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Shanghai Stock Exchange Urges Members To Better Investor Protection

Date 16/03/2011

Invest Malaysia 2011 - Message To Passage Of Transformation

Date 16/03/2011

Bursa Malaysia will once again play host to the domestic and foreign investment community at the Invest Malaysia 2011 conference which will be held in Kuala Lumpur on 12-13 April 2011. This premier investment conference aims to showcase attractive investment opportunities in the Malaysian capital market. With the collaboration of Maybank Investment Bank, this year's forum will again witness the participation of the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) which will promote direct investment opportunities to delegates.

BM&FBOVESPA Has New Fee Policy For Agribusiness Securities - There Shall Be New Fees As Of March 15, 2011 On Securities Registered With The Agribusiness Securities Registration System

Date 15/03/2011

We hereby inform you that, based on the general principles of its Products and Services Fee Structure Policy, BM&FBOVESPA shall adopt the following price policy for agribusiness securities registered with the Agribusiness Securities Registration System.

Trading In CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) Options And Futures Sets New Records Today - Single-Day Volume In VIX Options At CBOE Exceeds One Million Contracts For The First Time, In VIX Futures At CFE, Tuesday's All-Time High Tops Last Friday's Record

Date 15/03/2011

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) announced today that trading volume in options based on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and futures based on VIX at the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) both established new single-day volume records on Tuesday, March 15.  

CFTC Charges Alan James Watson, Michael S. Potts And Cash Flow Financial LLC With Defrauding Customers In $45 Million Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme - Federal Court Freezes Defendants’ Assets And Prohibits Destruction Of Books And Records

Date 15/03/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan charging defendants Alan James Watson and Cash Flow Financial LLC (CFF), both of Clinton Township, Mich., and Michael S. Potts of Mountville, Pa., with fraudulently soliciting and accepting at least $45 million from more than 600 individuals and entities to participate in a commodity pool to trade commodity futures contracts and securities. None of the defendants has ever been registered with the CFTC.

TMX Group MiG Report For February 2011 Is Now Available

Date 15/03/2011

The Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange MiG Report for February 2011 is now available.

FIA Elects Directors And Officers

Date 15/03/2011

The Futures Industry Association today announced the election of board directors at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Following the election, the new board elected the association’s officers and public directors. All directors will serve two-year terms unless otherwise noted. 

KCBT Raises Minimum Margins For HRW Wheat Futures Contract

Date 15/03/2011

The Kansas City Board of Trade has raised its minimum margins for the hard red winter wheat futures contract and wheat calendar swaps.

FIA Announces Go-Forward Strategy

Date 15/03/2011

In light of the ongoing structural changes prescribed by the Dodd-Frank Act and global regulatory reform, the Futures Industry Association announced today that it will implement a set of incremental and logical changes to its current activities to more effectively serve the financial services industry.  FIA will expand its focus to include the swap clearing activities of its members and strengthen its global presence to help promote best practices and standardization in core international markets. 

Federal Open Market Committee Statement

Date 15/03/2011

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that the economic recovery is on a firmer footing, and overall conditions in the labor market appear to be improving gradually. Household spending and business investment in equipment and software continue to expand. However, investment in nonresidential structures is still weak, and the housing sector continues to be depressed. Commodity prices have risen significantly since the summer, and concerns about global supplies of crude oil have contributed to a sharp run-up in oil prices in recent weeks. Nonetheless, longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable, and measures of underlying inflation have been subdued.