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  • BATS BZX Exchange Post-Mortem

    Date 23/03/2012

    At 10:45:26AM ET, a single matching engine handling symbol range A-BFZZZ encountered a software bug related to IPO auctions which rendered open customer orders in this symbol range inaccessible.  BATS sent notice at 10:48:41AM ET that BATS was investigating system issues in trading of symbols in the range of A through BFZZZ.  Additionally, the IPO auction for symbol BATS did not successfully print and trading of symbol BATS on the BZX Exchange system did not begin as expected.

  • Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

    Date 23/03/2012

    Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

    Brookfield Office Properties Inc. (TSX:BPO) has announced that it will redeem for $CDN25.00 cash per share all of the outstanding shares of its Class AAA Preference Shares, Series "I" (TSX:BPO.PR.I) at the close on March 30, 2012. The shares of this issue will be removed from the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index and the S&P/TSX North American Preferred Stock Index after the close of trading on Friday, March 30, 2012.

  • “It Takes A Pillage—Financial Fiascos, Frauds And Fixes”: Speech By CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton To The Hot Springs Village Democratic Club, Hot Springs Village, AR

    Date 23/03/2012

    Introduction

    Thank you. It’s good to be with you today. I really appreciate the invitation from your President, Joe Stuart. I also appreciate your activism and work for your community, state and country.

  • Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At The Federal Reserve Conference On Central Banking: Before, During, And After The Crisis, Washington, D.C.

    Date 23/03/2012

    Opening Remarks

    Distinguished guests, colleagues, and friends: It is my privilege to welcome you to this conference on "Central Banking: Before, During, and After the Crisis," which is jointly sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board and the International Journal of Central Banking. We hope that the conference will foster discussion among policymakers and researchers about the evolving challenges facing central banks around the world. To help get that discussion started, the conference will feature original research on monetary policy, macroprudential regulation, and the provision of liquidity, topics that are obviously highly relevant to the public policy missions of the Federal Reserve and other central banks. The proceedings from this conference will be published in a special issue of the journal and disseminated to researchers in central banks and academic institutions worldwide.

  • Statement From BATS Global Markets

    Date 23/03/2012

    This morning at 10:45 a.m. ET, BATS BZX Exchange experienced a systems issue affecting trades in securities in symbol range A through BF.