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KCBT Christmas And New Year's Holidays - Schedule For Days Surrounding The Christmas And New Year's Holidays

Date 06/12/2011

In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observe the following trading hours on the days surrounding Christmas and New Year's holidays.

CHRISTMAS

Friday, December 23, 2011

Normal trading hours

Sunday, December 25, 2011

All sessions for business date 12/26/2011 are closed

CFTC Charges San Diego Resident Charles Steven Goodie And His Company, CSG Commodity Services Group, With Commodity Pool Fraud - Defendants Charged With Fraudulent Solicitation, Misappropriation Of Customer Funds, And False Statements

Date 06/12/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of an enforcement action charging Charles Steven Goodie and his company, CSG Commodity Service Group (CSG), both of San Diego, Calif., with fraudulently operating a commodity futures pool and with registration and disclosure violations.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Hopeful Of Economic Potential Of Arab Spring

Date 06/12/2011

The historic transformation of the Arab world holds the promise of improving the lives of the people in the region, even though there are some inevitable short-term costs associated with the transition process, said International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde in a speech today hosted by the Safadi Foundation at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC.

DTCC Launches Enhanced Cost Basis Reporting Service For Mutual Fund Industry - Platform Helps Customers Comply With Reporting Regulations Surrounding Mutual Fund Assets

Date 06/12/2011

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that it has launched enhancements to its Cost Basis Reporting Service (CBRS) to help customers comply with federal cost basis reporting regulations for mutual fund assets, which take effect in January 2012.

ISDA Publishes Sample Tri-Party IA Provisions And Accompanying Memorandum

Date 06/12/2011

The ISDA Sample Tri-Party IA Provisions are templates to provide market participants with sample terms and provisions that may facilitate the negotiation of contractual arrangements that provide for segregation of Independent Amounts (“IA”) with a third party custodian and were drafted primarily in response to new regulations being promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act in the United States.

TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – November 2011 - Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange

Date 06/12/2011

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for November 2011.

SEC Names Eric Pan As Associate Director In Office Of International Affairs

Date 06/12/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Eric J. Pan has been named Associate Director in the SEC’s Office of International Affairs, where he will oversee the development of international regulatory policy.

BATS Europe Alert - System Status Update - BATS Europe Trading Platform To Open Wednesday 7th December As Normal

Date 06/12/2011

Following today's market HALT, this notice confirms that the BATS Europe trading platform will be open tomorrow Wednesday 7th December as normal. Trades that were affected by the system failure between approximately 09:33am and 09:36am UK time have now been reconciled. We strongly advise all participants to reconcile trades with their end of day trade data file available via: https://www.batstrading.co.uk/account/. The end of day trade data file contains an accurate record of all trade executions completed on BATS Europe and transmitted to the CCPs. It is the Participant's responsibility to promptly manage any exposure arising from a discrepancy between the reconciliation file and executions received via the order entry or drop copy gateway earlier in the day.

FTSE MIB Index Quarterly Review - December 2011

Date 06/12/2011

The FTSE Italia Index Policy Committee has approved the following changes to the FTSE MIB Index which will become effective after the close of business on Friday, 16 December 2011 (i.e. appearing at the start of trading on Monday, 19 December 2011).

SEC Halts Prime Bank Scheme By Washington D.C. Law Firm And Pennsylvania Company

Date 06/12/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has filed charges and obtained an emergency court order to halt a prime bank scheme in which the perpetrators stole investor funds to purchase luxury cars, take a trip to the Bahamas, and pay the bills of a Washington D.C. law firm.