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SIFMA: SEC Should Reform Rule 15a-6 Immediately

Date 24/03/2008

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today issued the following statement after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its “Next Steps for Implementation of Mutual Recognition.”
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 24/03/2008

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of Heritage Oil Corporation (TSX:HOC) have approved the corporate reorganization whereby the company will redomicile to Jersey, Channel Islands. Heritage Oil will be removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap indices after the close on Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
ICE Futures Canada Non Par Price Differential Review

Date 24/03/2008

Click here to download details of the ICE Futures Canada non par price differential review.
Rep. Fossella: Reconvene Congress Now To Develop Market Modernization Oversight Bill - Fossella Finalizing Legislation That Is The Product Of One Year of Analysis

Date 24/03/2008

Congressman Vito Fossella (R-NY13) today urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to reconvene Congress this week to begin working on a legislative proposal to reform the regulatory environment to enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. financial markets.
SEC Announces Next Steps For Implementation Of Mutual Recognition Concept

Date 24/03/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a series of actions it intends to take to further the implementation of the concept of mutual recognition for high-quality regulatory regimes in other countries.

CME Group Receives Approval For Changes To Daily Price Limits In CBOT Agricultural Futures And Options

Date 24/03/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved new daily price limits to begin March 28, 2008, for corn, mini-sized corn, soybeans, mini-sized soybeans and soybean oil futures and options on futures contracts.
SEC Charges Biovail Corporation And Senior Executives With Accounting Fraud

Date 24/03/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Canadian pharmaceutical company Biovail Corporation and its former CEO, former CFO, and two current senior executives with engaging in a number of fraudulent accounting schemes and making a series of misstatements to analysts and investors.
Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Market Resumed Normal Trading

Date 24/03/2008

Trading on the derivatives market on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad for all products except FCPO and FPKO was suspended before opening this morning at 8:45am until 9:45am. The derivatives market resumed its half hour pre-opening at 9:45am and commenced with trading at 10:15am.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Extraordinary Clearing Margin For Silver

Date 24/03/2008

Extraordinary Clearing Margin for Silver 2008.3.24 With regards to the Silver market, since the final contract prices for three or more contract months (excluding contract months with no applicable price limit) have reached the price limit in the same direction for two consecutive business days, based on item 3.4.2 of the Regulations Governing Management of the Precious Metals Market, deposit of the below Extraordinary Clearing Mar
CME Group: Hurricane Binary Options-Effective Sunday, March 30, 2008

Date 24/03/2008

Hurricane binary option contracts will pay the full contract value ($10,000) to the buyer if the combined CHI for all of the hurricanes during the season equals or exceeds a certain value (strike); otherwise, it pays nothing and the seller keeps the premium. The premium varies from $0 to $10,000, depending on the likelihood of the event.