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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 18/01/2011

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of Citadel Resource Group Limited (ASX:CGG) have accepted the cash and share bid from Equinox Minerals Limited (TSX:EQN). The relative weight of Equinox Minerals will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Global Mining and Global Base Metals, the S&P/TSX Capped Materials
Kansas City Board Of Trade Clears First Wheat Calendar Swaps

Date 18/01/2011

The Kansas City Board of Trade cleared its first cleared-only wheat calendar swaps today. The over-the-counter wheat calendar swaps are cleared through the Kansas City Board of Trading Clearing Corporation.
SEC Names Eileen Rominger As Director Of Division Of Investment Management

Date 18/01/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Eileen Rominger has been named its Director of Investment Management. She will begin her work at the agency in February.
SIFMA Statement On FSOC Risk Retention Study

Date 18/01/2011

SIFMA today issued the following statement from SIFMA President and CEO Tim Ryan, on the risk retention study issued by the Financial Stability Oversight Council: “SIFMA supports risk retention measures which are calibrated to the risk profile and structural features of various asset classes. With any scenario, developing and implementing risk retention standards requires prudent analysis. SIFMA believes it is essential that regulators perform business or financial modeling that
CME Group Inc. Announces Change Of Time For Fourth-Quarter, Year-End 2010 Earnings Release Conference Call

Date 18/01/2011

CME Group Inc. will announce earnings for the fourth-quarter and year-end of 2010 before the financial markets open on Thursday, February 3, 2011. The company has scheduled an investor conference call that day at 8:00 a.m. Central time, a change from 7:30 a.m. Central time announced previously.

Remarks, Financial Stability Oversight Council - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 18/01/2011

Good afternoon. I thank Secretary Geithner for calling today’s meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). I also thank my fellow regulators and FSOC members for their coordination and consultation on the rule-writing process to implement the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Lastly, I want to thank the staffs of all the agencies – and particularly the Treasury staff – for all of their efforts in coordinating amongst eight agencies and also their willing
BM&FBOVESPA Launches Cash Settled Soybean Contracts - Trading In New Soybean Futures And Options On Soybean Futures Starts On January 27 And 28 Respectively

Date 18/01/2011

BM&FBOVESPA will launch three new soybean derivatives next week. Trading in the new cash settled soybean futures contract will start on January 27. The underlying commodity for the new cash settled soybean futures contract is export type soybeans, in bulk, transferred to and sold at the Paranaguá port, Paraná state. The contract uses the SFI ticker symbol and its trading is authorized as of May 2011, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Each futures contract is quoted in US dollars and represents 450 60
Fact Sheet: The Financial Stability Oversight Council Chairman’s Study On “Risk Retention” - “Skin In The Game” To Help Ensure A Safe And Strong Securitization Market

Date 18/01/2011

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) requires the Chairman of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to issue a study on the Dodd-Frank Act’s risk retention requirements within 180 days of enactment. This risk retention study was delivered to Congress on January 18, 2011 and examines the ways that risk retention, also known as “skin in the game,” can help reform the securitization market, protect the pub
Nasdaq Dubai Proposes Rule Changes To Encourage Retail IPOs, Attract Small And Medium Enterprises And Family Companies

Date 18/01/2011

All equity IPOs must have a 10% retail tranche or a minimum of 400 investors Prospectus disclosure required for equity IPOs Flexible criteria to attract family and small cap companies
ESMA Finds Diversity Across Europe In Regulators’ Contingency Measures For Financial Crisis Situations

Date 18/01/2011

ESMA publishes today a summary of a pan-European mapping on contingency measures (Ref. ESMA/11- 26). In December 2009, a mapping exercise was launched under CESR in order to provide a better understanding on how national authorities in the financial sector across Europe, are equipped to deal with emerging crisis situations and apply contingency measures available to them at national level, in times of financial crisis. This work w