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Tokyo Grain Exchange Computer Systems Will Be Off-Line

Date 18/09/2009

The computer systems will be off-line for planned upgrades as follows. Sep 25, 2009 6:00p.m.?7:00p.m. (Japan time)
Dalian Bids To Be Major NE Asian Financial Hub

Date 18/09/2009

Authorities in Dalian have outlined a plan to develop the northeastern coastal city into one of the financial centers of Northeast Asia.
Index Experts Committee Of Shenzhen Stock Exchange Established Officially

Date 18/09/2009

On Sep 17, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange held the first meeting for the establishment of the Index Experts Committee of Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Securities Information Company Limited. Chen Dongzheng, Council Chairman of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Zhou Ming, Deputy General Manager of Shenzhen Stock Exchange, concurrently Board Chairman of Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. awarded the written appointment to the expert committee members on the behalf of the two companies.
IOSCO Consults On Auditor Transparency, Communication And Ownership Structures

Date 18/09/2009

The International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) Technical Committee has launched three related consultation reports prepared by its Task Force on Audit Services on the Transparency of Firms that Audit Public Companies; Auditor Communications and Exploration of Non-Professional Ownership Structures for Audit Firms.
BM&FBOVESPA Authorizes Launch Of Flexible Call And Put Options On Soybean Futures Contracts - New Derivative Instrument Protects Producers Against Soybean Price Variations

Date 18/09/2009

BM&FBOVESPA authorized, on August 14, 2009, flexible call and put options on soybean futures contracts for registration in its OTC market. The objective of the measure is to provide rural producers with another form of protection against soybean price variations, while at the same time facilitating crop financing on the part of financial institutions.

CME Group Opens Credit Default Swaps Initiative To Additional Partners And Focuses Solution On Clearing Services

Date 18/09/2009

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that its credit default swap (CDS) joint effort with Citadel Investment Group will be restructured as a strategic program targeted at providing clearing-only services for the nearly $27 trillion credit default swap (CDS) market, effective immediately. Key features developed as part of the joint effort with Citadel, which was known as CMDX, will be carried forward in the clearing-only service, includ
Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission: Ex-Morgan Stanley Banker Jailed For Seven Years For Insider Dealing

Date 18/09/2009

Former managing director of Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd (Morgan Stanley), Mr Du Jun, was today jailed for seven years and fined $23,324,117 (Note 1) by the District Court for insider dealing in shares of CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd (CITIC Resources).
Charlie McCreevy European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services Lisbon: Voting "No" Would Be A Gamble Too Far - Eversheds O'Donnell Sweeney Annual Corporate Seminar Dublin, 18 September 2009

Date 18/09/2009

Good afternoon Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: We meet here at a time of unprecedented concern about jobs, living standards, and the future. We meet at a time when the European and world economies in which we trade remain fragile. And we meet at a time when as a nation we have several important decisions to make: How to protect and revive our banking system. How to estore it to health so that once again it can play an active and indispensible role in the provision of credit to o
Eurosif/CA Cheuvreux Banking Report: Towards A Sustainable European Banking Industry

Date 18/09/2009

Eurosif (European Sustainable Investment Forum) publishes today a report highlighting critical environmental, social and governance issues currently facing the European banking industry.
Speech By Paul Myners, UK Financial Services Secretary, Developing A New Financial Architecture: Lessons Learned From The Crisis, At The Financial Times Global Finance Forum

Date 18/09/2009

A year ago this week the world’s financial system faced its most dangerous moment in at least 70 years. The collapse of Lehman Brothers made even the world’s oldest, most storied firms appear vulnerable.