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Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Launches Early Long Grain Nonglutinous Rice Futures

Date 20/04/2009

On 20 April 2009, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) launched early long grain nonglutinous rice futures.
AIM In Reverse Gear?

Date 20/04/2009

Quarterly analysis of the AIM market by Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has shown next to no new activity on AIM in 2009, with quarter one showing new lows for total new money raised.
Tehran Stock Exchange Annual General Assembly Meeting

Date 19/04/2009

Tehran Stock Exchange Corporation invites the company's shareholders to its annual general assembly meeting, which will be held in Farhang Hall, Tehran at 2:00 pm on Tuesday April, 28th 2009.
Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn, At The Conference In Honor Of Dewey Daane, Nashville, Tennessee, April 18, 2009, Monetary Policy In The Financial Crisis

Date 18/04/2009

In response to the financial turmoil and economic weakness of the past 18 months, the Federal Reserve has taken unprecedented steps in conducting monetary policy. Not only have we reduced our target federal funds rate aggressively, essentially to zero, but we have also made credit available to institutions and markets in which we had not previously intervened. To varying degrees, similar actions have been taken by other central banks around the world. For Dewey's class each January, I have been
President Obama Announces More Key Treasury Appointments

Date 17/04/2009

Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key posts at the Department of the Treasury: Herbert M. Allison, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, who will also have the title Counselor to the Secretary and be an advisor on policy matters; and William J. Wilkins, Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury.

CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton: U.S. Regulators Gearing-Up For Climate Change - Chilton Says “Carbon Markets Need Sure-Footed Oversight”

Date 17/04/2009

Even before legislation to address global warming has passed the U.S. Congress, government regulators are preparing for what could be the largest commodity market ever: carbon trading. The U.S. Congress is expected to consider in the very near future climate change and energy legislation centered around a cap-and-trade system that would reduce American greenhouse gas emissions 20% by 2020, and 83% by 2050. Hearings on the legislation are expected to begin when Congress returns to Washin
RTS Indices Weekly Review: April 6 – 11, 2009

Date 17/04/2009

Weekly review: April 6 – 11, 2009 in pdf, 208 Кб
W.I.S.E. SSE 50 ETF Listed On Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong

Date 17/04/2009

Listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) on April 15?W.I.S.E. SSE 50 China Tracker Fund, the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Hong Kong market to track the SSE 50 Index, is the 2nd ETF offered by a market outside China's mainland that tracks the SSE 50 Index, following the Nomura SSE 50 ETF listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange. The Fund, with BOCI-Prudential Asset Management Ltd. as its fund manager and KBC Financial Products Hong Kong Limited as it
RTS Board: April 6 – April 10, 2009

Date 17/04/2009

For the week of April 6 – 10, 2009, 83 trades were executed. The total trading volume on RTS Board equaled 2.61 million US dollars. The following stocks were in the highest demand:
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At The Federal Reserve System's Sixth Biennial Community Affairs Research Conference, Washington, D.C., April 17, 2009, Financial Innovation and Consumer Protection

Date 17/04/2009

The concept of financial innovation, it seems, has fallen on hard times. Subprime mortgage loans, credit default swaps, structured investment vehicles, and other more-recently developed financial products have become emblematic of our present financial crisis. Indeed, innovation, once held up as the solution, is now more often than not perceived as the problem. I think that perception goes too far, and innovation, at its best, has been and will continue to be a tool for making our financial s