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IMF Launches New iPad App To Access Statistical Data

Date 22/09/2011

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today released a new mobile application (app) allowing Apple iPad users to access a broad range of IMF statistical data. The free app, “IMF eLibrary,” is part of the Fund’s effort to make statistical data more accessible. This tool, which will soon be complemented by versions for other handheld devices (such as iPhone, iTouch, and Android), is integrated with social networking tools, enabling users to share data reports and comments with each other.
FIA Welcomes IMF’s Findings That Speculators Should Not Be Blamed for Commodity Price Volatility

Date 22/09/2011

The Futures Industry Association issued a statement today from FIA President John Damgard welcoming the International Monetary Fund’s findings in its World Economic Outlook that financial speculators are not to blame for volatility in the commodity markets.
DTCC Will Implement ISO 20022 Corporate Actions Announcement Messages For Production In November

Date 22/09/2011

Following a lengthy pilot program testing new ISO 20022 corporate actions announcement messages, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced that that the ISO 20022 messages will be ready for implementation in November.
Transcript Of A Press Conference By International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde With David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director And Gerry Rice, Acting External Relations Director

Date 22/09/2011

Webcast of the Press Conference

MR RICE: Thank you and good morning everyone. Welcome to this IMF press conference on the 2011 Annual Meetings. It is my pleasure to introduce this morning the Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde. We also have with us this morning Mr. David Lipton, the First Deputy Managing Director of the IMF.
James Odell Joins DTCC As First Deputy General Counsel

Date 22/09/2011

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today announced that James E. Odell has joined the company as First Deputy General Counsel (Deputy GC). Odell brings more than 25 years of legal expertise in the financial services industry to this role, most recently with UBS Investment Bank. He reports to Larry E. Thompson, Managing Director and General Counsel.

Remarks Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler - Closing Keynote Address - Georgetown University Conference: “Financial Institutions In The New Regulatory Environment: Opportunities Constraints And Global Challenges”

Date 22/09/2011

Good afternoon. I would like to thank Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and PricewaterhouseCoopers for inviting me to speak today. Professor Walker, I appreciate that kind introduction. I hope all of you have enjoyed the conference and can make it through just one last speaker.
CalPERS Seeks External Investment Partners For Multi-Asset Class Portfolio

Date 22/09/2011

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is seeking external strategic partners to manage a multi-asset class portfolio and provide insights and analytics on asset allocation and portfolio construction decisions.
“Stages Of Truth” - Remarks Of Commissioner Bart Chilton Before The Presidential Roundtable On Speculation In Commodity Markets, United Nations, New York, NY

Date 22/09/2011

Thank you and good morning. It is great to be here with my distinguished colleagues and friends on the panel. Thank you President Fernandez for your leadership on the issue of excessive speculation in commodity markets and the impact it may have on prices. Thank you, Senator Dorgan, for your leadership on this issue—and so many others—during your time in the United States Senate.
CalPERS Invests $100 Million To Seed Hedge Fund

Date 22/09/2011

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has invested $100 million in seed money with Breton Hill Capital, a Toronto-based global macro hedge fund with investments in equities, commodity and financial futures, and currencies.
CFTC Charges National Accounting Firm Mcgladrey & Pullen, LLP, And Partner David Shane With Failure To Properly Audit One World Capital Group, A Former Registered Futures Commission Merchant - Firm To Pay $900,000 And Institute Remedial Measures, And Shane To Pay $100,000 Personally To Settle CFTC Action

Date 22/09/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed and simultaneously settled an administrative proceeding against McGladrey & Pullen, LLP (McGladrey), a nationwide public accounting firm with offices in Chicago, Ill., and a McGladrey partner, David Shane, a certified public accountant (CPA) licensed in Illinois.