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World Economic Forum Annual Meeting In Davos: US Economy To Grow 2-3% In 2012, Says Treasury Secretary Geithner

Date 27/01/2012

• The United States economy this year will grow between 2% and 3%
• Despite positive growth, unemployment remains high, housing weak and household debt up
• New regulations are tough but positive for the economy in the long term
• The theme of the 42nd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models. For more information, visit http://wef.ch/Davos

The First NYSE Euronext Lisbon Awards: Portuguese Stock Exchange Awards Capital Market Performance For 2011

Date 27/01/2012

For the first time, NYSE Euronext has awarded 16 organisations that excelled in the capital markets in 2011. The awards are aimed at raising the visibility of those companies operating in the stock market throughout last year. These include issuers, brokers, investment banks, analysts, fund managers, law firms, academics, who all actively contributed to the development of the Portuguese capital market. The creation of the NYSE Euronext Lisbon Awards is another step in the development of the market and ultimately to Portugal’s economic growth by the Portuguese Exchange.

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting In Davos: European Finance Chiefs Hail Fiscal Compact And Call For Growth And Jobs Focus

Date 27/01/2012

• Eurozone countries are on the verge of concluding an important fiscal convergence compact
• European finance and economics ministers said that that Greece is nearing a debt-restructuring deal and is not likely to default
• The theme of the 42nd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models. For more information, visit http://wef.ch/Davos

New Era For Banking - British Bankers’ Association Welcomes Financial Services Bill

Date 27/01/2012

Banks fully support, and have been working towards, the overhaul of banking regulation in the UK the British Bankers’ Association said as a new era in banking came closer with the publication of the Financial Services Bill today. The BBA said the Bill was an important step forward and that rigorous ground work by parliament and the industry had contributed to proposals which focused on effective, proportionate banking supervision.

UK’s Financial Services Authority: Former Compliance Officer At Greenlight Capital And JP Morgan Cazenove Trader Fined

Date 27/01/2012

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Alexander Ten-Holter, trader and former compliance officer at Greenlight Capital (UK) LLP (Greenlight) £130,000 for failing to question and make reasonable enquiries before selling Greenlight’s shareholding in Punch Taverns plc (Punch) ahead of an anticipated significant equity fundraising by Punch in June 2009, and prohibited him from performing Compliance Oversight and Money Laundering reporting functions.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Report Week Ending 27th January, 2012

Date 27/01/2012

RBS Announces Decision On Group Chief Executive Remuneration For 2011

Date 27/01/2012

The Board of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group ("RBS") can confirm that it has reached a decision on pay for its Group Chief Executive, Stephen Hester, for 2011. The pay decision is based on the policies outlined in the RBS 2010 Remuneration Report which was published following extensive consultation and approved at the Annual General Meeting by 99.2% of shareholders, including UK Financial Investments ("UKFI").

Deutsche Börse: Tenth Bond Listed On The Entry Standard - Peach Property Is Moving From The Open Market To The Entry Standard

Date 27/01/2012

On Thursday 26 January 2012, Peach Property Group became the tenth corporate bond to be listed on Deutsche Börse's Entry Standard for corporate bonds. Peach Property (ISIN DE000A1KQ8K4) moved from the Open Market to the Entry Standard for corporate bonds. It has a volume of up to €50 million, runs until 30 June 2016 and has an interest rate of 6.6 percent. The nominal denomination is €1,000.

MICEX-RTS Indices Weekly Review

Date 27/01/2012

Weekly review: January 16 -  20, 2012 (pdf, 146 Кб)

NASDAQ OMX Appointed As Supplier Of News Distribution Service By Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

Date 27/01/2012

NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announced today that the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (FI) has signed on as a customer for its GlobeNewswire news distribution service. FI will be utilizing GlobeNewswire for the automated distribution of share-acquisition notifications concerning companies under its supervision, and for the distribution, administration and subscription of FI’s own press releases.