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British Bankers' Association Statement On Remarks By The Bank Of England Governor

Date 05/03/2011

Angela Knight, chief executive, British Bankers' Association, said:

"We view the Governor with the highest respect, but in this instance there are a number of points with which we disagree.

Arizona Federal Court Imposes More Than $1.1 Million In Restitution And Monetary Sanctions On Helmut H. Weber, Charged With Fraud And Misappropriation In Foreign Currency Scheme

Date 05/03/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court order imposing more than $1.1 million in restitution and civil monetary penalties on Helmut H. Weber, of Scottsdale, Ariz., for operating a fraudulent off-exchange foreign currency (forex) scheme from at least June 2008 through January 2009. The final default judgment order, entered by Judge David G. Campbell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, requires Weber to pay $287,000 in restitution to defrauded customers and a $861,000 civil monetary penalty. 

Tennessee Federal Court Imposes More Than $49.7 Million In Monetary Sanctions On Dennis R. Bolze And His Company, Centurion Asset Management, Inc. For Fraud And Misappropriation In Commodity Pool Ponzi Scheme - Bolze Was Sentenced To 27 Years, 3 Months Imprisonment In A Criminal Proceeding For The Same Fraudulent Scheme

Date 04/03/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court order imposing more than $49.7 million restitution and civil monetary penalties on defendants Dennis R. Bolze of Gatlinburg, Tenn., and his Las Vegas-based company, Centurion Asset Management, Inc. (Centurion). The order requires the defendants jointly and severally to pay $13,061,358.00 in restitution to defrauded investors and a $36,664,863.51 civil monetary penalty.

BM&FBOVESPA Announces February 2011 Market Performance

Date 04/03/2011

• Record total and daily average number of trades in the Bovespa segment
• Record co-location trading in the Bovespa segment
• Record number of securities lending transactions
• Record volume of hydrous ethanol contracts traded
• Record number of trades and financial volume for ETFs

TMX Group To Speak At PDAC On The Proposed London Stock Exchange Group Alliance

Date 04/03/2011

Kevan Cowan, President, TSX Markets and Group Head of Equities, TMX Group, will be speaking Monday at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's (PDAC) International Convention in Toronto. The topic of Mr. Cowan's presentation will be the proposed merger with London Stock Exchange Group and the benefits to the Canadian mining sector.

NGX Physical Crude Markets Begin Trading On ICE Platform

Date 04/03/2011

Natural Gas Exchange Inc. (NGX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TMX Group Inc., today announced that its physical crude products are now available for trading on IntercontinentalExchange Inc.'s (ICE) electronic trading platform, WebICE. ICE is a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets.

TMX Group – Equity Financing Statistics February 2011

Date 04/03/2011

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for February 2011.

BM&FBOVESPA Posts Records For Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) In February - Number Of Trades Rises 76.8% Compared To January

Date 04/03/2011

BM&FBOVESPA Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) had a record 33,804 trades in February, up 76.8% on the 19,120 of January and from the previous record of 30,059 in December 2010. Financial volume was also record in February, at BRL 876.25 million, from BRL 717.9 million in January. The highlight was the BOVA11 Ibovespa fund, with the largest financial volume at BRL 779.9 million and the largest number of trades at 30,489. There were also record daily averages for the ETFs in terms of number of trades (1,690 from 1,431 in December) and financial volume (BRL 43,812.7 from BRL 33,125.6 in December).

NYSE Euronext: The Expert Indices Committee

Date 04/03/2011

The Expert Indices Committee, meeting yesterday, approved changes in the range of NYSE Euronext indices in Paris, following the harmonization announced on 3 February 2011 (click here for full details).

Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority - Finansinspektionen - Credit Development In Sweden And The Authorities' Actions

Date 04/03/2011

On Tuesday, 1 March 2011, Martin Andersson, Director General of Finansinspektionen, participated in an open question-and-answer session at the Parliamentary Committee on Finance regarding the development of the Swedish credit market and the actions of responsible authorities. Martin Andersson raised the need for tougher capital requirements in the future and new forums for public discussions regarding risk accumulation in the financial system.