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TMX/LSE Withdraw Application Related To Proposed Merger

Date 30/06/2011

On June 29, 2011, the TMX Group Inc. and London Stock Exchange Group plc withdrew their applications to the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) and the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) to amend the TSX-Venture Exchange's recognition orders in B.C. and Alberta.
NYSE Euronext Leads IPO Markets Globally In First Half Of 2011- NYSE Leads U.S. IPO Market By Capital Raised And By Number Of Transactions - NYSE Leads World In Listing Technology And PE-Backed IPOs - Chinese IPOs Build On Last Year’s Strong Activity - European Market Increases Small And Medium Enterprises (SME) Listings

Date 30/06/2011

NYSE Euronext (NYX) led the global market for listing Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in the first half of 2011 with $25.40 billion in total capital raised on its European and U.S. markets, more than any exchange group in the world. During the most recent quarter, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) led the U.S. IPO market, with 35 IPOs raising $10.63 billion, or 73% of total proceeds raised from IPOs in the U.S. Furthermore, this added to NYSE’s recent gains in listing of technology and VC-backed IPOs as well as private equity funds and enterprises from Argentina, Canada, China, France, Greece, Korea and Netherlands, underscoring the NYSE as the leading listing venue for global IPOs.
CFTC Charges Two Air Traffic Controllers And Commodity Trader Michael Gomez With Fraud And Misappropriation In $1.4 Million Dollar Off-Exchange Foreign Currency Scheme - Court Issues Restraining Order Freezing Gomez’s Assets And Preserving Books And Records

Date 30/06/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of charges against two air traffic controllers, Louis J. Giddens, Jr. of Fayetteville, Ga., and Anthony W. Duttonof Peachtree City, Ga., as well as commodity trader Michael Gomez of Valrico, Fla., for operating a fraudulent off-exchange foreign currency (forex) scheme in which they solicited and accepted approximately $1.4 million from the general public.
SIFMA Calls For Swift Congressional Action On Stalled Free Trade Agreements

Date 30/06/2011

SIFMA today released the following statement from Ken Bentsen, executive vice president, public policy and advocacy, prior to Senate Finance Committee consideration of trade agreements with Korea, Panama and Colombia.
SEC Charges Company CEOs And Penny Stock Promoters In Kickback Schemes

Date 30/06/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed securities fraud charges against several CEOs, their companies, and two penny stock promoters alleging they used kickbacks, a bribe and blast e-mails to manipulate trading in microcap stocks.

Joint Statement By President Barroso And President Van Rompuy Following The Vote In The Greek Parliament On The Implementing Measures For The Revised Economic Programme

Date 30/06/2011

"We strongly welcome today's approval by the Greek Parliament of the implementing legislation for the country's revised economic programme. This was the second, decisive step Greece needed to take in order to return to a sustainable path. In very difficult circumstances, it was another act of national responsibility."
Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes In June 2011: Islamic Finance Defies The Global Banking Industry’s Contraction

Date 30/06/2011

This Dow Jones Indexes commentary is a monthly analysis of the Islamic market indexes industry written by Gerard Al-Fil, a Dubai-based financial journalist. Mr Al-Fil is a Middle Eastern correspondent for Dubai-based portal AME Info, German business weekly Euro am Sonntag, and the Swiss publications, Schweizer Bank andmoneycab.com. Over the course of his career, Mr. Al-Fil has reported on business and finance from the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Turkey, Iran and China.
TOM (The Order Machine) Is Granted A Derivatives Trading License By The AFM

Date 30/06/2011

TOM (The Order Machine) announces that the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has granted TOM MTF an extension of its license for trading derivatives. This means that now TOM MTF may allow its members to trade derivatives on the TOM MTF platform. In the initial phase of the derivatives platform TOM MTF members are only allowed to trade in a limited number of option series.
CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX) Introduces Two New Strategic Initiatives: Moves Trading Systems To New York Metropolitan Area On July 1 - Simplifies Pricing With A Cost-Efficient, Single-Price Fee Structure

Date 30/06/2011

The CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX) has announced two new strategic initiatives -- combining faster trading execution and a highly competitive single-price fee structure -- aimed at optimizing the trading experience at CBSX.
Program Trading Averaged 45.6 Percent Of NYSE Volume During June 20-24

Date 30/06/2011

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for June 20-24.