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Testimony By Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke: Economic Outlook And Policy, Before The Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C., June 7, 2012

Date 07/06/2012

Chairman Casey, Vice Chairman Brady, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate this opportunity to discuss the economic outlook and economic policy.

CFTC Orders Futures Commission Merchant Open E Cry, LLC To Pay $250,000 To Settle Failure To Supervise Charges

Date 07/06/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing and simultaneous settlement of charges against Open E Cry, LLC (OEC), a registered futures commission merchant (FCM), for failing to diligently supervise the handling of its customer accounts.  OEC has offices in Powell, Ohio, and Chicago, Ill.

Bolsa De Valores De Colombia, Toronto Stock Exchange And TSX Venture Exchange Sign Memorandum Of Understanding To Formalize And Promote Cooperation Between Their Markets

Date 07/06/2012

Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC), Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote cooperation among the securities markets of Colombia and Canada.

Program Trading Averaged 38.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During May 29-June 1

Date 07/06/2012

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE's orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for May 29-June.

Michel Barnier Member Of The European Commission, Responsible For Internal Market And Services Financial Regulation, Fiscal Consolidation, Governance, Growth: Europe Is Taking Up Its Challenges 7 June 2012

Date 07/06/2012

Ladies and gentlemen,

First, let me thank the International Institute for Finance, its Chairman Joseph ACKERMANN and Managing Director Charles DALLARA, for inviting me to your Spring Meeting.

Fitch Downgrades Spain To 'BBB'; Outlook Negative

Date 07/06/2012

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Spain's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to 'BBB' from 'A'. The Short-term IDR has also been downgraded to 'F2' from 'F1'. The Outlook on the Long-term IDRs is Negative. Fitch has simultaneously affirmed the common Euro Area Country Ceiling for Spain at 'AAA'.

Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority,- Finansinspektionen - Proposes Temporary Floor For The Discount Rate

Date 07/06/2012

To protect the interests of insurance policy holders, Finansinspektionen will soon propose that insurance companies are temporarily given the possibility to apply a floor for the discount rate.

Toronto Stock Exchange And TSX Venture Exchange Embark On Latin American Roadshow

Date 07/06/2012

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) today announced that they are participating in a three city Latin American roadshow.

IOSCO Consults On Global Developments In Securitization Regulation

Date 07/06/2012

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a Consultation Report on Global Developments in Securitization Regulation, which seeks public comment on policy issues arising from the work of its Task Force on Unregulated Markets and Products (TFUMP).

EEX: First “EIB NER 300 Auction” Held Successfully

Date 07/06/2012

Earlier today, the first auction of EU allowances (EUA) in the framework of the NER 300 Initiative, was successfully carried out on the European Energy Exchange (EEX). An auction volume of 625,000 EUA from the third trading period, with settlement in December 2013, was monetized on the EEX Derivatives Market on behalf of the European Investment Bank.