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Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Stoxx Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30, And Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 Indexes

Date 07/07/2009

STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100, Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones STOXX EU Enlarged Select Dividend 15 indexes.
New York Attorney General Cuomo Announces Release Of Assurances Of Discontinuance With Two More Firms In His Investigation Of Auction Rate Securities - Auction Rate Securities Probe Has Resulted In Over $61 Billion In Buy-Back Obligations-Creating Largest

Date 07/07/2009

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced Assurances of Discontinuance with Credit Suisse Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated relating to the auction rate securities settlements reached last summer. The Assurances detail how the firms have and will continue to provide liquidity to investors who purchased auction rate securities.
SEC Obtains Asset Freeze In $485 Million Nationwide Offering Fraud

Date 07/07/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained an emergency asset freeze in a $485 million offering fraud and Ponzi scheme orchestrated by three Dallas businessmen through a company they owned and controlled, Provident Royalties LLC.
FIA Response To Gensler Statement

Date 07/07/2009

The Futures Industry Association today released the following statement from FIA President John Damgard regarding the statement issued by Gary Gensler, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. FIA welcomes the CFTC’s announcement of public hearings on how best to accomplish its mission of ensuring the “fair, open and efficient functioning” of futures markets. FIA has consistently supported efforts by the CFTC to ensure the integrity of the price dis
NASDAQ OMX And Claremont Investment Partners Plan Launch Of Large Cap Index - Benchmark Tracks Industry Leading Large Capitalization Equity Companies

Date 07/07/2009

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Claremont Investment Partners will introduce a Large Cap Index. The index will be based on the patented quantitative and proprietarily weighted methodology created by Claremont's founding partner, Gerald P. Sullivan. The Industry Leaders(r) Portfolio Strategy (ILPS) is a patented investment process that creates a portfolio of between 65 and 85 large cap Blue Chip (Le

SIX Swiss Exchange Indices: Adjustments To SMI®, SMIM® And SLI® Composition And SPI® Small/Middle/Large Breakdown

Date 07/07/2009

The Management Committee of SIX Swiss Exchange has decided to make changes to SIX Swiss Exchange index baskets on the basis of a recommendation from the Index Commission and in compliance with the SMI®, SLI® and SPI® index rules. The indices will be adjusted on 18 September 2009 after closing. The adjustment takes effect on 21 September 2009.
FIA Files Comments On CFTC’s Proposed Changes To Capital Requirements - FIA Supports Increase In Minimum Capital Requirement For FCMs - FIA Supports Inclusion Of OTC Cleared Derivatives - FIA Supports Increase In Capital Charge For Non-Customer Positions

Date 07/07/2009

The Futures Industry Association has filed a comment letter with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission expressing its views on the CFTC’s proposed amendments to the minimum financial requirements for futures commission merchants and introducing brokers. The FIA strongly opposed two specific measures that would dramatically increase the capital requirements for FCMs and warned that these two changes could have anti-competitive effects. The FIA endorsed several other proposed amendments, how
Dissemination Of FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index Series Resumed Within One Hour

Date 07/07/2009

The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI, together with the other indices in the FTSE Bursa Malaysia index series, resumed dissemination of the index values at 3:22pm. The Exchange was notified by FTSE that its real time price data feed provider encountered an issue since 2:30pm, which has since been resolved.
Reorganisation To Create More Transparent Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority - Finansinspektionen

Date 07/07/2009

Finansinspektionen's organisation will be changed this autumn as a part of efforts to strengthen analysis and expanded dialogue with companies. The changes aim to create an organisation with clearer areas of responsibility and a focus on institutions. The supervisory work will be organised in three new departments:The Department of Markets, will include responsibility for market supervision, of which Linda Hedvall will be the Director.Th
Monetary Authority Of Singapore Releases Investigation Findings On The Sale And Marketing Of Structured Notes Linked To Lehman Brothers

Date 07/07/2009

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has completed investigations into the sale and marketing of structured notes linked to Lehman Brothers (the Notes). Given the degree of public interest, MAS is releasing a report on our investigation findings (Click here to view the report).