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Annual Report - NZX

Date 27/03/2012

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BATS Market Share Recap

Date 27/03/2012

Following is a recap of BATS Global Markets’ market share in the U.S. and Europe on Monday 26 March:

• U.S. Equities Market Share = 10.3% on Monday 26 March vs. 10.9% month-to-date
• European Market Share = 25.4% on Monday 26 March vs. 24.1% month-to-date

Federal Court In Puerto Rico Orders Angel F. Collazo And ACJ Capital, Inc. To Pay Over $3.7 Million For Solicitation Fraud And Issuing False Statements In An Off-Exchange Foreign Currency Scheme - Collazo Also Pled Guilty To Related Criminal Charges

Date 26/03/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained a federal court consent order requiring defendants Angel F. Collazo (Collazo), of Salinas, Puerto Rico, and his company, ACJ Capital, Inc. (ACJ), jointly and severally to pay $1,544,252 of restitution, to disgorge $550,590 of ill-gotten gains, and to pay a $1,666,770 civil monetary penalty for fraudulently soliciting customers to trade off-exchange leveraged foreign currency (forex) contracts and issuing false statements to conceal trading losses.

Direct Edge Trading Notice #12-13: Requirement For Members To Identify Orders As Principal, Agency, Or Riskless Principal Effective June 4, 2012

Date 26/03/2012

Overview

Effective Monday, June 4, 2012, Members of EDGA Exchange, Inc. and EDGX Exchange, Inc. (together, the “Exchanges”)  will be required to identify orders accurately as a principal, agency, or riskless principal order, pending filing of Rule 11.22 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

Date 26/03/2012

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of March 15, 2012.

Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to 12,833,568,653 shares from 12,576,361,344 shares (revised) on February 29, 2012. This was a increase of 257,207,309 shares.

U.S. Nominee For World Bank Presidency To Travel To Africa, Asia, And Latin America, March 27 - April 9, 2012 - Dr. Kim’s Global Listening Tour Will Solicit Input, Ideas On Priorities For The World Bank

Date 26/03/2012

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that President Obama’s nominee for the World Bank presidency, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, will travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Beijing, China; Tokyo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; New Delhi, India; Brasilia, Brazil; and Mexico City, Mexico on March 27-April 9, 2012. Dr. Kim will meet with heads of state, finance ministers, and other stakeholders to solicit their priorities for the World Bank over the coming years.

NASDAQ Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date March 15, 2012

Date 26/03/2012

At the end of the settlement date of March 15, 2012, short interest in 2,252 NASDAQ Global Market^SM securities totaled 6,578,692,977 shares compared with 6,434,814,070 shares in 2,258 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of February 29, 2012. The mid-March short interest represents 3.85 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.55 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE Amex Issues Short Interest Report

Date 26/03/2012

NYSE Amex (formerly known as NYSE Alternext US) today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of March 15, 2012.

CFTC Announces Public Meeting Of The Technology Advisory Committee And Members Of The New Subcommittee On Automated And High Frequency Trading - Full Committee To Focus On Automated And High Frequency Trading, Final Recommendations Of The Subcommittee On Data Standardization, And Market Structure And Technology Issues Relating To Credit Limit Checks

Date 26/03/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on Thursday, March 29, 2012, the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (the “TAC”) will hold a public meeting at the Commission’s headquarters in Washington, DC from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This meeting will focus on three significant issues facing the futures and swaps industries as the Commission continues to finalize rules under the Dodd-Frank Act. Those issues are: (1) automated and high frequency trading (HFT): exchange oversight and definitions; (2) final recommendations from the Subcommittee on Data Standardization; and (3) credit limit checks: market structure and technology issues.

DTCC’s AIP Service Set To Help Broker/Dealers With Possession And Control Requirements

Date 26/03/2012

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that its Alternative Investment Product service (AIP) is now able to facilitate the custody of uncertificated alternative investments for broker/dealers who process these securities on AIP. This development follows a recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule filing by DTCC's subsidiary, National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), aimed at providing greater efficiency, standardization, automation and improved transparency for the custody of uncertificated alternative investments.