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ETF Securities Welcomes Financial Stability Board's Paper On ETFs And The Need For Further Transparency

Date 15/04/2011

ETF Securities welcomes the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) paper on 'Potential financial stability issues arising from recent trends in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)' , published on 12th April 2011 and supports the need for further transparency.

MCX Weekly Market Report - April 07, 2011 To April 14, 2011

Date 15/04/2011

Click here to download MCX's weekly market report - April 07, 2011 to April 14, 2011.

IOSCO Progresses G20 Objectives On Commodities Markets

Date 15/04/2011

The Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its Task Force on Commodity Futures Markets - Report to the Financial Stability Board (Report).  The Report sets out IOSCO’s current work on the supervision of commodity derivative markets, market transparency, and the ongoing monitoring of developments in OTC financial oil markets.

Scoach Switzerland Publishes First Comprehensive Market Report For Structured Products

Date 15/04/2011

Scoach Switzerland, the exchange for structured products, today publishes its first Scoach market report. The market report is aimed at all investors, market participants and interested members of the public. It provides a comprehensive insight into trading, trends and changes in the Swiss market for structured products. By publishing the report, Scoach Switzerland is making a further contribution to increasing transparency in this market. The market report will be published monthly and can be read free of charge.

Japan's Financial Services Agency Publishes Newsletter No.92

Date 15/04/2011

Click here to download FSA Newsletter No.92.

Japan's Financial Services Agency Publishes Newsletter No.91

Date 15/04/2011

Click here to download FSA Newsletter No.91.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Resource 50 Index,SSE Industry Chain Indices,CSI Mega-Cap Index To Be Lauched

Date 15/04/2011

To further enhance the SSE and CSI index family as well as to provide new analysis tool and underlying instrument for investors, SSE Resource 50 Index、SSE Industry Chain Indices、CSI Mega-Cap Index are to be launched on May 10 2011 by SSE and CSI.

Testimony Before The U.S. House of Representatives Committee On Financial Services Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations, Washington, DC - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 14/04/2011

Good afternoon Chairman Neugebauer, Ranking Member Capuano and members of the Subcommittee. I thank you for inviting me to today’s hearing on the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). I am pleased to testify alongside my fellow regulators.

SIFMA Statement On Risk Retention Hearing

Date 14/04/2011

SIFMA issued the following statement from Ken Bentsen, executive vice president, public policy and advocacy, on today’s House Financial Services Committee hearing titled “Understanding the Implications and Consequences of the Proposed Rule on Risk Retention":

“SIFMA appreciates the House Financial Services Committee’s focus on understanding the implications and consequences of the proposed rule on risk retention.  Today's hearing is critically important to assess the proper implementation of risk retention requirements in the securitization markets.  Securitization is a vitally important component of our financial markets that impacts credit availability for businesses large and small and every American family. 

CFTC Charges California Resident Lyndon Lydell Parrilla And His Company, Green Tree Capital, With Fraud In Multi-Million Dollar Forex Scheme - Federal Court Issues Emergency Order Freezing Defendants’ Assets And Preserving Books And Records

Date 14/04/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it chargedLyndon Lydell Parrilla and his company, Green Tree Capital, both of Woodland Hills, Calif., with operating a fraudulent multi-million dollar foreign exchange (forex) scheme since at least 2009.