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SEC Charges San Francisco Hedge Fund Adviser For "Portfolio Pumping"

Date 16/10/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged San Francisco investment adviser MedCap Management & Research LLC (MMR) and its principal Charles Frederick Toney, Jr. with reporting misleading results to hedge fund investors by engaging in a practice known as "portfolio pumping."
EGX Chairman Elected A Member Of The Board Of The World Federation Of Exchanges

Date 16/10/2008

Mr. Maged Shawky, the Chairman of EGX, was elected a member of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) Board of Directors, comprised of 15 members, which asserts the international confidence in the Egyptian Exchange.
OptionsCity<sup>TM</SUP> Now A Certified CFE Vendor - OptionsCity Metro Trading Platform Offers Users Trading Ad Market Making Capabilities On The CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE)

Date 16/10/2008

The CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) and OptionsCity, a Chicago-based independent trading software vendor, today announced that OptionsCity has completed the vendor certification process for the CBOE Futures Exchange and is now approved to provide its customers that are CFE Trading Privilege Holders with connectivity to CFE.Users who connect to CFE via the OptionsCity Metro trading platform will possess both trading and market making capabilities at the exchange.More specifically, the platform wi
Powershares Emerging Markets Infrastructure Portfolio Index Fund Lists On NYSE Arca

Date 16/10/2008

NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced the listing of the PowerShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure Portfolio ETF (NYSE Arca: PXR) on NYSE Arca. The ETF will track the S-Network Emerging Infrastructure Builders Index.
FINRA Fines Banorte Securities International $1.1 Million For Improper Sales Of Class B Mutual Fund Shares - Firm To Offer Remediation To More Than 300 Customers In Over 1,400 Transactions

Date 16/10/2008

FINRA announced today that it imposed a $1.1 million fine on Banorte Securities International, Ltd. for unsuitable sales of Class B shares in off-shore mutual funds as well as failing to have adequate supervisory systems to monitor those sales.

Liffe Concludes Agreement To License Markit iTraxx Europe Indices For Its OTC Clearing Solution

Date 16/10/2008

Liffe, the global derivatives business of NYSE Euronext (NYX), announced today that it has signed a licence agreement with Markit, a financial information services company, to launch credit default swaps (CDS) based on Markit iTraxx Europe indices, bringing a cleared solution for CDS a step closer.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P Japan Smallcap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 16/10/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading Thursday, October 23, 2008:
Trading On The RTS Stock Market Halted

Date 16/10/2008

At 02:30 pm Moscow time equity trading on RTS was suspended for one hour, due to the drop of the technical index by more than 5% as compared to the closing value of the previous trading day.
Deutsche Börse Cooperates With Private Banking Prüfinstanz For This Year’s FUCHSBRIEFE Test - Deutsche Börse Market Data & Analytics Supplies Objective Key Indicators For Systematic Risk Measurement Of Selected Investment Recommendations

Date 16/10/2008

Deutsche Börse has agreed on a cooperation with Private Banking Prüfinstanz. For this year’s FUCHSBRIEFE test Tops 2009 – Die besten Vermögensmanager in A / CH / D / FL / L" ("Tops 2009 – The best asset managers in A / CH / D / FL / L“), Deutsche Börse Market Data & Analytics is to supply objective key indicators for the systematic risk measurement of selected investment recommendations made by banks and independent asset managers. These will be published for the first time on 25 Novem
The 3L3 Committees Publish A Common Understanding In Relation To The Information On The Payer Of Accompanying Fund Transfers To Payment Service Providers Of Payees

Date 16/10/2008

The three Level 3 Committees [the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) and the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions (CEIOPS)] - through the 3L3 Anti Money Laundering Task Force (AMLTF) - publish today their common understanding in relation to the information on the payer of accompanying fund transfers to payment service providers of payees, arising out of