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TMX Group Top 20 Largest - Consolidated Short Position Report – Highlights - June 30, 2012

Date 05/07/2012

Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month. The report below covers the 2-week period ending June 30, 2012.

NYSE Euronext To Launch Retail Liquidity Program - Retail Investor Trades To Benefit From Price Improvement On The NYSE And NYSE MKT

Date 05/07/2012

NYSE Euronext (NYX) has received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish a first-of-its-kind Retail Liquidity Program, a market innovation that produces cost savings for individual investors through price improvement on retail equities trading order flow for New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NYSE MKT listed and NASDAQ UTP-traded equity securities.

SEC Names Norm Champ As Director Of Division Of Investment Management

Date 05/07/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Norm Champ has been named Director of the agency’s Division of Investment Management.

Steven Maijoor, Chair Of ESMA, Speeks At The Europlace Financial Forum

Date 05/07/2012

Steven Maijoor delivered the key note speech at the Europlace Financial Forum in Paris on 4 July 2012.

Palestine Exchange Monthly Newsletter "Tadawul" #63 - June 2012

Date 05/07/2012

Click here to download June's edition of the PEX Monthly Newsletter,  "Tadawul" #63.

European Commission President Barroso And Vice-President Rehn Welcome The European Parliament's Final Vote On Project Bonds

Date 05/07/2012

President Barroso and Vice-President Rehn have welcomed today's European Parliament vote on the European Commission proposal for a Project Bonds Initiative.

European Commission: Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative: Frequently Asked Questions

Date 05/07/2012

This initiative marks another building block in the European Commission's actions to revive growth through investment in the European Union. The basic principle underpinning this initiative is a better use of public banks better. In the case of the European Union, this is the European Investment Bank (EIB). The EIB and the EU budget can be used more effectively to achieve major leverage through limited risk-sharing with private investors. The legal provisions are being put in place, in order for the first project to be launched as early as this summer.

Project Bond Pilot Testing: European Parliament Approves EU Guarantees

Date 05/07/2012

An EU allocation of €230 million in guarantees to back the private issuance of "project bonds" for transport, energy and information technology infrastructure projects was approved by Parliament on Thursday. The decision allows pilot testing of this innovative plan to attract private investment in transport, energy and information technology network projects.

TMX Group And MaRS Join Forces To Drive Impact Investing In Canada

Date 05/07/2012

TMX Group Inc. today announced its commitment to contribute to the development of the impact investing field in Canada as a founding supporter of the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing (the Centre). TMX Group will contribute funding, resources and leading capital markets expertise to the Centre, and will work to strengthen programs initiated by the Centre to mobilize private capital to tackle social and environmental problems.

European Commission Delegated Regulation On Short Selling And Credit Default Swaps - Frequently Asked Questions

Date 05/07/2012

What is short selling?

Short selling is the sale of a security that the seller does not own, although the seller will subsequently need to buy the security in order to be able to deliver the security to the buyer. Short selling can be divided into two types:

1."Covered" short selling is where the seller has borrowed the securities, or made arrangements to ensure they can be borrowed, before the short sale.

2."Naked" or "uncovered" short selling is where the seller has not borrowed the securities at the time of the short sale, or ensured they can be borrowed.