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Remarks To The ALI CLE 2012 Conference On Investment Adviser Regulation: Legal And Compliance Forum On Institutional Advisory Services By Norm Champ, Director, Division Of Investment Management, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission

Date 06/12/2012

I. Introduction

Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. Before I begin, let me remind you that the views I express are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, any of the Commissioners, or any of my colleagues on the staff of the Commission.

Program Trading Averaged 40.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 26-30

Date 06/12/2012

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database.  The report includes trading on the NYSE for Nov. 26-30.

IMF Releases 2011 Coordinated Direct Investment Survey Results

Date 06/12/2012

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today released preliminary results from its 2011 annual Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS). The CDIS is the Fund’s worldwide survey of bilateral foreign direct investment positions. The survey has been conducted annually since 2009. The results, published as an online database, comprise preliminary estimates of positions for end-2011 and revised estimates for 2009‒2010. The IMF will also post revised data for 2009 forward in mid-2013.The end-2011 survey includes data from 86 economies. New participants include Benin, Guatemala, Mali, and Venezuela.

KCBT Holiday Notice - Christmas Day And New Year's Day Holiday Hours - Schedule For Days Surrounding The Christmas And New Year's Day Holidays

Date 06/12/2012

In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observe the following trading hours on the days before and after the upcoming Christmas Day and New Year's Day holidays.

NYSE Euronext Announces Quarterly Review AEX-Index Family

Date 06/12/2012

NYSE Euronext announces the results of the quarterly review  for the AEX®, the AMX® and the AScX®.   The new composition of these indices  will be effective from Monday December 24th,  2012.

Platts: Petrochemical Prices Slip 2% In November On Weakened Demand

Date 06/12/2012

Prices in the  $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market fell 2% to $1,323 per metric ton  (/mt) in November, according to the just-released monthly average of thePlatts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI), a benchmark basket of seven widely  used petrochemicals. This follows a drop of less than one percent in October to  an average price of $1,351/mt.

CFTC’s Division Of Swap Dealer And Intermediary Oversight Issues No-Action Letter On The Obligation Of Swap Dealers And Major Swap Participants To Provide The Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark For Certain Foreign Exchange Transactions

Date 06/12/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter that provides swap dealers and major swap participants with relief from the requirement to disclose the pre-trade mid-market mark to counterparties in certain foreign exchange (“forex”) transactions that are identified in the no-action letter (“Covered Forex Transactions”).

IMKB And NYSE Liffe To Launch On Turkish Stocks And The IMKB 30 Index

Date 06/12/2012

İstanbul Menkul Kıymetler Borsası (IMKB) and NYSE Liffe, the European  derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, today announced the launch of futures and  options contracts based on some of the constituents of  the IMKB 30 Index. The  new contracts will be available for trading before the end of this year on IMKB  and in the first quarter of 2013 on NYSE Liffe London market.

Borsa Italiana Monthly Update - November 2012

Date 06/12/2012

Please click here to download the BIt monthly update for November 2012.

Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Indices November 2012 Commodities Commentary - Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Up Slightly On Positive Macro Developments By Christine Marie Nielsen

Date 06/12/2012

The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 0.04% for the month of November as positive macro developments - including an agreement by Eurogroup leaders to release the next tranche of aid to Greece in December and an attempt in the U.S. to find a solution to the fiscal cliff situation - buoyed markets.