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Statement Of G-7 Finance Ministers And Central Bank Governors, March 18, 2011

Date 18/03/2011

We, the G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, discussed the recent dramatic events in Japan and were briefed by our Japanese colleagues on the current situation and the economic and financial response put in place by the authorities.
Statement Before The Financial Stability Oversight Council By CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 17/03/2011

I support the notice of proposed rulemaking on the Authority to Designate Financial Market Utilities as Systemically Important. It is an important step in fulfilling the requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to ensure that there is robust oversight and risk management of financial market utilities, including clearinghouses.
Remarks By U.S. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary For International Monetary And Financial Policy Mark Sobel At The AIMA Policy And Regulatory Forum 2011

Date 17/03/2011

It is a great pleasure to be here to kick off this discussion on U.S. regulatory reform.
CFTC Charges Florida Couple And Their Company, Queen Shoals Consultants, LLC, With Defrauding Foreign Currency Customers Of More Than $1.44 Million

Date 17/03/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it charged Gary D. Martin and his wife, Brenda K. Martin of St. Augustine, Fla. (collectively, the Martins), and their company,Queen Shoals Consultants, LLC (QSC), of Charlotte, N.C., with defrauding customers of more than $1.44 million through a retail foreign currency (forex) trading scheme. None of the defendants has ever been registered with the CFTC.
Corporate Board Member Announces Knowledge Partnerships With NIRI And The Society - "This Week In The Boardroom" Webcast To Feature Investor Relations And Corporate Secretaries Role In Board/Shareholder Relationship

Date 17/03/2011

Corporate Board Member, a wholly owned subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today announced that the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) and the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals (the Society) will become knowledge partners for Corporate Board Member's and NYSE Euronext's "This Week in the Boardroom," a weekly on-demand webcast program designed to educate board members and C-suite executives on topics and issues that impact their operational and strategic decisions. Through this arrangement, NIRI and the Society will provide relevant content and experts covering key boardroom issues throughout the year.

FIF Capacity Statistics For February 2011: Four New Record Peaks: Direct Edge EDGA, TotalView - ITCH 3.2 And DAP From NASDAQ, SIAC OPRA

Date 17/03/2011

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that Direct Edge EDGA hit a second consecutive record peak, up 14% to a record 74,468 mps over the 1 second interval.
Financial Stability Oversight Council Moves Forward To Minimize Risk in the Financial System - FSOC Issues Proposed Rule On Designations Of Financial Market Utilities For Heightened Supervision

Date 17/03/2011

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) convened its fourth meeting today at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and approved each of the documents and resolutions put forward during today’s session. These include: a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) regarding designations of financial market utilities for heightened supervision; an NPR on the FSOC’s FOIA Regulations; and the minutes of the FSOC’s previous meeting, held on January 18, 2011.
New York Attorney General Schneiderman Appoints Securities Watchdog As Investor Protection Bureau Chief - Seasoned Regulator And Former Assistant Attorney General To Lead Team Charged With Financial Oversight

Date 17/03/2011

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the appointment of Marc B. Minor to serve as Chief of the Attorney General’s Investor Protection Bureau. In this role, Mr. Minor will be charged with enforcing New York State securities law from the bureau that has achieved record-setting settlements and vital financial industry reforms on behalf of New Yorkers. Mr. Minor worked in the Investor Protection Bureau from 2002 to 2004, a dynamic era that reinvigorated investigations of misconduct and malfeasance on Wall Street.
Testimony Before The House Committee On Appropriations, Subcommittee On Agriculture, Rural Development, Food And Drug Administration, And Related Agencies - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 17/03/2011

Good morning Chairman Kingston, Ranking Member Farr and members of the Subcommittee. I thank you for inviting me to today’s hearing on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget request. Though I will focus my testimony on the resource needs of the CFTC for FY 2012, I also will address the CFTC’s funding situation during FY 2011.
Program Trading Averaged 28.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Mar. 7-11

Date 17/03/2011

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 Mar. 7-11.