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Trade Me To Replace Methven Limited In The NZX 50 Index

Date 10/02/2012

NZX Indices announces changes to the NZX 50 Index following the February Monthly Index Review. The changes below, and the monthly index rebalance, will be effective at market open on Monday 20 February 2012.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For February 2012 Rubber Contract

Date 10/02/2012

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the February 2012 contract month in the Rubber market has be determined as follows,

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 2.2 of the Rubber Delivery Detailed Rules, the price differential between the Good Delivery materials RSS No.3 and the non-standard grade RSS No.4 for the February 2012 contract month shall be -3.0 yen/kg.

NZX Confirms Fonterra Appointment

Date 10/02/2012

NZX is pleased to advise that it has been notified by Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited of Fonterra’s intention to appoint NZX to operate the Fonterra Shareholders’ Market as part of Trading Among Farmers.

Thai Bourse Sees Gold ETFs As Opportunity For Investment

Date 10/02/2012

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) confirms that trading prices of all four gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) listed on SET are efficiently in line with gold prices in the global market and their net asset values, and the exchange also assures investors of its surveillance system.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 09/02/2012

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

The Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS) has announced the closing of a prospectus offering of common shares. As a result, the relative weight of Bank of Nova Scotia will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX Capped Financials, the S&P/TSX 60, Equity 60 and 60 Capped, the S&P/TSX MegaCap, the S&P/TSX Equity Income and the S&P/TSX Composite Dividend indices to reflect this share issuance. There will be no weight changes effective in the S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats, the S&P/TSX 60 130/30 Strategy, the S&P/TSX Equal Weight Diversified Banks, the S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight or the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight Indices. These changes will be effective after close on Thursday, February 16, 2012.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Votes To Establish A New Subcommittee Of The Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) To focus On High Frequency Trading - New Subcommittee On Automated And High Frequency Trading Is Seeking Nominations For Members

Date 09/02/2012

Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia, the chairman of the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC), announces that the Commission has voted to establish a Subcommittee on Automated and High Frequency Trading tasked with developing recommendations regarding the definition of high frequency trading (“HFT”) in the context of the larger universe of automated trading. This definition of HFT is anticipated to serve as an initial step towards assessing the presence and impact of HFT in CFTC regulated markets for consideration of appropriate regulatory and policy responses.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 09/02/2012

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

The Toronto Stock Exchange announced today in the Daily Bulletin that the shares of Levon Resources Ltd. (TSXVN:LVN) will graduate to trade on TSX at the open of trading on Monday, February 13, 2012. The ticker symbol will remain "LVN" and the CUSIP number will remain 527901 10 2. The company will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, February 10, 2012.

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

Date 09/02/2012

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of January 31, 2012.

CFTC Obtains Permanent Injunction Against British Virgin Island Firm InterForex, Inc. For Acting As An Unregistered Retail Forex Dealer; Firm Ordered To Modify Website - Action Part Of CFTC’s Second Nationwide Sweep Against Foreign Currency Firms For Failure To Register Under The 2008 Farm Bill, The Dodd-Frank Act, And CFTC Regulations

Date 09/02/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court consent order that permanently bars defendant InterForex, Inc., of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, from soliciting or accepting orders to trade foreign currency (forex) from U.S. customers who are not Eligible Contract Participants (ECPs). The order also permanently bars InterForex from offering to be the counterparty to U.S. customers’ forex transactions, without registering with the CFTC.

NYSE Amex Issues Short Interest Report

Date 09/02/2012

NYSE Amex (formerly known as NYSE Alternext US) today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of January 31, 2012.