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Remarks By U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Before The Economic Club Of New York
Date 15/03/2012
Good evening. It is a pleasure to be back at the New York Economic Club, this great forum for national debate about economic policy, at a moment when we face some fundamental choices about politics and economics.
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Availability Of Staff Analysis Of Market Data Related To Credit Default Swap Transactions
Date 15/03/2012
The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission today has made available publicly an analysis of market data related to credit default swap transactions. The analysis, which was conducted by the staff of the SEC’s Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation, is available for review and comment as part of the comment file for rules the SEC proposed, jointly with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to further define the terms “swap dealer," "security-based swap dealer," "major swap participant," "major security-based swap participant," and "eligible contract participant." The SEC and CFTC jointly proposed those rules in December 2010 as one part of the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act.
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CalPERS Releases Cost Analysis Of Republican Pension Reform Proposal - Analysis Uses Senate Republican Caucus Assumptions
Date 15/03/2012
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today released its cost analysis of major provisions of the pension reform proposal introduced by Senators Berryhill, Cannella, Emmerson and Harman. The proposal, Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 13 (SCA 13), contains many elements similar to Gov. Jerry Brown’s pension reform proposal.
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Speech By SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro: - Remarks At The Society Of American Business Editors And Writers (SABEW) Annual Convention
Date 15/03/2012
Thank you, Peter. And thank you to SABEW for the opportunity to appear here today.
Three years ago, when I spoke to this conference in Denver, I had just become Chairman and the financial crisis was still very fresh in the minds of all Americans. There was a broad consensus that regulators and policymakers needed to identify how the system had failed and what reforms were needed to prevent another crisis from occurring.
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Daily Trading In C2's SPXpm Option Reaches New High On Wednesday
Date 15/03/2012
CBOE Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced that trading in SPXpm options at the C2 Options Exchange (C2) reached a new high of 38,225 contracts on Wednesday, March 14. Yesterday's volume more than doubled the previous high of 18,965 contracts on November 17, 2011.
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FESE Position On The Market Abuse Review
Date 15/03/2012
We welcome the Commission’s proposals and fully endorse the objectives supporting the revision of the Market Abuse Directive. FESE agrees with many of the improvements proposed by the Commission. At the same time, on a number of other issues, we have significant concerns with the proposals. We have been active in analysing these proposals and strongly advocate the highest possible level of investor confidence and market integrity. In particular, policy makers must ensure that there is a level playing field for market monitoring and that the same level of protection across all trading venues.
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Statement By U.S. Treasury Under Secretary David Cohen On Action By The EU And Swift to Terminate Service For Sanctioned Iranian Banks
Date 15/03/2012
Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David S. Cohen issued the following statement today:“The United States welcomes today’s action by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) to terminate services for designated Iranian banks, which we understand includes the Central Bank of Iran. We commend the EU for directing that no specialized financial messaging services can be provided by any entity in the EU for sanctioned Iranian entities and for the prompt response by the Belgian Treasury and SWIFT to the EU’s action." -
IMF Executive Board Approves €28 Billion Arrangement Under Extended Fund Facility For Greece
Date 15/03/2012
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a four-year SDR 23.8 billion (about €28 billion, or US$36.7 billion) arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Greece in support of the authorities’ economic adjustment program. The approval allows for an immediate disbursement of SDR 1.4 billion (about €1.65 billion, or US$2.2 billion). The EFF arrangement entails exceptional access to IMF resources, amounting to 2,159 percent of Greece’s quota.
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SEC Charges Senior Executives At California-Based Firm In Stock Lending Scheme
Date 15/03/2012
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two senior executives and their California-based firm with defrauding officers and directors at publicly-traded companies in an elaborate $8 million stock lending scheme.
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Program Trading Averaged 29.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Mar. 5-9
Date 15/03/2012
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 Mar. 5-9.
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