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Shanghai Stock Exchange Corporate Bond 30, Overseas-listing A Shares, State-Owned 100 Indices Launched

Date 18/12/2009

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and China Securities Index Co., Ltd. (CSI) have recently announced that nine new indices will be launched on the first trading day of 2010, namely, the SSE Corporate Bond 30 Index, the SSE Overseas-listing A Shares Index, the SSE Local State-owned Enterprises 50 Index, the SSE State-owned Enterprises 100 Index, the SSE Large & Mid & Small Cap Growth, Value, Relative Growth and Relative Value Indices and the SSE Shanghai Enterprises Index. All these indices wi
CBOE Chairman And CEO William Brodsky Receives Indexing Lifetime Achievement Award At Super Bowl Of Indexing Conference

Date 17/12/2009

William J. Brodsky, Chairman and CEO of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), has received the William F. Sharpe Indexing Lifetime Achievement Award for his career-long support of index products as risk-management tools. The award was presented earlier this month at the Super Bowl of Indexing Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
SEC Charges Ernst & Young And Six Partners For Roles In Accounting Violations At Bally Total Fitness - Ernst & Young To Pay $8.5 Million To Settle Charges - Former Bally CFO And Controller Also Charged

Date 17/12/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Ernst & Young LLP and six of its current and former partners, including three who are members of the firm's national office, for their roles relating to an accounting fraud at Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation. The SEC finds that E&Y knew or should have known about Bally's fraudulent financial accounting and disclosures.
BATS Exchange To Launch US Primary Listings Market - Third-Largest US Equities Exchange To Enter Primary Listings Markets To Better Meet Needs Of Public Companies

Date 17/12/2009

BATS Exchange, a leading and innovative U.S. securities exchange, today announced plans to launch a listings market by summer of 2010.
Program Trading Averaged 25.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 7-11

Date 17/12/2009

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Dec. 7-11.

CESR Updates The List Of Measures Recently Taken By Members Regarding Short-Selling

Date 17/12/2009

CESR published on 22 September 2008 a statement that facilitates an overview of actions taken by CESR Members in relation to short-selling. The statement paper includes either the statements or links to the statements published by CESR Members explaining the measures taken. This paper is not a comparison of the measures taken.
Molymet Roasters Become First Molybdenum Brands Listed On The London Metal Exchange

Date 17/12/2009

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has listed its first molybdenum brands for delivery against the LME’s new molybdenum contract.
CFTC Sanctions MF Global Inc. $10 Million For Significant Supervision Violations Between 2003 And 2008 - CFTC Charges Relate To Risk Supervision Failures In Four Separate Instances

Date 17/12/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing and simultaneous settlement of charges against MF Global Inc., a registered futures commission merchant, and its predecessor corporation, Man Financial Inc. (collectively, “MF Global”), relating to risk supervision failures in four separate instances between 2003 and 2008.
SEC: Fee Rate Advisory #4 For Fiscal Year 2010

Date 17/12/2009

Yesterday President Obama signed H.R. 3288, the appropriations bill that includes funding for the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, effective Dec. 21, 2009, the Section 6(b) fee rate applicable to the registration of securities, the Section 13(e) fee rate applicable to the repurchase of securities, and the Section 14(g) fee rate applicable to proxy solicitations and statements in corporate control transactions will increase to $71.30 per million dollars. The Section 6(b)
Leadership Changes At Xtrakter

Date 17/12/2009

Xtrakter, the fixed income specialist, announced a series of changes to its leadership team which will take effect from January, 2010. Yannic Weber will become the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Xtrakter, replacing Kevin Milne, who will step down from the role to pursue interests outside the Euroclear group.