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SEC Charges Hurricane Restoration Company and Executives in Post-Katrina Accounting Fraud

Date 30/11/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Dallas and New Orleans-based hurricane restoration company and several executives for lying about non-existent business deals in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and fraudulently inflating the company's stock price before the company's CEO sold millions of dollars in company shares.
FTSE Group Enhances Real Time Index Calculation Service

Date 30/11/2009

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the award winning global index provider, today announces that it has enhanced its real time index calculation service on select FTSE blue chip indices with corresponding real time total return indices (TRI), which are now available on a streaming, intra-second basis through real-time market data vendors and other trading platforms.
Commentary By Majd Shafiq - The Crisis In Dubai: Implications For The European Exchange Sector - As The Dubai Crisis Unfolds, What Possible Consequences For Its Exchange Holdings?

Date 30/11/2009

A Bedouin proverb says that a good idea’s worst enemy is its bad implementation. Perhaps no other phrase is more apt than this one to describe what has been happening in Dubai lately. The concept of a regional financial hub operating according to international best practice and based in one of the Middle East’s most enlightened locations made a lot of sense for a lot of reasons. It still does. Too bad that this has been hobbled by inept management; hopefully, not for long.
TSX Venture Exchange Celebrates 10 Years As Canada's National Market For Public Venture Capital

Date 30/11/2009

Today TSX Venture Exchange is celebrating its 10th anniversary of providing emerging companies with the equity fuel they need to drive their future growth. "TSX Venture Exchange is the number one source of venture capital funding for aspiring Canadian and international companies," said Tom Kloet, CEO, TMX Group. "Its equity financing and investing platform is both unique and unrivalled in the world, and I am very proud of its success and of the service it provides to emer
NYSE Euronext Completes Acquisition Of NYFIX - NYSE Technologies’ Expands Global Offering And Client Base With Addition Of NYFIX FIX Business - Smartpool Attracts NYFIX Euro Millennium Customers

Date 30/11/2009

NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced the completion of its acquisition, through NYSE Technologies, of NYFIX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NYFX), a leading provider of innovative solutions that optimize trading efficiency, in an all-cash deal for approximately $144 million, or $1.675 per common share without interest plus preferred stock consideration. This acquisition expands NYSE Euronext’s pre-trade product offering and global buy-side and sell-side communities.

European Investment Bank And Inter-American Development Bank Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 30/11/2009

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President, Luis Alberto Moreno, and European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice-president, Carlos Da Silva Costa, signed a Memorandum of Understanding today in Lisbon, on the margins of the XIX Ibero-American Summit.
European Commission: Simulation Technology Could Help Prevent Future Financial Crises

Date 30/11/2009

How will economic policies adapt in 2020 when a quarter of the EU population is over 65? Can economics better predict how banks will react to credit crunches in the future, and what their impact will be on the wider economy? How will the economy work when dwindling natural resources make it harder to satisfy our energy needs? The European Commission today unveiled breakthrough research that could help economists answer questions like these by using economic
SGX Partners The Society Of Remisiers (Singapore) And Securities Association Of Singapore In Enhancing The Remisier Profession

Date 30/11/2009

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX), the Society of Remisiers (Singapore) (SRS) and the Securities Association of Singapore (SAS) today launched a programme to enhance the profile and development of the remisier profession.
Chi-X Global Begins Application Process To Bring New PTS Platform To Japan - New Appointments Complete Japan Senior Management Team

Date 30/11/2009

Chi-X® Global Inc. today announced that its Japanese subsidiary, Chi-X Japan KK, has begun the process necessary to file a PTS (proprietary trading system) application with the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) in anticipation of launching a displayed, alternative equities marketplace by summer 2010, subject to FSA approval.
Bursa Malaysia Scores Another First With Inaugural Foreign Sukuk Listing By GE Capital

Date 30/11/2009

Bursa Malaysia today announced the inaugural foreign listing of USD500 million sukuk issued by GE Capital. The five-year Islamic bond is structured based on the globally accepted Shari'ah principle of Sukuk Al Ijara.