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ASIC Market Assessment Report Of ASX

Date 23/11/2011

ASX Group (ASX) welcomes today’s finding by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) that ASX has complied with its statutory obligations for the ninth consecutive year since the introduction of annual assessments. 

CME Group Increases Guarantee To $550M To Accelerate Return Of 75 Percent Of MF Global Inc. Segregated Funds To All Customers - CME Group Confident Reports Of Significantly Larger Shortfalls Are Incorrect - Distribution Would Result In Return Of Roughly $4 Billion Total Cash Returned

Date 22/11/2011

To accelerate the return of additional securely held funds to MF Global Inc. customers, CME Group today announced it has increased its financial guarantee to the SIPC Trustee from $250 million to $550 million. CME Group's proposal to the Trustee is designed to increase the payout percentage from 60 percent to 75 percent in early December. This distribution would include customers holding cash balances and warehouse receipts, as well as customers who received non-sufficient funds checks from MF Global. As a result of this proposal, roughly $4 billion of the$5.5 billion that was supposed to be held by MF Global in segregation will be returned to customers. With this offer, the entire $2.5 billion securely held at CME Clearing will have been distributed.

STOXX Changes Composition Of Benchmark Indices - Results Of The Fourth Regular Quarterly Review To Be Effective On December 19, 2011

Date 22/11/2011

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the new composition of the STOXX Benchmark andtheir sub- and sector indices, among them the STOXX Europe 600 Index, STOXX Americas 600 Index and STOXX Asia/Pacific 600 Index.

European Parliament: MEPs Debate Credit Rating Agencies And Bank Recapitalisation With Almunia And Barnier

Date 22/11/2011

Draft EU rules on credit rating agencies and plans to recapitalise banks were took centre stage in an Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee debate with Commissioners Joaquin Almunia (competition) and Michel Barnier (internal market) on Tuesday.

FINRA Fines Wells Investment Securities $300,000 For Use Of Misleading Marketing Materials For REIT Offering

Date 22/11/2011

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Wells Investment Securities, Inc. $300,000 for using misleading marketing materials in the sale of Wells Timberland REIT, Inc., a non-traded Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT).

Cross-Border Holdings Increased 7.7 Percent In 2010, Shows IMF Annual Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey Now Available Via New Online Database

Date 22/11/2011

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today released results from its 2010 annual Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS), the only global survey of portfolio investment holdings. The results—covering positions in equity and debt securities as of end–2010 for 73 CPIS-participating economies—are published in a new online database that leverages current technologies for data and metadata dissemination. Previous CPIS results have been published only in spreadsheet format.

Speech By SEC Commissioner Elisse B. Walter : Remarks At The Closing Of The International Institute For Securities Enforcement And Market Oversight

Date 22/11/2011

Thank you, Ethiopis, for that kind introduction.

Good afternoon. I would like thank you for your participation in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s 2011 International Institute for Securities Enforcement and Market Oversight. It is a real pleasure to join you here today at the successful conclusion of a week-long program. This, the seventeenth annual meeting of the Institute, has brought together over 175 regulators representing about 60 countries and jurisdictions from around the globe for intensive training and discussion on the most significant issues of securities enforcement.

CFTC Seeks Public Comment On Request From ICE Clear Credit For Order Permitting Portfolio Margining Of Swaps And Security-Based Swaps In A Customer Account

Date 22/11/2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is requesting public comment on a petition submitted by ICE Clear Credit LLC (ICC) for an order pursuant to Section 4d(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act). 

IMF Enhances Liquidity And Emergency Lending Windows

Date 22/11/2011

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on November 21 a set of reforms designed to bolster the flexibility and scope of the Fund’s lending toolkit to provide liquidity and emergency assistance more effectively to the Fund’s global membership. These reforms, which have been under preparation for some time, will enable the Fund to respond better to the diverse liquidity needs of members with sound policies and fundamentals, including those affected during periods of heightened economic or market stress—the crisis-bystanders—and to address urgent financing needs arising in a broader range of circumstances than natural disasters and post-conflict situations previously covered.

Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee, November 1-2, 2011

Date 22/11/2011

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Tuesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on November 1-2, 2011. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the November 1-2, 2011 meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.