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ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – November 2009

Date 03/12/2009

Values of ASX-listed stocks rose slightly (1.5%) during November 2009, partially reversing the decline experienced in October. Most major global markets also rebounded during November, particularly in North America, with the US S&P 500 Index (up 5.7%) and Canadian TSX Composite Index (up 4.9%) experiencing strong rises.

Launch Of "arrowhead", The Next-Generation Equity/CB Trading System - The Tokyo Market Enters The Millisecond World With "arrowhead"

Date 03/12/2009

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) hereby announces that it has decided to launch "arrowhead", the new equity/CB trading system held to the world's highest standards of speed and reliability, on January 4, 2010 as planned.

Amendment Of The Draft Contract Specification Of The Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index Futures

Date 03/12/2009

This is to announce that TOCOM has made an amendment to the settlement price calculation of the Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index futures contract.

SEC Obtains Asset Freeze Against Co-Founder Of Canopy Financial In $75 Million Offering Fraud

Date 02/12/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has filed fraud charges against a Chicago-based health care financial services company and has frozen the assets of its co-founder who allegedly provided investors with forged financial statements to lure them into a $75 million investment scheme.

Testimony Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Before The House Committee On Energy And Commerce, Subcommittee On Energy And The Environment

Date 02/12/2009

Click here to download the testimony of Chairman Gary Gensler Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.

BOX PIP Savings Surpass $260 Million

Date 02/12/2009

In the month of November, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX's PIP averaged $2.59 per contract, resulting in $2.0M in total savings to investors. With this, BOX has saved investors $261M since its inception.

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

Date 02/12/2009

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, December 2, 2009:

TSX Block List Leaders - November 2009

Date 02/12/2009

SIFMA’s Ryan Statement On Committee Passage Of Systemic Risk Reform

Date 02/12/2009

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today released the following statement from SIFMA President and CEO T. Timothy Ryan, Jr. in response to House Financial Services Committee passage of the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009.

Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics – November 2009

Date 02/12/2009

Equity turnover for November was EUR 3,913.31 million; ETF turnover was EUR 4.49 million while that for Irish Government Bonds was EUR 20,050.62 million and Treasury Bills EUR 6,900.15.