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  • CFTC-SEC Statement On MF Global

    Date 01/11/2011

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission today made the following joint statement:

    “For several days, the SEC, CFTC and other regulators had been closely monitoring developments affecting MF Global, Inc., a jointly registered futures commission merchant and broker-dealer, in anticipation of a transaction that would include the transfer of customer accounts to another firm. Early this morning, MF Global informed the regulators that the transaction had not been agreed to and reported possible deficiencies in customer futures segregated accounts held at the firm. The SEC and CFTC have determined that a SIPC-led bankruptcy proceeding would be the safest and most prudent course of action to protect customer accounts and assets. SIPC announced today that it is initiating the liquidation of MF Global under the Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA).”

  • IMF Executive Board Reviews Surveillance: Making IMF Surveillance As Interconnected As The Global Economy

    Date 31/10/2011

    On October 24, 2011, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded a comprehensive review of the IMF's surveillance activities.

  • Report On U.S. Portfolio Holdings Of Foreign Securities At End-Year 2010

    Date 31/10/2011

    The findings from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2010 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at link.

  • Janice Eberly Assistant Secretary For Economic Policy U.S. Department Of The Treasury - Statement For The Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee Of The Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association

    Date 31/10/2011

    The pace of expansion accelerated during the summer as the temporary factors that weighed on growth in the first half of the year largely faded. According to the advance report released last week, the economy grew by 2.5 percent at an annual rate in the third quarter, the ninth straight quarter of growth since the recession ended in mid-2009. Real GDP surpassed the prerecession peak recorded in the fourth quarter of 2007. Despite the pickup in growth, job growth moderated, and the unemployment rate remained unacceptably high at 9.1 percent. Private sector forecasters expect the pace of growth to strengthen gradually going forward, but the unemployment rate is not projected to decline meaningfully over the next year. The Administration recently proposed a number of initiatives in the American Jobs Act that will foster job creation and stronger near-term growth. The longer-term fiscal situation remains a serious concern, however, and in mid September the President proposed a balanced and comprehensive deficit reduction plan that will put the nation’s finances on a fiscally sustainable path.

  • ISDA Statement On CDS Credit Event Process

    Date 31/10/2011

    The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today issued the following statement in order to ensure an accurate understanding of how credit events are determined for credit default swaps contracts. Today’s statement is intended to underscore key points articulated in the Greek Sovereign Debt Q&A, updated on October 31, which discussed this issue with regards to the Eurozone proposal for Greek debt.  Some media accounts of the information contained in the Q&A inaccurately described the credit event process.