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New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Bridgecorp Settlement

Date 12/03/2014

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has consented to an $18.9 million settlement between the receiver of Bridgecorp, the Bridgecorp directors, and their liability insurers. FMA has agreed to end its own civil proceedings against the Bridgecorp directors once the settlement sum has been paid.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Adjusting The Designated LLDPE And PVC Delivery Warehouses

Date 12/03/2014

It has been decided upon discussion to cancel with immediate effect the qualification of Jiangsu East China Plastic and Chemical Market Co., Ltd. for the designated PVC delivery warehouse and adjust Guangzhou China Resources Logistics Limited to a stand-by PVC delivery warehouse, and adjust Shanghai Changqiao Logistics Co., Ltd. to a stand-by LLDPE delivery warehouse.

FIA Global Elects Directors

Date 11/03/2014

FIA Global today announced the election of directors for the board of FIA Global, the organizational structure established to unite FIA, FIA Asia and FIA Europe.

Deactivation Of Bovespa FIX And Soma FIX

Date 11/03/2014

The BOVESPA FIX and SOMA FIX platforms will be deactivated in the second quarter of 2014. Trading of corporate fixed income securities will be migrated to the BM&FBOVESPA PUMA Trading System and market data content will be distributed at UMDF PUMA 2.0, with channel 61 restricted to the BTC market data feed (External Communication 003/2014-DI). There will also be a change to the conversion of data for the ProxyDiff platform (detailed in its Manual). We recommend that customers that are already certified connect to the New Release environment as soon as these changes are available to check how their applications are working. The UMDF PUMA 2.0 and the ProxyDiff specifications are already on the BM&FBOVESPA website.

FIA Elects Directors And Officers

Date 11/03/2014

FIA today announced the election of board directors at its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Fifteen directors were elected in total at this meeting, including eight regular member directors for two-year terms; two regular member directors for one-year terms; four associate member directors for two-year terms; and one associate member director for a one-year term. Following the election, the new board elected the association’s officers and public directors.

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

Date 11/03/2014

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of February 28, 2014.

NASDAQ Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date February 28, 2014

Date 11/03/2014

At the end of the settlement date of February 28, 2014, short interest in 2,175 NASDAQ Global MarketSMsecurities totaled 7,272,486,663 shares compared with 7,264,979,104 shares in 2,175 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of February 14, 2014. The end-of-February short interest represents 3.99 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.52 days for the prior reporting period.

CFTC Staff To Host A Public Roundtable To Discuss Risk Management Practices By Commodity Pool Operators

Date 11/03/2014

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that staff will hold a public roundtable on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., to discuss risk management practices by Commodity Pool Operators.

NYSE MKT Issues Short Interest Report

Date 11/03/2014

NYSE MKT (formerly known as NYSE Amex) today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of February 28, 2014.

Keynote Address Of Acting CFTC Chairman Mark Wetjen To 39th Annual International Futures Industry Conference

Date 11/03/2014

Introduction

Good afternoon, I’d like to thank the Futures Industry Association for the invitation to speak today. Thank you, Walt, for that kind introduction. I’m pleased to be back at the conference this year. I see many familiar faces in the crowd.