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Reorganisation And New Appointments At The Autorité Des Marchés Financiers

Date 05/04/2011

As part of its strategic plan, the AMF is changing its organisation and expanding its activities for operational monitoring of market organisation, post-trading and players.

NSX Releases March 2011 ETF/ETN Data Reports

Date 05/04/2011

National Stock Exchange, Inc. (NSX®) announced that assets in U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETN) continue to reach record levels, totaling approximately $1.08 trillion at March 2011 month-end, an increase of approximately 31% over March 2010 month-end when assets totaled almost $820 billion.  At the end of March 2011, the number of listed products totaled 1,173 compared to 971 listed products at the same time last year.

SEC Charges India-Based Affiliates Of PWC For Role In Satyam Accounting Fraud

Date 05/04/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today sanctioned five India-based affiliates of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) that formerly served as independent auditors of Satyam Computer Services Limited for repeatedly conducting deficient audits of the company’s financial statements and enabling a massive accounting fraud to go undetected for several years.

London Stock Exchange Group Disposal: Servizio Titoli SpA

Date 05/04/2011

London Stock Exchange Group plc has agreed the sale of Servizio Titoli SpA, a provider of shareholder management services to listed companies in Italy, to Computershare Limited for total cash consideration of €30.0 million plus an amount of up to €2.4 million for the net cash balance as at completion.   Revenue for Servizio Titoli for the financial year ended 31 March 2010 was €9.3 million.

SEC Charges Satyam Computer Services With Financial Fraud

Date 05/04/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged India-based Satyam Computer Services Limited with fraudulently overstating the company’s revenue, income and cash balances by more than $1 billion over five years.

Green Exchange: Resumption Of Trading Of Daily European Union Allowances (EUA) Futures (code EUL) Contract

Date 05/04/2011

On January 19, 2011, the European Commission suspended transfers at all European Emissions Trading Scheme Registries due to security breaches at certain EU member state emissions registries.  As a result, GreenX halted the listing of new contract days for the Daily European Union Allowance (EUA) Futures contract.

CME Group Expands Its Suite Of Industrial Metals Products With Three New Swap Futures Offerings - Ferrous Scrap, Steel Billet And European Hot Rolled Coil Added To A Growing List Of Global Products

Date 05/04/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, has announced today that it is expanding its suite of over the counter products to meet the risk management needs of the global steel industry.

Written Testimony By U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner On The Treasury Budget - Senate Committee On Appropriations - Subcommittee On Financial Services And General Government

Date 05/04/2011

Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Moran, members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Budget for the Department of the Treasury.

Index Of WSE-Listed Ukrainian Companies

Date 05/04/2011

• Five Ukrainian companies are already listed on the WSE Main List 
• Growing interest in Warsaw Stock Exchange on the part of Ukrainian companies 
• WIG Ukraine Index will be launched on the turn of April this year

Canadian, U.S. Clearing Firms Agree To Explore Swap Clearing Link

Date 05/04/2011

Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) and New York Portfolio Clearing (NYPC) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the development of a clearing link for the Canadian swap market to assist in meeting Canada's G20 commitment of clearing over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives by December 31st, 2012. If successful in reaching a final agreement, the resulting structure could serve as an important cross-border template for other jurisdictions around the globe that are required to meet similar G20 obligations.