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HKEx Announces Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Date 21/01/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the following holiday risk management arrangements.

MCX Weekly Market Report January 14 - January 20, 2011

Date 21/01/2011

Click here to download MCX's weekly market report.

New db x-trackers ETF Launched On Xetra - New ETF Tracks S&P 500 Index With Currency Hedging For First Time

Date 21/01/2011

An additional db x-trackers index fund from Deutsche Bank’s ETF offering has been tradable on Xetra since Thursday.

Japan's Financial Services Agency Extends Temporary Measures Regarding Restrictions On Short Selling And Purchase Of Own Stocks By Listed Companies

Date 21/01/2011

1.The following regulatory measures on short selling are currently in place, with regard to all listed stocks in Japan: 1) An "uptick rule requirement" which prohibits, in principle, short selling at prices no higher than the latest market price; 2) Requirements for traders to verify and flag whether or not the transactions in question are short selling; and

CalPERS Sees Double-Digit Gains In 2010

Date 20/01/2011

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) said today that it earned a 12.5 percent net return on investments for the 2010 calendar year.

SIFMA Concerned With SEC Due Diligence Rules For Securitization

Date 20/01/2011

SIFMA today issued the following statement from Richard A. Dorfman, managing director and head of the SIFMA Securitization Group, on SEC Section 945: “SIFMA appreciates the efforts of the SEC to bring to a conclusion Section 945 rulemaking on due diligence. We remain concerned, however, with the expert liability issues which we raised in our comments to the SEC in November. Naming a third party conducting a due diligence review an ‘expert’ creates a liability associated with that

NYSE Euronext Global Index Group Announces 2010 Performance Of Indices - New Indices And Services Introduced

Date 20/01/2011

New Indices and Other Initiatives In Europe, the NYSE Euronext’s Global Index Group added seven new indices. These new indices included the NYSE Alternext OSEO Innovation Index®, which covers French small cap companies which have been identified as innovative. Several new indices were also introduced that support trading strategies around the main proprietary indices, CAC 40® Index; leverage and short offering three, four and five times exposure. 

Speech By SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar: Effecting Real Due Diligence In The Asset-Backed Securities Markets

Date 20/01/2011

Good morning. We are adopting two sets of rules today that are designed to respond to some of the lessons learned in the financial crisis. The first set of rules relates to representations and warranties in the offering of asset-backed securities. These rules are a direct response to Congress’s direction that the Commission require that securitizers and NRSROs provide investors with more complete information concerning their investments.

U.S. Department Of The Treasury: Remarks By Assistant Secretary Charles Collyns On “The Transatlantic Relationship And The G-20” - The German Marshall Fund Of The United States

Date 20/01/2011

I would like to start by expressing my gratitude to the German Marshall Fund and to Bruegel for hosting this event and inviting me to speak on the topic of the Transatlantic Relationship and the G-20. This is the third occasion in my time at Treasury that I have benefited from the hospitality of these two fine European institutions, and the high level of discussion at their events has consistently impressed me.

Speech By SEC Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey: Statement Regarding Adopting Releases On Disclosure for Asset-Backed Securities Required By Section 943 Of The Dodd-Frank Act And Issuer Review Of Assets In Offerings Of Asset-Backed Securities

Date 20/01/2011

I join the Chairman in thanking the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance and the other contributing Divisions and Offices for their work on the Adopting Releases before us today.