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Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner For Taxation And Customs Union, Audit And Anti-Fraud Reaching A Level Playing Field For Taxation Across Europe Debate On Taxation In European Parliament Plenary Strasbourg, 25 October 2011

Date 25/10/2011

Chair, Honourable Members,

I would like to thank the European Parliament, and in particular Sven Giegold and Sharon Bowles for the report on the proposal to recast the so-called Parent-Subsidiary taxation Directive and the oral question.

Assistant Secretary For International Finance Charles Collyns Written Testimony Before The House Committee On Financial Services Subcommittee On International Monetary Policy And Trade - The Eurozone Debt Crisis And Implications For The United States

Date 25/10/2011

Chairman Miller, Ranking Member McCarthy, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss recent developments in Europe and how we are engaging with our partners to limit risks to the U.S. economy and encourage swift resolution of the crisis.  

Under Secretary For International Affairs Dr. Lael Brainard Testimony Before The House Committee On Ways And Means On The U.S.-China Economic Relationship

Date 25/10/2011

Chairman Camp, Ranking Member Levin, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on our economic relationship with China.

Exchange Data International Announces New Worldwide Fixed Income Documenter Service

Date 25/10/2011

Exchange Data International (EDI), a well-established provider of Security Reference and Corporate Actions data, today announced the launch of its new library of Fixed Income offering documents, the WFI Documenter.

New Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Appointments

Date 25/10/2011

Regulatory Policy and International Affairs Directorate

Françoise Buisson has been appointed Director of the European and International Affairs Division.

Françoise BUISSON, began her career in 1986 at the National Board of Stockbrokers – which became the Paris stock exchange in January 1988 – where she was in charge of professional regulation. In 1989, she joined the trade association representing market professionals – now the French Association of Financial Markets/AMAFI – where she was Director with responsibility for international affairs as well as issues relating to compliance by investment service providers. She was recruited by the Commission des Opérations de Bourse (COB), the AMF’s predecessor, in 2001 to take part in the MiFID negotiations. She holds a BA honours degree in European Business Administration (Middlesex University/ Rheims Management School). She was appointed Deputy Head of International Affairs at the AMF in November 2002.

NYSE Euronext Ranks No. 15 On EPA’s Fortune 500® List Of Green Power Purchasers - Purchase Supports New Development Of Clean, Renewable Energy Resources

Date 25/10/2011

NYSE Euronext announced today that for the first time it appears as No. 15 on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA's) Fortune 500® list of the largest green power purchasers.

Ullink Achieves 2 μs Latency In New Version Of FPGA Risk Solution In Nasdaq's OUCH Production Environment

Date 25/10/2011

Ullink, a global provider of low latency connectivity and trading solutions, has today announced the release of a faster version of UL IRIS+, Ullink’s FPGA pre-trade risk solution supporting OUCH protocol.

ISE Introduces ISE Implied Volatility And Greeks FeedTM

Date 25/10/2011

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) has introduced the ISE Implied Volatility and Greeks FeedTM, a joint offering from ISE and Hanweck Associates. Powered by Hanweck Associates' high-performance VoleraTM engine, this feed provides real-time, low-latency, tick-level options analytics for all equity, index and ETF options traded on the nine U.S. options exchanges.

European Parliament: Global Finance And Its Institutions Need A Facelift

Date 25/10/2011

In the run-up to the November G20 summit in Cannes, Parliament on Tuesday adopted its contribution to reviewing global economic governance by a large majority. The resolution calls for an overhaul of the IMF, primarily to make it a more political body, a halt to political meddling with exchange rates, and global rules to separate speculative banking activities from traditional retail ones. The G20 is also called upon to agree on the elements for a global financial transaction tax.

FORTS: The Average Daily Trading Volume In Russian Federation Government Bonds Futures Has Increased By 13 Times

Date 25/10/2011

The futures on Russian Federation government bonds started trading this February with an average daily trading volume of RUB50 million. For the first three weeks of October the average daily trading volume in this futures has grown by 13 times to reach RUB650 million.