Date 13/02/2012

The objective of financial statements is to provide information to a range of users for the purpose of eco-nomic decision making. To be useful, such statements must present fairly the financial position, perform-ance and cash flows of the reporting entity. Where information which is required by the relevant financial reporting framework is omitted or misstated and such information could influence the economic decision-making of a user, financial statements cannot be said to achieve a fair presentation. The concept of ‘mate-riality’ is used to describe such information.