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DGCX Daily Volume Surpasses 20,000 Contracts For The First Time - Exchange Trades 20,112 Contracts On July 12, Valued At USD 996.12 Million

Date 24/07/2011

Trading on the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) surged to a new daily volume high of 20,112 contracts, valued at US $ 996.12 million on Tuesday, July 21, 2011. The new record surpasses the previous best of 19,819 contracts set on July 12, 2011.

CalPERS Responds To Appeals Court Decision In Proxy Access Case

Date 22/07/2011

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) issued the following statement today in response to a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, to overturn a regulation adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission). The proposed regulation, known as the “proxy access rule,” gives long-term shareowners the right to include their candidate for the Board of Directors on the company ballot.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 22/07/2011

 Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:

• The Non-Cumulative Class A Preferred Shares, Series 30, of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX:CM.PR.H) have been called for redemption at $C25.75 cash per share and will be removed from the S&P/TSX North American Preferred Stock Index and the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index after the close of Friday, July 29, 2011.

Statement Regarding Court Of Appeals Decision On Proxy Access By Meredith Cross, Director, Division Of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission

Date 22/07/2011

"We are disappointed by today's decision striking down a rule that made it easier for shareholders to nominate a candidate to a company's board of directors. We are considering our options going forward. We note that our rule allowing shareholders to submit proposals for proxy access at their companies, which we adopted at the same time, is unaffected by the court's decision."

TOM MTF Statistics week 29

Date 22/07/2011

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 29 - 2011.

SEC And Turkey Securities Regulator Announce Terms Of Reference For Enhanced Cooperation And Collaboration

Date 22/07/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB) today announced a new relationship to enhance cooperation and collaboration with the aim of promoting investor protection, fostering market integrity, and facilitating cross-border securities activities between Turkey and the United States.

ESMA Seeks Preliminary Views On The Potential Shape Of Future Regulationof Exchange-Traded Funds And Structured UCITS

Date 22/07/2011

ESMA publishes today a discussion paper (ESMA/2011/220) setting out policy orientations on guidelines for UCITS Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and structured UCITS.

Debbie Fuhr - Queen of ETFs - Exits BlackRock

Date 22/07/2011

Debbie Fuhr, widely regarded as the Queen of ETFs, has stepped down from her position as Head of ETF Research at BlackRock.

Malawi Stock Exchange Second Quarter Market Perfomance Report 2011

Date 22/07/2011

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's 2011 second quarter market perfomance report.

Federal Court In Texas Orders Jeremiah C. Yancy And His Company To Pay More Than $2 Million For Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme And Misappropriation - Court Finds That Defendants’ Customers Included Members Of Yancy’s Church In Idaho Where He Was A Pastor

Date 22/07/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained a federal court consent order imposing more than $2 million in restitution and civil monetary penalties on defendants Jeremiah C. Yancy (a.k.a. Jeremiah C. Glaub) of Atoka, Okla., and his company, Longbranch Group International LLC (a.k.a. Longbranch LLC) (Longbranch) of Houston, Texas.