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BM&FBOVESPA Options On Equities: Exercise Volume Reaches R$2.46 Billion

Date 20/07/2009

The exercise volume of options on equities, Bovespa segment, reached today R$2.46 billion, of which R$2.23 billion in call options and R$230 thousand in put options. The options that registered the greatest financial volume in today’s exercise were as follows:
SEC Charges TD Ameritrade For Auction Rate Securities Sales Practices - Settlement Enables ARS Customers To Receive All Of Their Money Back

Date 20/07/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against TD Ameritrade, Inc. for making inaccurate statements when selling auction rate securities (ARS) to customers. The settlement reached with the online brokerage will provide its customers the opportunity to sell back to TD Ameritrade any ARS that they bought prior to the collapse of ARS market in February 2008.
Florida Court Enters Orders Imposing Fines And Other Sanctions Against Randy Burstein And Nader Yazdani In CFTC Action Charging Commodity Options Fraud

Date 20/07/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it obtained $280,000 in civil monetary penalties and equitable relief in consent orders of permanent injunction against Randy Burstein, of Miami Beach, Florida, and Nader Yazdani, of Boca Raton, Florida, both former employees of Liberty Financial Trading Corp., Inc. and Liberty Real Assets Investment Corporation (collectively Liberty). The sanctions resolve a CFTC enforcement action that charged them with fraudulently s
CME Group Announces The Launch Of New Natural Gas Basis Options Contracts

Date 20/07/2009

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced the launch of trading and clearing services for 11 new financially settled natural gas basis options contracts. Trading will be available on the New York trading floor and clearing services will be available through CME ClearPort(®), a set of flexible clearing services open to over the counter (OTC) market participants to significantly mitigate counterparty risk and provide capital efficiencies across asset
IMF Executive Board Backs US$250 Billion SDR Allocation To Boost Global Liquidity

Date 20/07/2009

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed an allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) equivalent to US$250 billion to provide liquidity to the global economic system by supplementing the Fund’s 186 member countries’ foreign exchange reserves. The equivalent of nearly US$100 billion of the new allocation will go to emerging markets and developing countries, of which low-income countries

Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading Announces The Launch Of Its Enhanced Shortfall Model

Date 20/07/2009

Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) announced today the release of several significant enhancements to the Goldman Sachs Shortfall Model (GSSM). The GSSM generates expected shortfall numbers, which are estimates for the average change in stock price a trader may create by executing an order. Two major enhancements to the GSSM include:
Direct Edge Extends Clearing Agreement With Broadcort

Date 20/07/2009

Direct Edge announced today that it has re-signed a long-term contract with Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Broadcort® division. Direct Edge has been using Broadcort’s clearing services since 2005.
SGX Appoints Mr Magnus Bocker As New Chief Executive Officer

Date 20/07/2009

The Board of Directors of Singapore Exchange Limited (“SGX”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Magnus Böcker as Chief Executive Officer of SGX with effect from 1 December 2009. Mr Böcker’s appointment is for an initial term of three years.
Instinet Names Glenn Lesko CEO Of Asian Businesses

Date 20/07/2009

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, today announced the appointment of Glenn Lesko as CEO of Instinet in Asia. In this new role, for which he will relocate from New York to Hong Kong, Mr. Lesko will be responsible for Instinet’s business units – Instinet Japan Limited, Instinet Pacific Limited, Instinet Singapore Services Pte. Limited and Instinet Australia Clearing Services Pty Limited – in the region.
UK Shadow Chancellor George Osborne Launches White Paper On Financial Regulation

Date 20/07/2009

George Osborne has set out plans to abolish the failed tripartite system of regulation and give the Bank of England responsibility for maintaining financial stability.