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ICICI Bank Signs Up As Special Clearing Member Of SMX - ICICI Bank Singapore Is The First Indian Bank Branch Which Will Clear And Settle Futures Contracts In Singapore.

Date 14/10/2010

Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX), the first pan-Asian multi-product commodity and currency derivatives exchange, today announced that Singapore branch of ICICI Bank (“ICICI Bank”), India?s second largest bank has come on board as a Special Clearing Member (SCM) of the Exchange. It is the first time that an Indian bank?s branch in Singapore is clearing and settling futures contracts for an exchange based in Singapore. This is in addition to ICICI Bank?s previous appointment as Settlement ba
Speech By SEC Commissioner Troy A. Paredes: Statement At Open Meeting To Propose Rules Regarding Ownership Limitations And Governance Requirements For Security-Based Swap Clearing Agencies, Security-Based Swap Execution Facilities, And National Securities

Date 13/10/2010

Thank you, Chairman Schapiro. The proposal before us would subject security-based swap clearing agencies, security-based swap execution facilities, and security-based swap exchanges to certain governance requirements and ownership limitations. The proposal reflects the Commission's attempt to mitigate certain conflicts of interest in accordance with Section 765 of the Dodd-Frank Act and is but one of many regulatory steps the Commission is charged with taking in crafting a regula
Ibovespa Options Exercise Turns Over BRL1.532 Billion On BM&FBOVESPA

Date 13/10/2010

The exercise of Ibovespa Index (Ibovespa) options turned over BRL 1,532,960,000.00 on Wednesday, with 23,200 contracts traded. Only call options were exercised: The series at 70,000 points turned over R$ 538.3 million in call options; The series at 66,000 points turned over R$343.2 million in call options; The series at 68,000 points turned over R$308 million in call options; The series at 69,000 points turned over R$109 million in call options; The series
Speech By SEC Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey: Statement At SEC Open Meeting Regarding Proposing Release On Issuer Review Of Assets In Offerings Of Asset-Backed Securities

Date 13/10/2010

I join the Chairman in thanking the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance for its work on the Proposing Release before us today. I would also like to thank the other Divisions and Offices that contributed to the release, and I am pleased to support it.
BM&FBOVESPA Reaches All-Time Record Number Of Trades In Bovespa Segment

Date 13/10/2010

The BM&FBOVESPA Bovespa segment reached a record high of 800,223 trades on Wednesday, including regular trading and the After Market. The previous record was of 662,406 trades, on September 23, 2010.

Speech By SEC Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey: Statement At SEC Open Meeting Regarding Conflicts Of Interest Rules For Clearing Agencies

Date 13/10/2010

Thank you, Chairman Schapiro. First, I want to also take the opportunity to thank the staff, and particularly Robert Cook and his team in the Division of Trading and Markets, for their tireless efforts on this release. You have been given a difficult task, to craft a statutorily mandated and critically important proposed rule on an extremely tight timeframe, and to consider complex issues, many of them of first impression, and to weigh often conflicting interests in doing so. I appreciate
CFTC To Hold Open Meeting On Second Series Of Proposed Rules Under The Dodd-Frank Act

Date 13/10/2010

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. to consider the issuance of the following proposed rulemakings under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Speech By SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro: Opening Statement At The SEC Open Meeting: Item 1 — Security-Based Swaps Reporting

Date 13/10/2010

Good morning. This is an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 13, 2010. Today, the Commission will consider three sets of rules related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Brazil Titans 20 ADR And Dow Jones Emerging Markets Consumer Services Titans 30 Indexes

Date 13/10/2010

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Brazil Titans 20 ADR and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Consumer Services Titans 30 indexes.
CFTC’s Technology And Advisory Committee: Presentation On High Frequency Traders And Asset Prices, Trial Attorney, CFTC Division of Enforcement, Robert Pease

Date 13/10/2010

Good afternoon Mr. Chairman and Commissioners. Thank you Commissioner O’Malia, the Chairman of the Technology and Advisory Committee, for inviting me here today to discuss two rulemakings – the new anti-manipulation authority of section 753 of Dodd- Frank and section 747, which prohibits certain disruptive trading practices and gives the Commission the authority prohibit other practices that are disruptive of fair and equitable trading. Of course, my comments today are my own and do not refle