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CFTC: Michigan Federal Court Orders Jeffrey L. Groendyke And JG Forex Fund To Pay Over $1.4 Million For Operating A Forex Ponzi Scheme

Date 19/12/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained a federal consent order for permanent injunction against CFTC defendant Jeffrey L. Groendyke (doing business as JG Forex Fund) of Middleville, Mich., requiring him to pay $963,141 in restitution and a $420,000 civil monetary penalty. The order also permanently bars Groendyke from engaging in any commodity-related activity, including trading and registering with the CFTC.

EDHEC-Risk Institute: Target-Volatility Strategies, A Response To Current Investment Dilemma

Date 19/12/2011

Insurance companies and pension funds have traditionally played an important role as providers of long-term risk capital and, in a world of deleveraging credit institutions, are crucially needed to finance economic development.

Remarks At The 2011 AICPA Conference By Howard Scheck, Chief Accountant, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., December 6, 2011

Date 19/12/2011

Good afternoon everyone and thank you to the AICPA for having me back again this year. As the Enforcement guy, you never know if you’ll get that repeat invite, so I’m honored to have made the cut and for the opportunity to address you today. As required, I need to state that my remarks are my views and not necessarily the views of the Commission or its staff.

Deutsche Boerse And NYSE Euronext Top The Leader Board - FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Decreased 4.5 Per Cent In November

Date 19/12/2011

European market turmoil eroded share prices in the exchanges sector with a continued downward trend of the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index

Rosario Commodity Markets And Stock Exchange To Merge

Date 19/12/2011

The Rosario Futures Market (ROFEX) and Rosario stock exchange (MervaRos) have made an agreement to establish a market  offering the most diversified product range in the country.

Markit And Euroclear Bank To Create An End-To-End Post-Trade Platform For Syndicated Loans

Date 19/12/2011

Markit and Euroclear Bank today announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding to jointly create an operational infrastructure to support the use of loans as collateral in financing transactions. In parallel, Markit and Euroclear Bank intend to collaborate on introducing a series of other services to enhance transparency, automation and trade settlement for the European leveraged loan market.

NASDAQ OMX Acquires The Business Of RapiData LLC - NASDAQ OMX Will Offer Economic News In Machine-Readable Format To Trading Firms, Asset Managers And Investment Banks

Date 19/12/2011

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced it has acquired the business of RapiData LLC, a leading provider of machine-readable economic news to trading firms and financial institutions. With this acquisition, NASDAQ OMX will deliver U.S. government and other economic news directly from the source to customers interested in receiving information in an electronic feed.

Global Financial Markets Association Applauds ISO Adoption Of LEI Standard

Date 19/12/2011

The Global Financial Markets Association today released the following statement today upon news that the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) endorsed the industry’s recommendation for new ISO standard “ISO 17442” to be used as the standard for a global legal entity identifier (LEI) solution.

LME Board Moves To Invest In Future Of Exchange - LME Takes Next Steps To Self Clearing - New Exchange User Fee To Support Operations - Board Decisions Ensure LME Remains World's Leading Metals Market

Date 19/12/2011

The Board of the London Metal Exchange (LME) has taken decisive steps for the market's future with an agreement for the Exchange to pursue self clearing of trades and to increase revenue through a new charge on client contracts.

RTS And MICEX: Notification For The Market Participants Of The Securities Trading Starting From December 20, 2011

Date 19/12/2011

In accordance with the Listing rules, Rules of admission and trading of securities in CJSC MICEX SE, Rules of admission of commercial papers to trading in MICEX Stock Exchange CJSC and Rules of trading in securities in MICEX Stock Exchange CJSC, MICEX SE regulations №1446-r, №1447-r, №1448-r, №1449-r, №1450–r and №1451–r as of December 19, 2011 the following resolutions have been taken:

Determine December 20, 2011 as the date of starting trading in the process of placing in the Main market of MICEX SE the following securities included into section of unlisted securities of MICEX SE admitted to trading in MICEX SE:

1. Documentary interest-bearing non-convertible secured documentary bonds of Gazprombank (Open Joint Stock Company) series BО-04, with the right for early redemption by bonds holders.