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Date 28/11/2007
CalPERS Assails SEC Rollback Of Investor Rights - Denounces Action To Deny Shareowner Access To Corporate Ballots
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) issued the following statement today about action by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the proxy access issue: "We are deeply disappointed that the SEC took away the right of shareowners to use company ballots to seek approval of director election procedures," said Rob Feckner, CalPERS Board President. "This is a serious wrong turn from the Commission’s duty to adopt regulations that ‘do no harm’ to inve
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Date 28/11/2007
SEC Votes To Codify Longstanding Policy On Shareholder Proposals On Election Procedures
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt an amendment to Rule 14a-8(i)(8) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to codify the Commission's longstanding interpretation of that rule. This action was taken to provide certainty to shareholders and companies following a 2006 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit which did not defer to the Commission's interpretation of the rule. It will also ensure that current disclosure requirements and antifraud protec
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Date 28/11/2007
Clearstream To Sell Headquarters In Luxembourg - Long-term Lease Agreement Between Clearstream And New Owner
Clearstream International S.A., Deutsche Börse Group’s securities settlement and custody provider, is to sell its headquarters in Luxembourg for € 350 million to the real estate company IVG Immobilien AG, Bonn. A corresponding contract was signed today. At the same time of the sale, Clearstream entered into a lease agreement with the owner of the buildings. The Luxembourg buildings are the only properties actually owned by Deutsche Börse Group, which rents all of its remaining office space. The
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Date 28/11/2007
Bovespa Presents The New Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) Portfolio, Valid As Of 2007, December 1st.
The new portfolio of the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) presents 40 shares issued by 32 companies from 13 different sectors and it will be valid from December 1st, 2007 to November 30th, 2008. These companies represent a market capitalization of BRL 927 billion, or 39.6% of the total market capitalization of BOVESPA.
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Date 28/11/2007
NYSE Arca Options Reports Latest Penny Pilot Results - NYSE Arca Share Of Trading In Penny Pilot Issues Up Nearly 8% Y-T-D - Quote Mitigation Plan Continues Its Success By Saving 19.5 Million Quotes Daily
NYSE Euronext’s (NYSE Euronext: NYX) U.S. options trading exchange, NYSE Arca Options, today reported its most recent industry-wide findings in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Penny Pilot program. Including the 22 newly expanded issues, NYSE Arca Options experienced ADV growth of 89% in penny pilot issues from January to October 2007, compared to a 36% increase in trading volume for all equity options.
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Date 28/11/2007
CME Group Appoints Lam As Director And Head Of Asian FX Sales
CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX) trading, today announced that is has expanded its FX team by appointing K.C. Lam as Director and Head of Asian FX Sales. This new position was created to better serve current and prospective Asia-based customers with a dedicated CME Group FX resource and is also part of an exchange-wide effort to build its presence in the region.
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Date 28/11/2007
VAT: The European Commission Proposes To Modernise The Current Legislation For Financial Services And Insurances
(see MEMO/07/519) The European Commission has adopted today a proposal for a Directive aiming at modernising and simplifying the complex VAT rules for financial and insurance services and securing a level playing field in the pan-EU market for these services as far as VAT is concerned. These services are generally exempt f
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Date 28/11/2007
Central Japan Commodity Exchange: Error Setting Of The Trading In Oil And Aluminum Markets For January 2008 Contract Month
The contracts for January 2008 Contract Month in Oil and Aluminum Markets were traded today with the daily price fluctuation limits shown in the below because of the error setting of price fluctuation. (These contracts should have been traded without fluctuation limit.)In accordance with the Article 122 of the Market Administrative Bylaws, the Board Meeting resolved that the above contracts were deemed as traded with the below price fluctuation limits as exceptional treatment only on
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Date 28/11/2007
UK’s Financial Services Authority Calls For All Firms To Ensure Their Promotional Websites Are Fair, Clear And Not Misleading
A Financial Services Authority (FSA) review of advertising on financial firms' websites has found that three-quarters met the standards required. However, the findings, published today, also show that a significant minority of the websites sampled failed to present information in a fair, clear and not misleading way.
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Date 28/11/2007
FINRA Fines Wachovia Capital Markets $300,000 For Deficient Disclosures In Research Reports - Wachovia Omitted Numerous Required Conflict Of Interest Disclosures, Used Inadequate Disclaimer Language
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has censured and fined Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC $300,000 for violations of FINRA's research analyst conflict of interest disclosure rules.
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