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CME Group Announces Plans To Offer Ex-Pit Transactions Through ClearPort - New CME ClearPort Application Programming Interface (API) And Graphical User Interface (GUI) Launched

Date 23/11/2009

CME Group, the world’s largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will expand its CME ClearPort service to offer clearing for CME and CBOT ex-pit transactions. CME ClearPort is a set of flexible clearing services open to over-the counter (OTC) market participants to substantially mitigate counterparty risk and provide neutral valuations across asset classes.
New Members In MEFF

Date 23/11/2009

MEFF is pleased to announce the new members that have been approved by the Board: Banca Sella Holding SpA, Non Clearing Member, Biella BNP Paribas Equities France, Non Clearing Member, Paris Eurodeal Agencia de Valores y Bolsa S.A., Clearing Member, Madrid Hardcastle Trading AG, Proprietary Trading Member, Rapperswil
Mergers: European Commission Approves Proposed Euro TLX SIM Joint Venture Between UniCredit And Banca IMI

Date 23/11/2009

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed joint venture between the Italian financial institutions Unicredit S.p.A. and Banca IMI S.p.A, a company of the Intesa San Paolo Group. The planned transaction would transform the existing joint venture TLX S.p.A. into a new full function joint venture Euro TLX Societa Intermediazione Mobiliare S.p.A (Euro TLX SIM). After examining the operation, the Commission concluded that the trans
TMX Datalinx And Interactive Data Corporation To Open Trading On Toronto Stock Exchange Today

Date 23/11/2009

Today, Ray D'Arcy, President and CEO, Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC), Tom Kloet, CEO, TMX Group, and Eric Sinclair, Senior Vice President, TMX Datalinx, will open trading on Toronto Stock Exchange. Interactive Data is celebrating its agreement with TMX Datalinx to provide its clients with broad access to TMX Datalinx's suite of market data products.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange Comes Down Heavy On "Bad Faith Acts In Acquisition"

Date 23/11/2009

Yesterday, the SZSE gave a heavy blow again, imposing the public reprimand on a controlling shareholder Multi-Profit Asia-Pacific Investment Limited of Shenzhen International Enterprise Company Limited (Stock Code:000056), its de facto controller Zhang Jing and a concerted party Zhang Huabing due to their serious breach of acquisition commitment. With respect to the aforesaid acts breaking regulations committed by the three parties and the relevant punishment, the SZSE will put them on the re

UK's Financial Services Authority: Macro Prudential Tools Vital To Future Financial Stability

Date 23/11/2009

Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), today said that reforms to the regulation and supervision of individual financial firms need to be combined with new macro prudential tools to guard against the risks of future financial instability.
FINRA Fines Terra Nova Financial $400,000 - Firm Made Over $1 Million In Improper Soft Dollar Payments - Three Former Employees Also Sanctioned

Date 23/11/2009

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that it has fined Terra Nova Financial, LLC, of Chicago, $400,000 for making more than $1 million in improper soft dollar payments to or on behalf of five hedge fund managers, without following its own policies to ensure the payments were proper.
Institutional Users Of ETFs Continues To Grow - Latest Data From The ETF Research And Implementation Strategy Team At Barclays Global Investors Reveals The Number Of Institutions Reported Holding ETFs Has Grown By 12% In 2008, According To The Latest Repo

Date 23/11/2009

In the four quarters of 2008 a total of 2,926 institutional investors worldwide have reported using one or more ETFs. Over the past 11 years, the number of institutional users has increased 1,673%. This represents a CAGR of 29.9%.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Board Approves Temporary Easement Of Dual Listing and Maintenance Rules - Minimum Market Cap $6 Million For NASDAQ Capital Market Firms

Date 23/11/2009

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) Board of Directors adopted resolutions on 5 November 2009 to amend criteria for dually listing shares traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market list and for transference of thinly-traded companies to the ‘maintenance list’. These new criteria will be valid for six months (until 30/4/2010).
Barclays Global Investors ETF Landscape: Global Handbook - Q3 2009

Date 23/11/2009

Barclays Global Investors have published their quarterly ETF Global Handbook (please click here for a downloadable copy) which provides a wealth of key data on all ETFs and ETPs listed on exchanges around the world at the end of Q3 2009 including: Bloomberg and Reuters ticker symbols, annual TERs, total AUM, average daily volume, dividend status and glo