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ETF Securities Launches Daily Euro-Hedged Commodity Solutions And Expands Brent Crude Range - 12 New Exchange-Traded Commodities Listed On Xetra

Date 16/03/2012

ETF Securities, one of Europe’s leading providers of exchange-traded products, has launched a range of ten new euro-hedged exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) on Xetra. The products are designed to mitigate the effects of currency volatility in the portfolios of euro-based investors by reducing exposure to the US dollar – the currency in which most commodities are priced. The ETC provider also listed two new Brent Crude products on Xetra - ETFS Brent Crude and ETFS Forward Brent Crude - in recognition of Brent’s growing importance as the new global benchmark for oil.

Newly Listed Contracts At The Dalian Commodity Exchange

Date 16/03/2012

Starting on March 15, 2012, trading commenced in the following newly-listed contracts: No. 1 soybean A1309 contract, No. 2 soybean B1303 contract, corn C1303 contract, coke J1303 contract, LLDPE L1303 contract, soybean meal M1303 contract, RBD palm olein P1303 contract, PVC V1303 contract, soybean oil Y1303 contract.

Monetary Authority Of Singapore Signs MOU With The European Securities And Markets Authority (ESMA)

Date 16/03/2012

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the supervision of credit rating agencies (CRAs). (http://www.esma.europa.eu/node/57482).

Japan's Financial Services Agency Publishes Newsletter No.103

Date 16/03/2012

In October 2005, the FSA started to issue the ''FSA Newsletter'', a translated version of the Japanese monthly public relations brochure ''ACCESS FSA''. This explains important measures and policies that the Financial Services Agency announced, clarifies laws and ordinances or financial terms and so on. The FSA hopes this will be some help for you to understand what it does.

Carrying Forward Rational Investment And Boosting Right Protection Awareness - Shenzhen Stock Exchange Launches 3/15 Investor Right Protection Consulting Activity Online

Date 16/03/2012

Following a series of activities sponsored by the SZSE, including investor protection training exchange meeting with the theme of “Transparency, Rationality and Appropriateness”, yesterday, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, along with Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. and China Securities Depositary and Clearing Corp. Shenzhen branch jointly held the 10^th 3/15 investor right protection online consulting activity via the Investor Online Exchange Platform” on the SZSE official website, placing the theme on “Carrying Forward Rational Investment and Boosting Right Protection Awareness”. In the activity, the business experts from China Securities Depositary and Clearing Corp. Shenzhen branch and other senior securities lawyers made the sincere exchange and communication with many ordinary investors.

Remarks By U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Before The Economic Club Of New York

Date 15/03/2012

Good evening.  It is a pleasure to be back at the New York Economic Club, this great forum for national debate about economic policy, at a moment when we face some fundamental choices about politics and economics.

Availability Of Staff Analysis Of Market Data Related To Credit Default Swap Transactions

Date 15/03/2012

The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission today has made available publicly an analysis of market data related to credit default swap transactions. The analysis, which was conducted by the staff of the SEC’s Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation, is available for review and comment as part of the comment file for rules the SEC proposed, jointly with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to further define the terms “swap dealer," "security-based swap dealer," "major swap participant," "major security-based swap participant," and "eligible contract participant." The SEC and CFTC jointly proposed those rules in December 2010 as one part of the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act.

CalPERS Releases Cost Analysis Of Republican Pension Reform Proposal - Analysis Uses Senate Republican Caucus Assumptions

Date 15/03/2012

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today released its cost analysis of major provisions of the pension reform proposal introduced by Senators Berryhill, Cannella, Emmerson and Harman. The proposal, Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 13 (SCA 13), contains many elements similar to Gov. Jerry Brown’s pension reform proposal.

Speech By SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro: - Remarks At The Society Of American Business Editors And Writers (SABEW) Annual Convention

Date 15/03/2012

Thank you, Peter. And thank you to SABEW for the opportunity to appear here today.

Three years ago, when I spoke to this conference in Denver, I had just become Chairman and the financial crisis was still very fresh in the minds of all Americans. There was a broad consensus that regulators and policymakers needed to identify how the system had failed and what reforms were needed to prevent another crisis from occurring.

Daily Trading In C2's SPXpm Option Reaches New High On Wednesday

Date 15/03/2012

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced that trading in SPXpm options at the C2 Options Exchange (C2) reached a new high of 38,225 contracts on Wednesday, March 14. Yesterday's volume more than doubled the previous high of 18,965 contracts on November 17, 2011.