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NASDAQ OMX Announces September 2009 Market Performance Statistics For U.S. Exchanges

Date 20/10/2009

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced consolidated market performance statistics for its U.S. exchanges for the month of September 2009.

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

Date 20/10/2009

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, October 20, 2009: The shares of Bayou Bend Petroleum Ltd. (TSXV:BBP) will trade under the new name Shamaran Petroleum Corp. The new ticker symbol will be "SNM" and the new CUSIP number will be 819321 10 2. There is no consolidation of capital.

Security Traders Association Elects 2010 Officers & Governors

Date 20/10/2009

At its 76th Annual Conference and Business Meeting, the Security Traders Association (STA), which represents 5,200 broker and institutional equity securities traders in North America, elected its leadership for 2010.

BM&FBOVESPA: Spot U.S. Dollar Trading Sets Record Financial Volume

Date 20/10/2009

The Brazilian Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange – BM&FBOVESPA Spot U.S. Dollar trading set a historic financial volume record today. The 192 trades generated a financial volume of US$ 520,000,000.00 in today’s trading session. The previous record of US$ 420,750,000.00 was registered on April 4, 2009.

U.S. Federal Reserve Announces New Director Of Banking Supervision And Regulation Division

Date 20/10/2009

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the appointment of Patrick M. Parkinson as director of the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, effective immediately.

Speech By Mervyn King, Governor Of The Bank Of England To Scottish Business Organisations In Edinburgh

Date 20/10/2009

Click here to download the speech by Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England to Scottish business organisations in Edinburgh.

CFTC Proposes To Amend Electronic Filing Regulations And Certain Other Financial Reporting Requirements Applicable To FCMs And IBs

Date 20/10/2009

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed to amend its regulations regarding the electronic filing of financial reports and notices by futures commission merchants (FCMs) and introducing brokers (IBs) as well as certain other financial reporting requirements. The proposed amendments would, among other things: • enable internet-based filing of FCM financial reports using user authentication and password procedures in anticipation of expecte

Financial Services: European Commission Sets Out Future Actions To Strengthen The Safety Of Derivatives Markets

Date 20/10/2009

The European Commission has adopted a Communication for ensuring efficient, safe and sound derivatives markets. The Communication sets out future policy actions to increase transparency of the derivatives market, reduce counterparty and operational risk in trading and enhance market integrity and oversight. They follow the stakeholder consultation launched with the Communication in July (

EU Finance Ministers Agree On Creation Of Macro-Prudential Oversight Body

Date 20/10/2009

EU finance ministers met in Luxembourg on Tuesday to discuss a number of important issues and to prepare for the European Council in October and the G20 finance ministers meeting in November.

RTS Standard Volume Exceeds USD662 Million

Date 20/10/2009

October 20, 2009 saw a record trading activity on RTS Standard.