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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 12/01/2012

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

Meadow Bay Gold Corporation (TSXV: MAY) will graduate to trade on TSX at the open of trading on Monday, January 16, 2012. The ticker symbol will remain "MAY" and the CUSIP number will remain 583081 10 4. The company will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, January 13, 2012.

SIFMA Holds 2012 "State of the Industry" Briefing

Date 12/01/2012

SIFMA today briefed members of the media on the Association's priorities for 2012 and discussed the current state of the financial sector.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 12/01/2012

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

Oracle Mining Corp. (TSXVN:OMN) will graduate to trade on TSX at the open of trading on Friday, January 13, 2012. The ticker symbol will remain "OMN" and the CUSIP number will remain 68404G 10 3. The company will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, January 12, 2012.

Texas-Based Accountant Pleads Guilty To Lying To SEC Investigators

Date 12/01/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a former audit partner at accounting and consulting firm BDO USA LLP has pled guilty to criminal charges for lying to SEC enforcement staff during investigative testimony.

CFTC Files Enforcement Action Against Two Indian Citizens For Allegedly Engaging In An Illegal Trading Scheme - Deepak And Meera Singhal Charged With Non-Competitive, Fictitious Trading On The CME

Date 12/01/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil complaint against two Indian citizens, Deepak Singhal, who resides in Mountain View, Calif., and his mother, Meera Singhal, who resides in India. The CFTC complaint charges the defendants with engaging in transactions in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act and trading non-competitively in violation of a CFTC regulation, or aiding and abetting such violations.

NYSE Liffe U.S. Named ‘Exchange Of The Year' By Risk Magazine - Industry Recognition Of The Exchange's Innovative Trading And Clearing Model - Highlighting The Exchange's Strategic Vision And Rapid Customer Acceptance

Date 12/01/2012

NYSE Liffe U.S., the U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today announced it was named ‘Exchange of the Year' by Risk Magazine in its 2012 Risk Awards. Less than a year after introducing its suite of interest rate futures contracts, NYSE Liffe U.S. has built a competitive exchange platform offering a unique combination of industry-leading technology, capital and operational efficiencies, and ground-breaking innovation. With a product portfolio that includes futures on precious metals, MSCI indices, US Treasuries, Eurodollars and the recently announced DTCC GCF Repo Index contracts, NYSE Liffe U.S. offers value and efficiency through innovative products and services.

ESMA Publishes The Annual Report On Application Of The Regulation On Credit Rating Agencies

Date 12/01/2012

This is the first report under the new CRA regulation, however, please note that CESR published a report about the application of the Regulation in the EU and, in particular, on the implementation of the requirements established in Annex I of the Regulation on 6 December 2010 (CESR/10-1424), according to Article 21(4) of the Regulation which was subsequently amended by Regulation No (EC) 513/2011.

BME Wins BID's Selection Process To Carry Out A Study On SMEs Financing In Latin America

Date 12/01/2012

The positive experience with MAB and BME’s management of stock markets, key factors in winning the contract 

Program Trading Averaged 28.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan. 3-6

Date 12/01/2012

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 Jan. 3-6.

SEC Names Robert Fisher As Deputy Director In Office Of International Affairs

Date 12/01/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Robert M. Fisher has been named a Deputy Director in the SEC’s Office of International Affairs.