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UK's Financial Services Authority Statement On Short Positions In Financial Stocks
Date 18/09/2008
The Board of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) today (Thursday 18 September) agreed to introduce new provisions to the Code of Market Conduct to prohibit the active creation or increase of net short positions in publicly quoted financial companies from midnight tonight.
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CFTC Files Action To Revoke The Registration Of Portland, Oregon, Hedge Fund Beacon Rock Capital, LLC - CFTC Action Is Result Of The Fund’s Criminal Conviction For Fraudulent Market Timing In The Trading Of Mutual Funds
Date 18/09/2008
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today revoked the registrations of Portland, Oregon hedge fund Beacon Rock Capital, LLC (Beacon Rock) as a Commodity Pool Operator and Commodity Trading Advisor. The CFTC’s Opinion and Order is based on Beacon Rock’s conviction in the first criminal case in U.S. history against a hedge fund for engaging in fraudulent market timing.
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UK Government Acts On HBOS - Lloyds TSB Merger Proposals
Date 18/09/2008
Earlier today, the Secretary of State for Business and Enterprise John Hutton announced his intention to issue an intervention notice in the proposed merger of HBOS and Lloyds TSB on public interest grounds to ensure the stability of the UK financial system.
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Comments By Monetary Authority Of Singapore Spokesperson On Market Conditions
Date 18/09/2008
USD borrowing rates in Singapore have been elevated following conditions in major money markets globally. With this afternoon's coordinated announcement from central banks in key jurisdictions, USD market pressures appear to have eased.
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NYSE Euronext 2009 CEO Report Roundtable
Date 18/09/2008
The following CEO roundtable on the NYSE Euronext 2009 CEO Report featured commentary by: Daniel Amos, Chairman & CEO of Aflac Incorporated (NYSE: AFL), Trudy F. Sullivan, President & CEO of The Talbots, Inc. (NYSE: TLB) and Leigh Abrams, CEO of Drew Industries Incorporated (NYSE: DW). Each year the report looks at issues and challenges CEOs of NYSE Euronext-listed companies face as they chart the future course of their businesses.
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CFTC: Joseph Clark Lavin And His Companies Ordered To Pay More Than $23 Million In Restitution And Civil Monetary Penalties In Retail Foreign Currency Options Case
Date 18/09/2008
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it obtained an order imposing more than $23 million in restitution and civil monetary penalties against defendants Joseph Clark Lavin (a/k/a Joseph Ivcevic) and his companies: Global Asset Partners, LTD (a/k/a/, Global Asset Partners, LLC), Global Currency Trading Group, LLC, and Global Currency Trading Fund, LLC of Woodinville, Washington, for defrauding customers in an illegal foreign currency (forex) options scheme.
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FINRA Announces Agreements In Principle With Five Firms To Settle Auction Rate Securities Violations
Date 18/09/2008
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has reached agreements in principle with SunTrust Investment Services, Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., both of Atlanta, GA, Comerica Securities, Inc. of Detroit, MI, First Southwest Company of Dallas, TX, and WaMu Investments, Inc., of Irvine, CA, to settle charges relating to the sale of Auction Rate Securities (ARS). Each of the principle agreements is subject to being formalized in an approved settlemen
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Invesco PowerShares Lists Six New Exchange Traded Funds On The NASDAQ Stock Market - The Most Liquid U.S. Market For ETFs
Date 18/09/2008
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that The NASDAQ Stock Market(r) (NASDAQ(r)) has listed six new exchange-traded funds (ETF) sponsored by Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC -- a leading provider of ETFs.
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UK Exchequer Secretary To The Treasury - Angela Eagle - Announces Date For First Emissions Trading Auction
Date 18/09/2008
The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Angela Eagle MP, today announced that the UK's first auction of carbon trading allowances - under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) - will be held on the 19 November, 2008, making the UK the first country in Europe to hold an auction in Phase II of the EU ETS.
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Dow Jones To Change The Composition Of The Dow Jones Industrial Average - Kraft Foods To Replace American International Group
Date 18/09/2008
Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) will replace American International Group Inc. (AIG) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, effective with the opening of trading on September 22, Dow Jones & Company announced.
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