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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.

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal Exchange And TMX Select Closed For Family Day

Date 13/02/2012

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal Exchange and TMX Select will be closed for Family Day on Monday, February 20, 2012.

Direct Edge Introduces EdgeBook Cloud, A New Historical Trade And Quote Data Service

Date 13/02/2012

Overview

Direct Edge announces the launch of EdgeBook Cloud^SM, a suite of on-demand services providing depth-of-book historical trade and quote data from Direct Edge’s two exchanges – EDGA Exchange, Inc. and EDGX Exchange, Inc. This dataset is delivered via the Xignite cloud technology platform and supports efficient market analysis, back-testing, and compliance review. 

HKEx Announces Market Makers, Margin Rates And Information Vendors' Access Codes For HSI Volatility Index Futures

Date 13/02/2012

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced market makers, margin rates and information vendors' access codes for HSI Volatility Index (VHSI) futures, which will begin trading in HKEx's derivatives market on Monday, 20 February 2012.