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NZX 20 Index Constituents

Date 13/04/2012

As notified to the market on 19 March 2012, the new NZX 20 Index will be launched on 23 April 2012. The index will have an initial index value of 3,000 and only the capital index series will be published.

Tokyo Grain Exchange: Rice Grading Table Applicable From October 2012

Date 13/04/2012

Rice Grading Table Applicable from the October 2012 Contract Month to the December 2012 Contract Months is now on our website.

IMF Executive Board Reviews The Adequacy Of Precautionary Balances

Date 12/04/2012

On April 9, 2012, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reviewed the adequacy of the Fund’s precautionary balances.

European Parliament: Tough Rules Needed On Insider Trading And Market Manipulation

Date 12/04/2012

Proposed legislation to tackle insider trading and market manipulation must not fragment markets, because this would make such abuses even harder to detect, said Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs debating them on Thursday. Cross-border trading calls for cross-border cooperation among regulators, and tiny financial boutiques with billion euro turnovers should not be exempted, they added.

CNSX Markets Announces Agreement With Google To Provide Real-Time Market Data From The Canadian National Stock Exchange

Date 12/04/2012

CNSX Markets Inc. (CNSX Markets) today announced that it has finalized an agreement with Google Inc. to provide free access to real-time Canadian National Stock Exchange data through the Google Finance web site. The data, which is now available at www.google.com/finance, includes real-time last sale information, real-time charting, analytics and company fundamental information on all Canadian National Stock Exchange listed issues.

U.S. Department Of The Treasury: Remarks By Assistant Secretary For Financial Institutions Cyrus Amir-Mokri On "Restoring And Maintaining Trust: Financial Reform Efforts And Lessons Learned From The Crisis" At The 21st Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference

Date 12/04/2012

Good afternoon. It is a privilege to address the distinguished audience at the Hyman Minsky Conference.

Today, I would like to present an overview of how recent financial reforms are designed to maintain financial stability, and thereby promote confidence in our financial system.

Matthew Solomon Named Deputy Chief Litigation Counsel In SEC Enforcement Division

Date 12/04/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Matthew C. Solomon has been appointed Deputy Chief Litigation Counsel of the Division of Enforcement, where he will assist in the oversight of the Washington headquarters trial unit as well as trial attorneys in 11 regional offices.

Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin At The Federal Reserve Bank Of San Francisco Business And Community Leaders Luncheon, Los Angeles, California, April 12, 2012 - Downturns And Recoveries: What The Economies In Los Angeles And The United States Tell Us

Date 12/04/2012

Good afternoon. I appreciate this opportunity to speak with you today.

I'm not sure when you last found yourself in a planetarium. At the start of my most recent visit, I was handed a brochure that said "Sit anywhere. All seats provide equal viewing of the universe." I took the brochure but instead of contemplating the stars, I contemplated my job as a governor on the Federal Reserve Board. And it occurred to me that the brochure was wrong. Completely wrong. All seats do not provide equal viewing of the universe. Some seats are better than others. It's not just that the Big Dipper is clearer than Ursa Minor from certain seats. If you want, for example, to see the economy, you don't necessarily want to always be sitting in Washington. That is not a seat that tells you everything you need to know about the economy. You have to break out, set free, and hightail it out of the Beltway to Los Angeles. It's critical to appropriate policymaking that we get a multidimensional view of the so-called economic universe.

BM&FBOVESPA And São Paulo Municipal Government Give Details For Carbon Credit Auction

Date 12/04/2012

BM&FBOVESPA and the São Paulo Municipal Government inform you of the availability at www.bmfbovespa.com.br/carbonauction andhttp://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/financas/servicos/outrosservicos/index.php?p=10374 of Notice of Invitation to Tender nº 001/2012, for a public auction to sell CER Certified Emission Reductions (carbon credits) held by the São Paulo Municipal Government.

CFTC Orders Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC, A Registered Futures Commission Merchant, To Pay More Than $2.5 Million For Supervision And Record-Production Violations

Date 12/04/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing and simultaneous settlement of charges against Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC (RCG), a Chicago, Ill.-based registered futures commission merchant, for failing to diligently supervise the handling by its officers, employees, and agents of an account held at RCG in the name of Money Market Alternative, LP (MMA). Enrique F. Villalba, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, used the MMA account in a multi-million dollar commodity futures Ponzi scheme. On March 29, 2010, the CFTC sued Villalba and MMA over their fraudulent scheme (see CFTC Press Release 5801-10.)