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The Carlyle Group Has Acquired ITRS Group, A Provider Of Trade Monitoring Technology And Services To The Financial Services Sector

Date 26/09/2011

Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”) announced today that it has acquired ITRS Group(“ITRS” or the “Company”), a global provider of real-time monitoring systems for the world’s financial institutions, in partnership with its founders and management. The transaction closed today. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Circuit Breakers For September 26, 2011 Sessions

Date 26/09/2011

As a general rule, the circuit breaker trigger levels are not to be expanded from the fourth CB trigger. In view of the recent market climate, however, the Exchange applies an exceptional rule for the process following a CB trigger for all listed commodities during the sessions for clearing period dated September 26, 2011.

Thailand Futures Exchange Announces Temporary Halt Of Silver Futures Trading

Date 26/09/2011

According to the Silver Futures' executed prices decrease by 10% from the latest settlement price, Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) decides to suspend trading of all Silver Futures series for a certain period, from 9:45 hours of September 26, 2011 onwards.

The IMF And The International Monetary System: Lessons From The Crisis - Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture By Axel Weber Former President Of The Deutsche Bundesbank, September 25, 2011

Date 25/09/2011

1. Introduction

Ladies and gentlemen

First, I would like to thank you for the invitation. It is a great pleasure for me to deliver today’s Per Jacobsson lecture. And it is also a special honour as I am the first German to deliver the lecture since Karl Otto Pöhl’s appearance in 1992. He was also a former president of the Bundesbank at that time and he talked about “a new monetary order for Europe” – a subject that has recently gained new relevance, as you all know. In my view, it would indeed be necessary to come up with a new foundation for the European Monetary Union – either by significantly strengthening the current system of fiscal controls or by making a big step towards a closer political and economic union.

Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange Weekly Market Commentary - September 25, 2011

Date 25/09/2011

Welcome to the Weekly Market Commentary from DGCX, providing you with a snapshot of what’s happening in the energy, precious metal and currency futures markets. 

DGCX Indian Rupee Options Contract To Be Available For Trading From September 26

Date 25/09/2011

Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) announced that trading on its newly launched Indian Rupee Options Contract will start from tomorrow (September 26).

Dubai Financial Market Announces The Results Of Its Board Of Directors Meeting Held On 22 September 2011

Date 25/09/2011

Development Committee Communiqué - Joint Ministerial Committee Of The Boards Of Governors Of The Bank And The Fund On The Transfer Of Real Resources To Developing Countries - Washington, Dc, September 24, 2011

Date 25/09/2011

1. The Development Committee met today, September 24, 2011, in Washington DC.

The Global Financial Crisis And The Role Of Monetary Policy - Speech By Jürgen Stark, Member Of The Executive Board Of The ECB - At The 13th Annual Emerging Markets Conference 2011, Washington, 24 September 2011

Date 24/09/2011

Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to address this distinguished audience.

Looking back over time, we see that the role and conduct of monetary policy has often changed in response to economic and financial crises. In fact, the international central banking community has always been eager to learn from past developments and experiences, also with respect to different experiences across countries. Of course, this does not imply that monetary policy in the past has always been the same everywhere. Certainly, differences exist in the way monetary policy is conducted across countries. But it is precisely because of the open-mindedness in discussing and the willingness to learn from each others’ experiences during the past century that monetary policy making went through an evolutionary process: an evolutionary process that improved the conduct of monetary policy over time and led to a great deal of convergence across countries.

Transcript Of Press Conference On The International Monetary And Financial Committee Meeting, Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund Managing Director, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, IMFC Chairman, David Lipton, IMF First Deputy Managing Director, Gerry Rice, Acting IMF External Relations Director, September 24, 2011

Date 24/09/2011

Mr. Rice: Well, good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to this press conference of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, with Chairman Tharman, with the Managing Director of the Fund, Christine Lagarde, the First Deputy Managing Director, David Lipton. Before I turn the table over to the Chairman for some opening remarks, let me just remind you that we do have simultaneous interpretation. Channel 1 is English, 2 is French, 3 for Spanish, Channel 6 is Arabic. Can I also that we keep the questions short so that we can have as many as possible, and that you would identify yourself in asking the question. With that, it is my pleasure to ask the Chairman to make some introductory remarks.