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News Conference Remarks By Robert Khuzami, Director Of The SEC’s Division of Enforcement

Date 20/01/2012

Good afternoon. My name is Robert Khuzami, and I’m the Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement.

Once again, so-called white collar professionals who enjoy so many advantages break the law in a likely craving for more money, more celebrity, and the mirage of success.

U.S. Federal Reserve Releases Templates For Reporting FOMC Participants' Projections Of The Appropriate Target Federal Funds Rate

Date 20/01/2012

The Federal Reserve on Friday released blank templates showing the format of the two charts it will use on January 25 to report Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) participants' projections of the appropriate target federal funds rate. It also released a draft of an explanatory note that will accompany the projections.

GFMA Posts Provisional Legal Entity Identifiers

Date 20/01/2012

GFMA today announced that it has posted a TEST file, created by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), and the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), of provisional legal entity identifiers, as well as a brief summary describing the provisional legal entity identifier attributes. This information can be found here.  

SEC: Fee Rate Advisory #5 For Fiscal Year 2012

Date 20/01/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that on February 21, 2012 the fees rates applicable to most securities transactions will decrease from $19.20 per million dollars to $18.00 per million dollars. The assessment on security futures transactions will remain unchanged at $0.0042 for each round turn transaction.

ELX Names Richard Jaycobs Chief Executive Officer

Date 20/01/2012

ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX), a leading electronic futures exchange, announced today that veteran futures industry executive Richard Jaycobs will succeed Neal Wolkoff as  Chief Executive Officer of ELX. 

Program Trading Averaged 28.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan. 9-13

Date 20/01/2012

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 Jan. 9-13.

Wolkoff Announces Plans To Depart ELX Effective April 30

Date 20/01/2012

Neal L. Wolkoff, Chief Executive Officer of ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX), today notified the ELX board of his resignation, effective April 30.

Shorcan Brokers Ltd. 14th Annual Charity Day Raises Over $600,000

Date 20/01/2012

Shorcan Brokers Limited, TMX Group's fixed income interdealer brokerage, raised more than $600,000 at its 14th Annual Charity Day. Over the past 14 years, Shorcan's Annual Charity Days have raised over $6 million.

TOM MTF Statistics Week 3 - 2012

Date 20/01/2012

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 3 - 2012. Impressive market shares in Aegon (3.5%), ING (4.3%), Logica (7.7%),  Arcelor Mittal (2.3%), Ordina (5.3%), PostNL (2.7%) and TOM2 (4.1%).

IOSCO Publishes Principles On Suspension Of CIS Redemptions

Date 20/01/2012

The Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its final report, Principles on Suspensions of Redemptions in Collective Investment Schemes, which contains principles regarding the suspension of redemptions for open-ended collective investment schemes (CIS).