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CME Group Achieves Record Trading Volume In Eurodollar Futures - Total Daily, Interest Rate Volume Highest To Date In 2009

Date 08/06/2009

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, experienced record volumes in their Eurodollar futures on Friday, June 5, 2009. In addition, CME Group's total daily volume and interest rate volume both reached its highest levels for 2009 with 18,149,132 and 10,947,762 contracts traded, respectively.
London Metal Exchange Business Continuity Strategy Recognised In Business Continuity Awards - Partnership With IBM Yields ‘Highly Commended’ Rating In ‘Business Continuity Strategy Of The Year’ Category

Date 08/06/2009

The London Metal Exchange (LME), the world’s premier non-ferrous metals market, has been highly commended for its business continuity strategy at the annual Business Continuity Awards, held last week in London. The awards are run by Continuity Insurance & Risk (CIR) magazine and recognise excellence within the field of business continuity and operational risk management.
UK's Financial Services Authority: Keydata Investment Services Ltd

Date 08/06/2009

Keydata Investment Services Ltd (‘Keydata’) has today been placed into administration on the grounds that it is insolvent. Following an application to the Royal Courts of Justice by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Dan Schwarzmann and Mark Batten of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (‘PWC’) have been appointed joint administrators.
GlobeNewswire Service Enables Public Companies To Deliver News And Information Directly To Interested Retail Investors - First Service Of Its Kind Introduced In Partnership With MUNCmedia

Date 08/06/2009

GlobeNewswire, a NASDAQ OMX company (Nasdaq:NDAQ), introduces its Retail Investor Targeting service, an online distribution network focusing on retail investors. The service pushes company news updates directly and immediately to investors as they conduct online searches of that company's peers and competitors in related sectors.
NYSE Member Firms Report First-Quarter 2009 Results

Date 08/06/2009

New York Stock Exchange member firms that conduct business with the public reported a first-quarter 2009 after-tax profit of $5.35 billion and revenues of $39.09 billion, compared with $14.55 billion in after-tax losses on revenues of $49.42 billion in the first quarter of 2008.

Boardroom Excellence: The Way Towards Enhanced Corporate Governance - Bursa Malaysia Calls For Compliance To Substance And Not Just Form

Date 08/06/2009

Bursa Malaysia today urged directors of listed companies to embrace and move the bar higher on the practice of corporate governance by enhancing the knowledge of their duties and responsibilities. Bursa Malaysia acknowledged that Malaysian listed companies have high standards of compliance to corporate governance to the required form and mandatory requirements as prescribed in the Listing Requirements. However, more needs to be done to elevate corporate governance standards to the next level.
SEC Charges Evergreen For Overvaluing Holdings In Mortgage-Backed Securities And Making Selective Disclosures To Investors - Boston-Based Firm And Affiliate To Pay $40 Million To Settle SEC Charges

Date 08/06/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Boston-based Evergreen Investment Management Company LLC and an affiliate with securities law violations for overstating the value of a mutual fund that invested primarily in mortgage-backed securities, and then only selectively telling shareholders about the fund’s valuation problems.
NASDAQ OMX And The American Bankers Association Introduce A New Index For Community Banks - New Benchmark Tracks Most Actively Traded Community Banks Listed On The NASDAQ Stock Market

Date 08/06/2009

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and the American Bankers Association today introduced the NASDAQ OMX ABA Community Bank Index (Nasdaq:ABQI). The index enables investors to track the performance of the most actively traded of the approximately 600 community banks listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market. The NASDAQ OMX ABA Community Bank Index is the latest index launched by the NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group and underscores its commitment to designing and calculating relevant world-cla
Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Figures For May 2009

Date 08/06/2009

Please click here to view the figures of the TASE for May 2009.
Accounting: European Commission Appoints Three New Members Of The Standards Advice Review Group

Date 08/06/2009

The European Commission has appointed three new members of the Standards Advice Review Group, whose task is to advise the Commission on the endorsement process of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Financial Reporting Committee Interpretations (IFRICs). This appointment is a partial replacement of three out of the seven members of Standards Advice Review Group appointed on 8 February 2007.