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Japan's Financial Service Agency: Results Of The 2007 Operational Risk Data Collection Exercise

Date 06/09/2007

Outline of the Exercise (1) Background This exercise was conducted jointly by the Financial Service Agency (FSA) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Participation in this exercise was voluntary. It requested information on operational risk data (internal loss data and scenario data) from 14 banks (including bank holding companies) that use or plan to use internal loss data for the calculation of operational risk capital. Note that this paper refers only to the inte
CME Group To Offer Clearing For Ethanol Basis Swaps

Date 06/09/2007

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, today announced the introduction of clearing services for over-the-counter (OTC) Ethanol Basis Swaps beginning October 5, enabling the biofuels and other industries to take advantage of the benefits of centralized clearing, including daily mark-to-market margining and reduced counterparty risk.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces August Volume - PHLX Sees Major Gains In Equity, Equity Options And Currency Markets

Date 06/09/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity option volume in August jumped 83.17% when 37,282,364 contracts traded compared to the same year-ago period when 20,354,679 contracts traded. Equity option volume in August was down 8.89% compared to the previous month when 40,921,003 contracts traded.
Casablanca Stock Exchange Monthly Bulletin - August 2007

Date 06/09/2007

Click here to download Casablanca Stock Exchange's monthly bulletin for August 2007.
CBOE To Launch Options On The CBOE Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index And CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index On September 27, 2007

Date 06/09/2007

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that it plans to launch options on the CBOE Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index (ticker symbol VXN) and the CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index (ticker symbol RVX) beginning Thursday, September 27, 2007, under licensing agreements with The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and The Russell Investment Group.

SEC And U.S. Attorney Charge Repeat Stock Promoter And Penny Stock Trader With Illegal IPOs And Pump-And-Dump Manipulation Schemes

Date 06/09/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settled civil action against two Arizona-based scammers alleging their participation in an elaborate market manipulation scheme that involved unlawfully taking public seven microcap companies, inflating their share prices, and dumping millions of shares into the public market. The defendants, Mesa, Ariz.-based recidivist Michael Saquella (a.k.a., Michael Paloma), 47, and Scottsdale, Ariz.-based trader Lawrence Kaplan, 63, agreed to be p
FTSE Global Markets Magazine September/October

Date 06/09/2007

The new issue of FTSE Global Markets magazine is now available from www.ftse.com.
Governor Projects Dubai As A Leading Islamic Finance Centre At Economist Conference In Switzerland

Date 06/09/2007

His Excellency Dr. Omar bin Sulaiman, Governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), gave the opening address at yesterday’s Islamic Finance Summit held in Geneva, Switzerland, outlining the importance of Islamic finance in today’s global economy and emphasizing Dubai’s significant role in its development.
RTS Introduces Central Counterparty For The Securities Market

Date 06/09/2007

Beginning 17th of September 2007 Non-commercial Partnership RTS becomes a Central Counterparty for the trades executed on the Order-Driven segment of RTS Classic Market.
CME Group To Offer Electronic Trading Of Weekly FX Options

Date 06/09/2007

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX) trading, today announced that it plans to offer electronic trading for weekly FX options on futures with American-style expiration. Beginning Monday, September 10, the weekly options on the following currencies, all trading against the U.S. dollar, will be available virtually 24 hours a day on the CME Globex(R) electronic trading platform: Euro, Japanese yen, British pound,