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BM&FBOVESPA Announces New Selection Process For Unsponsored Level I BDR Programs - Interested Depositary Institutions have Until September 19, 2011 To Send Proposals

Date 22/08/2011

BM&FBOVESPA announces the start of the seventh selection process for a depositary institution authorized to issue Unsponsored Level I Brazilian Depositary Receipts (BDR). The winner will be able to issue 10 BDR programs, backed by shares issued by companies with headquarters in the U.S. and which are publicly traded in that country. The depositary institutions interested in taking part in the selection process should send in their proposals by September 19, 2011. The rules for the bidding process are described in the Bid Notice annexed to Circular Letter 040/2011-DP and the winner will be announced on September 26, 2011.
Natixis Global Associates Signs On To DTCC’s Model Management Exchange Service - Managed Portfolio Advisors First Overlay Manager To Join New Technology Platform

Date 22/08/2011

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that Managed Portfolio Advisors (MPA), one of the industry’s largest overlay management firms with $9.8 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2011, has signed on to DTCC’s model management exchange service, a new technology platform designed to standardize and automate the model distribution process between investment managers, overlay portfolio managers and model program sponsors. MPA is a division of Natixis Asset Management Advisors, L.P. and part of Natixis Global Associates (NGA).
FIF Capacity Statistics For July 2011

Date 22/08/2011

Ten new record peaks: NASDAQ PSX Totalview–ITCH, UQDF, BONO, Totalview–ITCH, BATS BZX PITCH, Options MCASTPITCH Aggregate, BYX PITCH, SIAC CQS, NYSE ArcaBook Options, Direct Edge EDGA
The CFTC Announces Appointment Of Gary Barnett As Swaps Division Director

Date 22/08/2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the appointment of Gary Barnett to serve as the agency’s Director of the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight. The new division is part of the agency’s restructuring to fulfill its expanded responsibilities under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). Barnett will play a key role in the CFTC’s efforts to regulate the swaps market under the law.
KCBT Labor Day Schedule - Schedule For Days Surrounding Labor Day Holiday

Date 22/08/2011

In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observe the following trading hours on the days before and after the upcoming Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 5, 2011.

UK's Financial Services Authority: Three Sentenced To Jail For Operating £27.5m Boiler Room Scam

Date 22/08/2011

Three men were sentenced today at Southwark Crown Court to a total of 19 years in jail for boiler room fraud, following a long running and detailed investigation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), City of London Police (CoLP) and Eurojust. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) conducted the prosecution.
FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed REITs Index Forms The Benchmark For The First Ever QDII Real Estate Fund

Date 22/08/2011

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the award-winning global index provider today announces the licensing of the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed REITs Index to Lion Fund Management (Lion Fund). The index has been chosen as the benchmark for the first-ever Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) fund specialising in real estate.
SIFMA Market Close Recommendations For The UK Summer Bank And US Labor Day Holidays

Date 22/08/2011

In observance of the UK Summer Bank and US Labor Day holidays, SIFMA made holiday recommendations in the U.S., U.K., andJapan.
mtvU & NYSE Join Forces To Discover Rising Entrepreneurs In Third Annual “Movers & Changers” Competition - Winning Students To Receive $25,000 Prize In Start-Up Funds & Will Be Featured In Returning mtvU Series This Fall - Founders Of Foursquare, Charming Charlie And Gilt Groupe To Serve As Ambassadors For The Program

Date 22/08/2011

mtvU, the 24-hour college network of Viacom’s (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) MTV, and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), a unit of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today launched the third-annual “Movers & Changers” competition, a nationwide challenge to find the country’s next wave of leading entrepreneurs. Competition finalists will be featured in the mtvU “Movers & Changers” short-form series, premiering this fall on mtvU, and compete for the ultimate prize of $25,000 in start-up money, as well as the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ring The Opening BellSM at the New York Stock Exchange.
Instinet Sets Trading Record In Asia

Date 22/08/2011

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, today announced that its Asia business unit set a firm record, both in value traded and dark liquidity aggregation, for the week of August 8-12, 2011.