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S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Deletion From The S&P/TSX Composite And Global Mining Indices

Date 13/03/2013

S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices: 

The shareholders of Uranium One Inc. (TSX:UUU) have voted to accept the terms of a Plan of Arrangement with majority shareholder JSC Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ) whereby the shares of Uranium One will be acquired for cash consideration of $CDN2.86 per share. Uranium One will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Completion, the S&P/TSX Global Mining, and the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight Indices after the close of trading on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Note that Uranium One is already scheduled to be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite High Beta Index after the close on Friday, March 15, 2013.

DTCC Reports Increased Annuity Inflows In January

Date 13/03/2013

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Insurance & Retirement Services (I&RS) has released key findings on activity and trends in the market for annuity products in January. The report is based on data, obtained from the millions of transactions processed by and entrusted to I&RS, available through its online Analytic Reporting for Annuities information service.

Canadian Securities Regulators Seek Comment On Early Warning Reporting

Date 13/03/2013

DTCC Welcomes First Non-Domestic Members To The Government Securities Division

Date 13/03/2013

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today the first non-domestic members of the Government Securities Division (GSD). Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, UFJ, Ltd, are now active GSD members, reflecting DTCC’s growth and expansion in the global marketplace. GSD is a division of the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC), a subsidiary of DTCC.

ISDA Publishes Paper Examining Non-Cleared OTC Derivatives And Their Importance To The Global Economy

Date 13/03/2013

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the publication of a paper, Non-Cleared OTC Derivatives: Their Importance to the Global Economy.

CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler To Testify Before The House Committee On Agriculture

Date 13/03/2013

BATS Options Offers Free Trading For U.S. Mini Options, Launching March 18th - Mini Options Available For Apple, Amazon, Google, SPDR Gold Trust And SPDR S&P 500

Date 13/03/2013

BATS Options, a U.S. equity options market operated by BATS Global Markets (BATS), will list Mini Options on five high-priced and actively traded securities on March 18 with no charge for members to trade.

"Law And Order" - Speech Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton At The Futures Industry Association Customer Protection Roundtable, Boca Raton, FL

Date 13/03/2013

Thanks for the invitation to be here today to talk about a subject that all of us in the futures world ought to have clearly on our radar. The collapse of MF Global and Peregrine were bitter pills to swallow for customers and showed us that customer protections at futures commission merchants (FCMs) needed vast improvement.

Federal Reserve Announces Time Changes For FOMC Statements And News Conferences

Date 13/03/2013

The Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that, to better facilitate the release of information in conjunction with the Chairman's quarterly news conferences, the time between the release of the Federal Open Market Committee's statement and the beginning of the news conference is being reduced.

From Our Man In Boca, Tom Groenfeldt: CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler On Manipulation Of LIBOR

Date 13/03/2013

With charming understatement, Gary Gensler described the financial industry’s reliance on LIBOR and Euribor as “fragile.”