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IMF Convenes Second Annual Roundtable Of Sovereign Asset And Reserve Managers

Date 20/02/2009

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) convened its second annual Roundtable of Sovereign Asset and Reserve Managers in Washington, DC on February 18-19, 2009. The Roundtable—which is designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and experiences in sovereign asset and reserve management—was attended by high-level delegates from central banks, ministries of finance and sovereign asset managers from 32 countries, representatives from select international institutions, as well as private sector repre
Geithner, Summers Convene Official Designees To US Presidential Task Force On The Auto Industry

Date 20/02/2009

Today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and National Economic Council (NEC) Director Larry Summers convened official designees to the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry to discuss recently submitted restructuring plans from Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corporation.
CFTC Seeks Public Comment On A Proposal To Amend And Clarify The Requirements For Acknowledgment Letters

Date 20/02/2009

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved for publication in the Federal Register a proposal (Proposal) to amend CFTC regulations 1.20, 1.26, and 30.7 to clarify the required content of the acknowledgment letter that a futures commission merchant or derivatives clearing organization must obtain from any depository holding its segregated customer funds or funds of foreign futures or foreign options customers.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes

Date 20/02/2009

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that Rentokil Initial PLC (United Kingdom, Industrial Goods & Service, RTO.LN) will be removed from the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend and Dow Jones UK Select Dividend 20 indexes.
Program Trading Averaged 30.3 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Feb. 9-13

Date 20/02/2009

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Feb. 9-13. The data indicated that during Feb. 9-13, program trading amounted to 30.3 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 2,916.0 million shares1, or 884.6 million program shares traded per day.

IWF Change For Scania AB B In The S&P European Indices

Date 20/02/2009

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P Euro Plus indices, effective after the close of trading on Friday, 27 February 2009:
Federal Court Order Freezes Assets Of Illinois Commodity Pool Operator Brookshire Raw Materials Management, LLC And Its Canadian Principals Based On CFTC Charges Of Misappropriating More Than $4.6 Million In A Ponzi Scheme

Date 20/02/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it obtained a federal court order freezing the assets and prohibiting the destruction of documents of a Barrington, Illinois commodity pool operator, Brookshire Raw Materials Management, LLC (BRM), and its principals John M. Marshall and Stephen Z. Adams, Brookshire Raw Materials Group, Inc. (BRMG) and Brookshire and Company, Ltd. (BCL), all of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The European Central Bank's Response To The Crisis: Statement By Jean-Claude Trichet, President Of The ECB At The European American Press Club, Paris, 20 February 2009

Date 20/02/2009

Ladies and gentlemen, Please allow me first of all to thank the European American Press Club for organising this event and giving me the opportunity to share with you some thoughts on the financial turbulence. I will describe, in this context, the steps taken by the European Central Bank.
Final Test Run Of The FORTS Trading System Before The Launch Of Futures-Style Options

Date 20/02/2009

The launch of futures-style options on futures contracts on FORTS is tentatively scheduled for February 26, 2009.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P Japan SmallCap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 20/02/2009

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, February 26, 2009: