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AVOX Wins Best Counterparty Data Award For Fourth Year From Inside Reference Data

Date 07/06/2012

Avox Limited, a subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), has been awarded “Best Counterparty Data Provider” by the readers of Inside Reference Data for the fourth year in a row.

ISDA To Partner With Markit To Develop Compliance Solution

Date 07/06/2012

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) announced today that it has chosen Markit to partner with the Association to develop a technology-based solution that enables counterparties to amend their over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives documentation for the purpose of facilitating compliance with Dodd-Frank regulatory requirements.  ISDA and Markit expect that the solution will also be enhanced to facilitate compliance with regulatory requirements in other jurisdictions as they are finalized. 

Thomson Reuters Global Equities Monthly Market Share Data Updated To Reflect May 2012 Activity

Date 07/06/2012

Trading is fragmenting between exchanges and competing venues. But by how much and which venues? Find out in the Thomson Reuters summarised monthly reports.

CFTC Charges Jose S. Rubio And His Florida Firm, Rubio Wealth Management, LLC, With Commodity Pool Fraud - Defendants Also Charged With Misappropriation, False Statements, Commingling Investor Funds, And Failure To Register - Defendants Allegedly Fraudulently Solicited Over $1.8 Million From At Least 21 Individuals

Date 07/06/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it filed a civil enforcement action against Jose S. Rubio (Rubio) and Rubio Wealth Management, LLC (RWM) of Surfside and Coral Gables, Fla., respectively. The CFTC complaint charges Rubio and RWM with defrauding investors in connection with operating a commodity pool to trade commodity futures and off-exchange foreign currency (forex) contracts. The CFTC complaint also charges Rubio with making false statements to pool participants, misappropriating pool funds, commingling investor funds with those of RWM, failing to register as a commodity pool operator, and failing to produce documents to the CFTC.

Testimony By Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke: Economic Outlook And Policy, Before The Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C., June 7, 2012

Date 07/06/2012

Chairman Casey, Vice Chairman Brady, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate this opportunity to discuss the economic outlook and economic policy.

CFTC Orders Futures Commission Merchant Open E Cry, LLC To Pay $250,000 To Settle Failure To Supervise Charges

Date 07/06/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing and simultaneous settlement of charges against Open E Cry, LLC (OEC), a registered futures commission merchant (FCM), for failing to diligently supervise the handling of its customer accounts.  OEC has offices in Powell, Ohio, and Chicago, Ill.

Bolsa De Valores De Colombia, Toronto Stock Exchange And TSX Venture Exchange Sign Memorandum Of Understanding To Formalize And Promote Cooperation Between Their Markets

Date 07/06/2012

Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC), Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote cooperation among the securities markets of Colombia and Canada.

Program Trading Averaged 38.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During May 29-June 1

Date 07/06/2012

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 May 29-June.

Michel Barnier Member Of The European Commission, Responsible For Internal Market And Services Financial Regulation, Fiscal Consolidation, Governance, Growth: Europe Is Taking Up Its Challenges 7 June 2012

Date 07/06/2012

Ladies and gentlemen,

First, let me thank the International Institute for Finance, its Chairman Joseph ACKERMANN and Managing Director Charles DALLARA, for inviting me to your Spring Meeting.

Fitch Downgrades Spain To 'BBB'; Outlook Negative

Date 07/06/2012

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Spain's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to 'BBB' from 'A'. The Short-term IDR has also been downgraded to 'F2' from 'F1'. The Outlook on the Long-term IDRs is Negative. Fitch has simultaneously affirmed the common Euro Area Country Ceiling for Spain at 'AAA'.