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  • SEC Votes To Adopt Final Rules To Implement The Credit Rating Agency Reform Act Of 2006

    Date 23/05/2007

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt final rules to implement provisions of the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law No. 109-291), which was enacted on Sept. 29, 2006. The Credit Rating Agency Reform Act defines the term "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (NRSRO), provides authority for the Commission to implement registration, recordkeeping, financial reporting, and oversight rules with respect to registered credit rating agencies, and

  • SEC Approves New Guidance For Compliance With Section 404 Of Sarbanes-Oxley

    Date 23/05/2007

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today unanimously approved interpretive guidance to help public companies strengthen their internal control over financial reporting while reducing unnecessary costs, particularly at smaller companies. The new guidance will enhance compliance under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by focusing company management on the internal controls that best protect against the risk of a material financial misstatement.

  • SIFMA Pleased With China’s Elimination Of Barriers On New Foreign Securities Firms

    Date 23/05/2007

    The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today issued the following statement after the conclusion of the US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in Washington, D.C.

  • SEC Settles Charges Against Hewlett-Packard For Misleading Disclosures Arising Out Of Company’s Boardroom Leak Investigation

    Date 23/05/2007

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled administrative charges against Hewlett-Packard Company for failing to disclose the reasons for a director’s abrupt resignation in the midst of HP’s controversial investigation into boardroom leaks. The Commission found that several months before the public revelation of the company’s leak investigation, an HP director objected to the company’s handling of the matter and resigned from the Board, yet HP failed to disclose the reasons for h

  • The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Thirteen New Options On Thursday, May 24

    Date 23/05/2007

    The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade thirteen new options on May 24, 2007.

  • NYSE Enhances NYSEnet®, Comprehensive Market Intelligence Tool For Listed Companies

    Date 23/05/2007

    The New York Stock Exchange today introduced the newly enhanced NYSEnet, its market intelligence site for listed company executives. The new site offers enhanced tools that include real-time, proprietary market information never available before in any other online service.

  • CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Tuesday, May 22

    Date 23/05/2007

    Daily: Exchange - Futures and Options Open Interest Record New Record: 18,623,207 May 22, 2007 Old Record: 18,498,811 May 21, 2007 Daily: Exchange - Futures Open Interest Record New Record: 10,549,940 May 22, 2007 Old Record: 10,455,030 May 21, 2007 Daily: Financial - Futures and Options Open Interest Record New Record: 12,938,747 May 22, 2007 Old Record: 12,822,168 May 21, 2007

  • Barclays Launches New iPath(SM) CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index Exchange Traded Note - The BuyWrite Strategy May Help Offset Losses From Downside Equity Market Performance In A Single Trade

    Date 23/05/2007

    Barclays Bank PLC and the Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) announced today the launch of the iPath(SM) CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index Exchange Traded Note (ETN) on the American Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BWV. It is the first iPath ETN to offer investors exposure to the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM)(SM), less applicable fees. The index tracks the total return of a hypothetical buy write, or covered call strategy, on the S&P 500® Index.

  • SEC Announces Agendas And Panelists For Final Roundtables On The Proxy Process

    Date 23/05/2007

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agendas and participants for the final two roundtables in its series of roundtables on the proxy process. The Roundtable on Proxy Voting Mechanics, scheduled for May 24, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., will cover topics including: (1) share ownership and voting; (2) broker proxy voting; and (3) shareholder communications.

  • NewConnect – WSE Equity Market

    Date 23/05/2007

    NewConnect – WSE Equity Market – is the official name of the WSE alternative trading system. Mr Ludwik Sobolewski, WSE CEO, jointly with Mr Marcin Gomo?a, Polish Financial Supervision Authority Vice-Chairperson, have presented the logo as well as the name of this new trading platform during a special press conference held at the WSE on May 23. Apart from numerous journalists, the event was attended by individuals involved in building NewConnect – the new tradi