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Tokyo Stock Exchange: New Listing Of First ETF Created By Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company, Limited (YOURMIRAI TOPIX Asia Focus ETF)

Date 04/11/2011

Today, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) listed "YOURMIRAI TOPIX Asia Focus ETF" (Code: 1562; also known as "TOPIX Asia Focus ETF") created by Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company, Limited (SMAM). This is the first ETF created by the company.

ASIC Consults On Term Deposits Relief

Date 04/11/2011

ASIC today released a consultation paper on proposals for relief to allow banks and non-banks to issue term deposits that are only breakable on 31 days’ notice, as part of moves by Australia’s financial services sector to meet new global liquidity standards.

Lightower’s New Ultra-Low Latency Network Provides Fastest Networking To Key Financial Centers - Accessible At Fifteen Strategic Locations, New Network Provides The Most Direct Fiber Routes Within NY And NJ Financial Markets

Date 03/11/2011

Lightower Fiber Networks, the premier metro fiber and bandwidth provider in the Northeast, announced today its new Ultra-Low Latency Network across 15 strategic locations in the New York City and New Jersey area, targeting the region’s financial markets. The all-optical network leverages wavelength technology combined with unique fiber routes owned and operated by Lightower to offer best-in-class latencies between key financial facilities in the region.

Oral Testimony Before The U.S. Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations, Washington, DC, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 03/11/2011

Good morning Chairman Levin, Ranking Member Coburn and members of the Subcommittee. I thank you for inviting me to today’s hearing on the changing nature of the derivatives market and on position limits.

Transcript Of A Press Briefing By David Hawley, Deputy Director, External Relations Department, International Monetary Fund

Date 03/11/2011

MR. HAWLEY: Good morning. I am David Hawley, Deputy Director of the External Relations Department, welcome to another of our regular briefings for the press. As usual, this is under embargo until 10:30 Washington time and that is 1430 GMT.

Payson Peabody Joins SIFMA Advocacy Team As Tax Counsel

Date 03/11/2011

SIFMA today announced that Payson Peabody has joined SIFMA as managing director and tax counsel in Federal Government Relations.

Testimony Before The U.S. Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations, Washington, DC - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 03/11/2011

Good morning Chairman Levin, Ranking Member Coburn and members of the Subcommittee. I thank you for inviting me to today’s hearing on position limits and the changing nature of the derivatives markets. I also thank my fellow Commissioners and CFTC staff for their hard work and commitment to implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the CFTC’s existing futures market oversight.

Speech By SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro: Remarks At Stanford Center On Longevity — FINRA Investor Education Foundation Conference

Date 03/11/2011

Good morning. It is a pleasure to be with you today to discuss fraud and how we might be better able to prevent it.

November 2011 InBOX

Date 03/11/2011

This is the November issue of InBOX, your news source from inside the BOX Options Exchange. This monthly publication will provide convenient summaries of recent developments at BOX.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Indices

Date 03/11/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Indices:

The Toronto Stock Exchange announced today in the Daily Bulletin that the shares of Aston Hill Financial Inc. (TSXVN:AHF) will graduate to trade on TSX at the open of trading on Monday, November 7, 2011. The ticker symbol will remain "AHF" and the CUSIP number will remain 04623R 10 9. The company will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, November 4, 2011.