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CalPERS To Challenge Bank of America Directors At Shareowner Meeting

Date 27/04/2010

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced its opposition to the re-election of six Bank of America directors who failed to fully disclose the true financial condition of Merrill Lynch before the controversial merger in September 2008.

BM&FBOVESPA Sets New Trading Record In Its Derivatives Segment

Date 27/04/2010

The Brazilian Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange – BM&FBOVESPA set today (04/27) a record 103,885 trades in its derivatives segment. The previous record of 99,200 trades was set on 04/16/2010. Today’s trading session registered 4,757,915 contracts traded and a financial volume of BRL 310.29 billion.

Opening Statement Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler On Meeting To Discuss Significant Price Discovery Contracts

Date 27/04/2010

Good morning. I call to order this public meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to consider whether 24 specific contracts offered for trading on the IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE), the Natural Gas Exchange, Inc. (NGX) or the Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. (CCX) perform significant price discovery functions.

U.S. Treasury Department Announces Public Offering Of Warrants To Purchase Common Stock Of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

Date 27/04/2010

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that it has commenced a secondary public offering of 16,885,192 warrants to purchase the common stock of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (the "Company"). The proceeds of these sales will provide an additional return to the American taxpayer from Treasury's investment in the Company beyond the dividend payments it received on the related preferred stock. The offerings are expected to price through a modified Dutch auction. Deutsche Ban

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers On Meeting To Discuss On Significant Price Discovery Contracts

Date 27/04/2010

The appropriate regulatory treatment of contracts traded on Exempt Commercial Markets (ECMs) has been an important and evolving issue for the Commission from the time Congress authorized their existence in 2000. Initially ECMs were subject to basic recordkeeping and reporting requirements for contracts averaging five trades per day or more, and the Commission could demand the production of additional information under its special call authority when appropriate. The Commission was also author

BATS Options Rollout Continues - Kansas City-Based US Equity Options Exchange Announces - Trading In Additional 500 Securities, Effective Today

Date 27/04/2010

BATS Global Markets, an innovative global financial markets technology company, continues

RTS Realtime Systems Group Rolls Out RTD Tango To Singapore’s UOBF Schneider - Singapore Association Of Financial And Commodity Traders (AFACT) And UOBF Schneider Lead Efforts In Bringing Algorithmic Trading To Singapore

Date 27/04/2010

RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a leading global trading solutions provider, announced today that the firm has successfully rolled out its low latency, event-based algorithmic trading solution to the first group of advanced traders at UOBF Schneider in Singapore. The group of traders has deployed RTS‘ high performance solutions following participation in a Singapore program to train former floor traders choosing to transition from a

SEC Charges Securities Professionals With Facilitating Illegal Penny Stock Sales And Failing To Act As Gatekeepers

Date 27/04/2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced administrative proceedings against five securities professionals accused of facilitating unlawful sales of penny stocks to investors and failing to act as "gatekeepers" as required under the federal securities laws.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Invites Comments On Proposed Enhancements To The Regulatory Regime For Fund Management Companies And Exempt Financial Intermediaries

Date 27/04/2010

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is reviewing the regulatory regime for financial intermediaries conducting fund management activities and the exemption regime for financial intermediaries engaged in leveraged foreign exchange trading.  A consultation paper (Click here to view the

Central Japan Commodity Exchange: Trading Hours Of Rubber (RSS3) To Be Changed From May 6, 2010

Date 27/04/2010

Effective from May 6, 2010, C-COM shall change the trading hours and the number of the sessions of the Rubber (RSS3) Futures Contract. The Rubber contract shall be traded twice a day; one from 10:40 in the morning and the other from 2:40 in the afternoon. The trading hours of the other contracts shall remain unchanged.