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Tokyo Financial Exchange: Application Of Intraday Additional Margin Call

Date 16/09/2008

Today, Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) applied the Intraday Additional Margin Call of Interest-rate Futures contracts for the first time since 16 September 2008 as the Three-month Euroyen futures market soared.
HKEx: Lehman Brothers Securities Asia Ltd

Date 16/09/2008

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has suspended the trading of Lehman Brothers Securities Asia Limited (broker numbers: 6495, 6496, 6497, 6498, 6499, 6500, 6505, 6506, 6507, 6508, 6509 and 9549) in the securities and stock options markets.
CalPERS Expands Supplemental Income Plans With Customized, Diversified Options - Also Renews External Investment Manager Contracts

Date 15/09/2008

CalPERS Expands Supplemental Income Plans with Customized, Diversified Options - Also Renews External Investment Manager Contracts
FINRA Advises Investors On How To Safeguard Their Brokerage Accounts

Date 15/09/2008

In light of the current turbulence on Wall Street, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued guidance to retail investors regarding regulatory protections in place to safeguard their accounts and the steps they can take to protect themselves when a brokerage firm fails.
BOVESPA Stock Options Turn Over BRL 1.16 Billion In September

Date 15/09/2008

The exercise of stock options on BM&FBOVESPA added up to BRL 1,167,383,565.00 on September 15. Call options totaled BRL 330,049,838.00 while put options amounted to BRL 837,333,727.00. Check below the most active stock options: Petrobras PN at BRL 55.00 per share turned over BRL 200.62 million in put options; Petrobras PN at BRL 35.00 per share turned over BRL 128.89 million in put options; Vale R Doce PNA at BRL 34.00 pe

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 15/09/2008

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of CHC Helicopter Corporation (TSX:FLY.A) have accepted the $CDN32.68 per share cash offer from First Reserve Corporation. CHC Helicopter will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity, Equity Completion and Equity SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Completion, the S&P/TSX SmallCap and the S&P/TSX Capped Energy indices after the close of trading on
SEC Charges Bogus PIPE Promoters In $52 Million Ponzi Scheme

Date 15/09/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an Irvine, Calif., attorney and two other promoters for conducting a $52.7 million Ponzi scheme in which they sold investors bogus PIPE (private investment in public equity) investments, promised unrealistic profits, and misappropriated more than $20 million of investors' funds to function as their own personal piggy bank.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 15/09/2008

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, September 15, 2008: The shares of Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd. (TSXVN:TYK) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to TSX and will trade under the same ticker symbol.
Federal Banking Agencies Evaluating FASB's Accounting Proposals

Date 15/09/2008

The federal banking agencies are evaluating the amendments to generally accepted accounting principles proposed today by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes To The S&P Global 100 Index

Date 15/09/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P Global 100 Index effective after the close of trading on September 19, 2008. Xstrata PLC (Great Britain, SEDOL: 3141100, GICS Code: 15104020) will replace Nortel Networks Corp (Canada, SEDOL: B1H4Y76, GICS Code: 45201020) in the S&P Global 100. As of September 8, 2008, Nortel Networks Corp had a float-adjusted market capitalization of US$2,839,842,576, ranking it the smallest company in the index, and falling well below th