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ASX Review Of Compliance With The JORC Code

Date 14/05/2009

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has today released its first public review of disclosure by listed mining entities of their compliance with the JORC Code.
CFTC: Michigan Resident Ordered To Pay More Than $300,000 In Sanctions For Defrauding Clients

Date 13/05/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained an order against Steven G. Schroeder of Grand Rapids, Michigan, requiring Schroeder to pay a $130,000 civil monetary penalty and to repay nine investors a total of $187,703 that Schroeder lost when he managed their commodity futures trading accounts.
SIFMA Statement On Administration’s OTC Derivatives Proposal

Date 13/05/2009

Tim Ryan, President and CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), today released the following statement after the Obama Administration released its plan concerning over the counter (OTC) derivatives: “SIFMA welcomes the Administration's initiative with respect to regulatory reform of OTC derivatives. Our members continue to support efforts to reduce systemic risk, strengthen the infrastructure for derivatives transactions, and improve regulatory tra
Statement Of CFTC Acting Chairman Michael Dunn, CFTC Statement

Date 13/05/2009

Click here to download a statement of CFTC Acting Chairman Michael Dunn on OTC Derivatives Regulation.
General Meeting: BM&FBOVESPA S.A. Announces Members Of The Board Of Directors

Date 13/05/2009

Click here for details of BM&FBOVESPA S.A. Board of Directors.

Speech By SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro: Statement At Treasury Department Press Briefing On OTC Derivatives

Date 13/05/2009

Thank you, Secretary Geithner. As many of you know, we are all working hard to effectively reform our financial regulatory landscape. And, in the process, better police the financial markets and restore investor confidence.
NYSE Euronext Statement On U.S. TREASURY, CFTC And SEC OTC Derivatives Initiative

Date 13/05/2009

NYSE Euronext (NYX) applauds U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner as well as SEC Chairman Schapiro and CFTC Acting Chairman Dunn for their commitment to take action to promote transparency and mitigate risk in the OTC derivatives market. Moving forward on this initiative is critically important to building investor confidence, ensuring the integrity of the marketplace and fostering more efficient trading of OTC derivatives. We applaud regulators for taking a nuanced view of the CDS clearing landscap
CME Group Inc. Announces Annual Shareholder Meeting Results

Date 13/05/2009

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today announced the election results from its 2009 annual meeting. Shareholders elected 10 directors to three-year terms expiring in 2012.
U.S. Treasury: Regulatory Reform Over-The-Counter (OTC) Derivatives

Date 13/05/2009

The crisis of the past 20 months has exposed critical gaps and weaknesses in our financial regulatory system. As risks built up, internal risk management systems, rating agencies and regulators simply did not understand or address critical behaviors until they had already resulted in catastrophic losses. Those failures have caused a dramatic loss of confidence in our financial institutions and have contributed to a severe recession.
CFTC Requests Public Comment On Petition From Eurex Clearing AG

Date 13/05/2009

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is asking for public comment on a petition by Eurex Clearing AG (Eurex), a licensed central counterparty in Germany, for a CFTC determination – pursuant to Section 409(b)(3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 – that the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority satisfies appropriate standards in its supervision of Eurex.