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New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority Completes Strategic Leadership Team With Two Further Appointments

Date 07/12/2011

The Financial Markets Authority has completed the recruitment of its strategic leadership team with two further appointments reporting to Chief Executive Sean Hughes.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Large-Cap Equal Weight Index To Be Renamed

Date 07/12/2011

Shanghai Stock Exchange and China Securities Index today together announced that SSE Large-Cap Equal Weight Index will be renamed SSE 50 Equal Weight Index on Dec 22nd 2011. The shortened name will be changed into SSE 50 EWI. The index's Chinese full name as well as its Chinese shortened name will also be changed accordingly. The index methodology remains the same.

NZX Indices December 2011 Quarterly Review

Date 07/12/2011

NZX Indices announces the outcomes of the December 2011 Quarterly Index Review. Changes below to index constituents and indexed shares will be applied at market close on Friday 16 December 2011, and become effective at market open on Monday 19 December 2011. For clarity, NZX Indices advises that its review for index changes is carried out on the first Friday of each month.

KCBT Christmas And New Year's Holidays - Schedule For Days Surrounding The Christmas And New Year's Holidays

Date 06/12/2011

In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observe the following trading hours on the days surrounding Christmas and New Year's holidays.

CHRISTMAS

Friday, December 23, 2011

Normal trading hours

Sunday, December 25, 2011

All sessions for business date 12/26/2011 are closed

CFTC Charges San Diego Resident Charles Steven Goodie And His Company, CSG Commodity Services Group, With Commodity Pool Fraud - Defendants Charged With Fraudulent Solicitation, Misappropriation Of Customer Funds, And False Statements

Date 06/12/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of an enforcement action charging Charles Steven Goodie and his company, CSG Commodity Service Group (CSG), both of San Diego, Calif., with fraudulently operating a commodity futures pool and with registration and disclosure violations.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Hopeful Of Economic Potential Of Arab Spring

Date 06/12/2011

The historic transformation of the Arab world holds the promise of improving the lives of the people in the region, even though there are some inevitable short-term costs associated with the transition process, said International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde in a speech today hosted by the Safadi Foundation at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC.

DTCC Launches Enhanced Cost Basis Reporting Service For Mutual Fund Industry - Platform Helps Customers Comply With Reporting Regulations Surrounding Mutual Fund Assets

Date 06/12/2011

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that it has launched enhancements to its Cost Basis Reporting Service (CBRS) to help customers comply with federal cost basis reporting regulations for mutual fund assets, which take effect in January 2012.

ISDA Publishes Sample Tri-Party IA Provisions And Accompanying Memorandum

Date 06/12/2011

The ISDA Sample Tri-Party IA Provisions are templates to provide market participants with sample terms and provisions that may facilitate the negotiation of contractual arrangements that provide for segregation of Independent Amounts (“IA”) with a third party custodian and were drafted primarily in response to new regulations being promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Act in the United States.

TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – November 2011 - Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange

Date 06/12/2011

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for November 2011.

SEC Names Eric Pan As Associate Director In Office Of International Affairs

Date 06/12/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Eric J. Pan has been named Associate Director in the SEC’s Office of International Affairs, where he will oversee the development of international regulatory policy.