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Shenzhen Stock Exchange Releases The Notice On Trading Monitoring And Risk Control For First Listing Day Of ChiNext IPO Stocks

Date 24/09/2009

In order to coordinate with ChiNext (China’s Nasdaq-style market) stock listing, warn against and prevent the over-speculation risks on the first listing day of ChiNext stock, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange hereby releases the “Notice on Trading Monitoring and Risk Control for First Listing Day of ChiNext IPO Stocks” on September 24.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 23/09/2009

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: Barrick Gold Corporation (TSX:ABX) has announced the closing of a prospectus share offering. The relative weight of Barrick Gold will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX 60, 60 Capped and Equity 60, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX Capped Materials, the S&P/TSX Global Gold and the S&P/TSX Global Mining indices to reflect this issuance of new shares, whic
SEC Charges Perot Company Employee In $8.6 Million Insider Trading Scheme

Date 23/09/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Richardson, Texas resident Reza Saleh with insider trading around the public announcement of Dell Inc.'s tender offer for Perot Systems earlier this week.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 23/09/2009

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, September 23, 2009: The shares of Challenger Energy Corp. (TSXV:CHQ) will be removed from the index. The shares of the company have been acquired by Canadian Superior Energy Inc. (TSX:SNG) pursuant to an Arrangement Agreement. Shareholders of the company will receive 0.51 shares of SNG for each common share held.
Federal Open Market Committee Statement

Date 23/09/2009

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August suggests that economic activity has picked up following its severe downturn. Conditions in financial markets have improved further, and activity in the housing sector has increased. Household spending seems to be stabilizing, but remains constrained by ongoing job losses, sluggish income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit. Businesses are still cutting back on fixed investment and staffing, th

FIF Capacity Statistics For August 2009: New Record Peaks For NASDAQ’s OMDF, QBBO, NLS, UQDF, TotalView ITCH 3.1, OPRA, CTS, CQS, CME FIX/FAST, And BATS PITCH Europe

Date 23/09/2009

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that OMDF hit a new record of 1,238 mps over 1 second, up 516% from the previous month. NASDAQ QBBO was up 55% at 90,295 mps over 5 second NASDAQ NLS made a new peak of 27,135 mps, up 30% NASDAQ UQDF was up 19% at 53,973 mps The CME’s FIX/FAST made a new peak for the third month in a row, with 18,522 mps, up 15%. Stock trading was also strong with SIAC’s CTS showing a new record for th
Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Florida Resident Beau Diamond And His Company, Diamond Ventures LLC, In CFTC Multi-Million Dollar Forex Fraud Action - Court Continues Aarlier Asset Freeze - Diamond Remains In Federal Custody In Connect

Date 23/09/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained a preliminary injunction against defendants Beau Diamond (Diamond) and his company, Diamond Ventures LLC (DVL), both of Sarasota, Fla. The order, entered on September 22, 2009, by U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich in Tampa, continues the court’s September 3, 2009, asset freeze against Diamond and DV and prohibits them from further violating the Commodity Exchange Act, as charge
United States, Switzerland Sign Agreement To Bolster Tax Information Exchange

Date 23/09/2009

As part of the Obama Administration's aggressive efforts to enforce U.S. tax laws and reduce offshore tax evasion, the U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Swiss Ambassador to the United States Urs Ziswiler signed a protocol updating the current income tax treaty between the United States and Switzerland to allow for greater tax information exchange.
U.S. District Court Issues Orders Against Four “Operation Wooden Nickel” Defendants For Their Roles In Defrauding Investors And Banks In Illegal Foreign Currency Schemes - Vito Napoletano And Boris Shuster, Of New York, And Patrick Sweeney And Joseph Torr

Date 23/09/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that U.S. District Court Judge George Daniels of the Southern District of New York entered four separate orders against Vito Napoletano of Staten Island, N.Y., Boris Shuster of Brooklyn, N.Y., Patrick Sweeney of Freehold, N.J., and Joseph Torre of Old Bridge, N.J. The orders stem from the cooperative law enforcement investigation code-named “Operation Wooden Nickel,” an undercover law enforcement
SIFMA’s Small Firms Chair Testifies On Need for a Federal Fiduciary Standard

Date 23/09/2009

The Chair of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) Small Firms Committee, E. John Moloney, who is president and CEO of Moloney Securities Company today testified before the House Committee on Small Business concerning the impact of financial regulatory restructuring on small businesses and community lenders.