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Libor Needs Trust, Transparency And Integrity, But Regulation Too, Say MEPs

Date 24/09/2012

The benchmark London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), needs to rebuild trust and integrity, but also needs to be regulated, said MEPs, Commissioners Barnier and Almunia and other financial experts, at Monday's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee hearing on manipulation of interbank lending rates.

Oral Remarks Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Before The European Parliament, Economic And Monetary Affairs Committee, Brussels Belgium

Date 24/09/2012

Good afternoon Vice Chairwoman McCarthy and members of the Committee.  I am pleased to appear before you today along with my friend, Michel Barnier.

Remarks Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Before The European Parliament, Economic And Monetary Affairs Committee - September 24, 2012, Brussels Belgium

Date 24/09/2012

Please click here to download the remarks of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler before the European Parliament, Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.

U.S. Agencies Release A Regulatory Capital Estimation Tool To Assist In Assessing The Potential Effects Of Recently Proposed Regulatory Capital Rules

Date 24/09/2012

The federal banking regulatory agencies on Monday announced the availability of a regulatory capital estimation tool to help community banking organizations and other interested parties evaluate recently published regulatory capital proposals. The tool will assist these organizations in estimating the potential effects on their capital ratios of the agencies' Basel III Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) and Standardized Approach NPR.

Hellenic Exchanges S.A. Special Dividend - Share Capital Reduction Through A Reduction In The Share Par Value

Date 24/09/2012

Hellenic Exchanges S.A. informs investors that the 1^st Repetitive General Meeting of shareholders, which took place on Tuesday 12.06.2012, decided to reduce the share capital of the company by the amount of EUR5,229,485.04, which will take place through a reduction of the par value of the share from EUR0.87 to EUR0.79.

Miami International Securities Exchange Announces Additional Mock Trading Testing Dates

Date 24/09/2012

Miami International Securities Exchange, LLC (“MIAX”) announced today that in preparation for the launch of its Options Trading Platform, MIAX is planning additional industry mock trading testing on the following dates:

• Saturday 10/13/12 – 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET 
• Saturday 10/20/12 – 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET 
• Saturday 10/27/12 – 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET

Boerse Stuttgart: Subscription To Eterna Bond Issue Closes Early - Strong Demand Among Investors For The New Corporate Bond

Date 24/09/2012

The subscription period for the corporate bond issue from the shirt and blouse manufacturer eterna Mode Holding has closed early because of high demand for the bond. Today was the first day investors had an opportunity to subscribe to eterna’s new bond issue via Boerse Stuttgart’s Bondm segment for medium-sized enterprises. Sabine Traub, Head of the Primary Market Group at Boerse Stuttgart, said: “The subscription for the eterna bond in the Bondm segment was extremely successful. The total subscription volume of EUR 35 million was placed on the market within a very short time.”

FINRA Fines Merrill Lynch $500,000 For Failing To File Required Reports

Date 24/09/2012

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has censured and fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. $500,000 for supervisory failures that allowed widespread deficiencies in filing hundreds of required reports, including customer complaints, arbitration claims, and related U4 and U5 filings, and for its failure to file the required reports. The violations, which went undetected for several years, may have hampered investors' ability to assess the background of certain brokers via BrokerCheck, FINRA's public disclosure program. They also may have compromised firms' ability to conduct background checks when making hiring decisions, reduced the ability of securities regulators to review brokers' transfer applications and hindered FINRA from promptly investigating certain disclosure items.

HKEx Taps The Market To Finance LME Acquisition

Date 24/09/2012

The Board announces that in light of the recent market conditions and feedback from investors, it intends to tap the market  for the purpose of financing the recommended acquisition for cash of the entire issued ordinary share capital of LMEH as announced on 15 June 2012,  by launching an issue of  convertible  bonds in the principal amount  of US$400 million with a fixed rate coupon.   

Semi-Annual Changes To The NASDAQ OMX CEA Smartphone Index

Date 24/09/2012

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® announced today the results of the semi-annual evaluation of the NASDAQ OMX® CEA Smartphone Index (Nasdaq:QFON), which will become effective with the market open today.