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BATS Europe Alert - System Status Update

Date 06/12/2011

All systems are functioning normally.

BBA Response To UK Government Consultation On Bonuses

Date 06/12/2011

"The Government wants to ensure shareholders exercise their accountability for senior executive pay. This consultation offers proposals on how they might do so. We are in favour of greater transparency and look forward to engaging with the government on this important consultation."

U.K. Government Launches Consultation To Improve Bank Bonus Transparency

Date 06/12/2011

The Government has launched a consultation that will help tackle unacceptable bank bonuses by improving pay transparency at large banks, Mark Hoban, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, has announced today.  The proposals would extend transparency arrangements at large banks by requiring the eight highest-paid non-board executives to disclose their remuneration arrangements.  Improving transparency for senior executives who manage risk will help provide shareholders with more tools to hold senior management to account.

Testimony On “H.R. 1148, The Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge Act” By Robert Khuzami, Director, Division Of Enforcement, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission - Before The Committee On Financial Services Of The U.S. House Of Representatives

Date 06/12/2011

Chairman Bachus, Ranking Member Frank, and Members of the Committee:

Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on behalf of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the subject of insider trading.

Borsa Italiana: Weekly MIBO Options Launched On IDEM

Date 06/12/2011

• Effective Tuesday 15^th December 2011
• Weekly MIBO options on FTSE MIB index will be traded on IDEM, Borsa Italiana’s Derivative Market

Athens Exchange Derivatives Market Monthly Statistical Bulletin November 2011.

Date 06/12/2011

Click here to download the ADEX monthly statistical bulletin for November 2011. 

Global X Funds Lists Two New Exchange-Traded Funds On NASDAQ - ETFs Are Based On New NASDAQ Non-Financial Indexes

Date 06/12/2011

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that The NASDAQ Stock Market^® (NASDAQ^®) has listed two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sponsored by Global X Funds, a leading New York-based provider of ETFs.

Testimony On “Continued Oversight Of The Implementation Of The Wall Street Reform Act” By SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro - Before The United States Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs

Date 06/12/2011

Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Shelby, and members of the Committee:

Thank you for inviting me to testify regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ongoing implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act” or “Act”).

"Belt And Suspenders" - Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton At The Open Meeting Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Date 06/12/2011

When I listen attentively to average investors and consumers address concerns with the economy, retirement or the markets, sooner rather than later they raise the issues of trust, risk and security. Simply put, they are less than optimistic that businesses, accounting firms or regulators have the ability—and many question the simple desire—to protect customer funds. They see firms engaged in highly complex risky, unethical and sometimes even illegal activities that result in not only exposure, but staggering financial losses. Many of them opt to reduce their exposure themselves by pulling their money out of the market. A fellow emailed me last night that because nearly all of his money was at MF Global and he doesn't have access to it, that his family is currently living on his kids' college fund. Stories like those aren't isolated. We, all of the Commissioners, get those not infrequently.

SEC Freezes Assets Of Four Chinese Citizens Charged With Insider Trading

Date 06/12/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has frozen the assets of four Chinese citizens and a Chinese-based entity charged with insider trading in advance of a merger announcement by educational companies based in London and Beijing.