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ASX Ltd Half-Year Results - Edited Analyst Briefing Transcript

Date 09/03/2012

John Heagerty from Credit Suisse: 

A couple of questions please. Firstly on the trends you are seeing at the moment. You have given us some overview of the trends for six weeks, but would you consider yourself more akin to the second quarter rather than the first quarter? Can we expect a fairly subdued second half? It seems to be what you are implying. If you could just confirm that please?

Shanghai Stock Exchange To Curb Speculation Through New Procedures And Surveillance System

Date 09/03/2012

In its research report "Four Categories of Speculation: The Reasons for Long-term Market Downturn and Investors' Loss" published today, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) gave an in-depth analysis on the reasons for the prevailing of four kinds of speculation, namely, new shares speculation, small-cap stocks speculation, underperformed stocks speculation and frequent trading, on China's capital market before proposing to crack down on speculation with both technique and system.

Keynote Address: Investment Adviser Association Investment Adviser Compliance Conference/2012 By Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Date 08/03/2012

I want to thank David [Tittsworth] for inviting me to speak at this conference today. It is both an honor and a pleasure to speak to you this morning. The regulatory landscape for investment advisers has changed dramatically in the past two years, and programs like this one help ensure that we are all thinking hard about the consequences of this ongoing upheaval.

Component Changes Made To Euro STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index

Date 08/03/2012

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced changes in composition of the EURO STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index which will become effective March 19, 2012.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Agrees To Pay $140,000 Penalty For Confirming The Execution Of A Prearranged Trade On The CBOT - Trade Was In Ten Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Spreads

Date 08/03/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against futures commission merchant J.P. Morgan Securities LLC(JPMS) of New York, N.Y., for confirming the execution of a prearranged trade of ten year U.S. Treasury Note Futures spreads, which was a fictitious sale and noncompetitively executed on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).

SEC Charges Former Executive At Coca-Cola Bottling Company With Insider Trading

Date 08/03/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former executive at a Coca-Cola bottling company with insider trading based on confidential information he learned on the job about potential upcoming business with The Coca-Cola Company.

BlackRock Institutional Trust Co. NA Agrees To Pay $250,000 Penalty To Settle Charges Of Prearranged Trading And Fictitious Sales On The CBOT - Trade Was In Ten Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures Spreads

Date 08/03/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against BlackRock Institutional Trust Company NA (BlackRock) of San Francisco, Calif., for engaging in prearranged trades that were noncompetitively executed and fictitious sales in ten year U.S. Treasury Note Futures spreads (ten year spreads) on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). BlackRock is an investment management firm and is a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc.

NYSE Euronext Statement On Bipartisan Efforts To Create New Businesses And Jobs

Date 08/03/2012

NYSE Euronext (NYX) applauds today's overwhelming bipartisan support for a package of bills that will unleash America's economic growth potential. 

NASDAQ OMX Statement On H.R. 3606

Date 08/03/2012

Regarding H.R. 3606 "Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011," Bruce Aust, Executive V.P. of NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ), Global Client Group, provides the following statement:

London Stock Exchange Named ‘Best Of The Best’ For Financial Information Commercial Policies By FISD Consumer Constituency Group - Award Goes To Suppliers Which Demonstrate Excellence In The Development And Roll-Out Of New Administrative Policies

Date 08/03/2012

The Financial Information Services Division (FISD)’s Consumer Constituency Group (CCG) today honored the London Stock Exchange with the first-ever “Best of the Best” Award for Excellence in Financial Information Commercial Policies. The award, presented today in Paris, is given on an ad-hoc basis when a supplier demonstrates excellence in the development and roll-out of new administrative policies.