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SEC: Risk Taking -- Banks & Markets By Ethiopis Tafara, Director, Office Of International Affairs - G20 New Financial Landscape Workshop - Measures To Promote Competition, Efficiency And Innovation

Date 15/07/2011

Thank you, Malcolm (Edey) for that kind introduction.

First, permit me to give the SEC's standard disclaimer- what I say represents my own views and not necessarily the views of the Commission or other members of the Commission staff.

Statement By The IMF On The European Banks Stress Test

Date 15/07/2011

Mr. José Viñals, financial counselor and director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today:

“The Fund welcomes the EU-wide stress test exercise carried out under the auspices of the European Bank Authority (EBA) and the strengthened methodology and assumptions that have been applied across the banks in the exercise.

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

Date 15/07/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, July 15, 2011:

• Wildcat Silver Corporation (TSXVN:WS) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.

SEC Announces July 29 Field Hearing On The State Of The Municipal Securities Market

Date 15/07/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it will hold a municipal securities market field hearing in Jefferson County, Ala., on July 29. Topics will include distressed communities, small issuers, disclosure, derivatives and pre-trade price transparency.

Deutsche Boerse Shares Replaced By Deutsche Boerse Tendered Shares In STOXX Indices

Date 15/07/2011

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced adjustments in several STOXX indices. As a result of the expected merger with NYSE Euronext, the Deutsche Boerse shares (DE0005810055, Financial Services, Germany) in the EURO STOXX 50, STOXX Europe 600, STOXX Global Total Market and sub-indices will be replaced with the Deutsche Boerse tendered shares (DE000A1KRND6, Financial Services, Germany). This change will be effective July 20, 2011.

SEC Charges Forex Ponzi Operator Who Fled After Scheme Unraveled

Date 15/07/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud charges Thursday against the CEO of a purported foreign currency trading firm, alleging he scammed hundreds of investors with false promises of high, fixed-rate returns while secretly using their money to fund his start-up alternative newspaper.

Tendered Deutsche Börse Shares To Be Included In DAX

Date 15/07/2011

Deutsche Börse today announced an adjustment to the DAX index. As a result of the expected merger with NYSE Euronext, the Deutsche Börse AG shares (ISIN DE0005810055) in the DAX will be replaced with the tendered share class of Deutsche Börse AG (ISIN DE000A1KRND6). This change will be effective 20 July 2011 and reflects the decision of the Working Committee for Equity Indices published on 6 June 2011.

Futures On CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) Sets New Single-Day Trading Record

Date 15/07/2011

CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) announced yesterday that trading volume in futures based on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) established a new single-day record of 104,773 contracts on Thursday. Today's record exceeded the previous daily record of 101,146 contracts set on June 16, 2011.

BOX Saves Investors $3.4 Million In June

Date 15/07/2011

Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction (“PIP”) averaged over $150,000 per day, while total savings to investors this month were $3.4M.

ESMA Announces The Vacancy For One Officer For Corporate Finance

Date 15/07/2011

ESMA today announces the vacanciy for the following position: OFFICER FOR CORPORATE FINANCE