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Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority - Finansinspektionen: Complicated Financial Instruments In Occupational Pension Funds Report 2009:3

Date 09/03/2009

The occupational pension funds1 predominantly have no large holdings or concentrations of complicated financial instruments. On the whole, the occupational pension funds’ management of this type of holding appears to be satisfactory. Some occupational pension funds report, however, that their risk control function is small and that the personnel have relatively little occupational experience. A majority of the occupational pension funds also have all or large portions of their capi
Chen Dongzheng, Director Shenzhen Stock Exchange: No Less Than 8 Companies To Initiate Listing At Growth Enterprises Board

Date 09/03/2009

No less than 8 companies will be listed at the Growth Enterprises Board at the beginning, Chen Dongzheng, director of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) said yesterday.
FINRA Seeks Major Expansion Of TRACE Reporting - Proposal Would Bring Transparency To Primary Market, Government Agency And GSE Debt

Date 09/03/2009

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is proposing a major expansion of its Trade Compliance and Reporting Engine (TRACE) to include debt issued by federal government agencies, government corporations and government sponsored enterprises (GSEs), as well as primary market transactions in new issues. Currently, TRACE reports real-time pricing and trade volume information only on corporate bonds trading in the secondary market.
SEC Charges Investment Adviser For Inventing A Billion-Dollar Client To Lure New Investors

Date 09/03/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a money manager with offices in New York and Rhode Island for falsely creating a billion-dollar client in order to gain credibility and attract legitimate investors.
Eurex Admits First Local Investment Broker From Croatia - InterCapital Securities Will Start Trading By The Middle Of March 2009

Date 09/03/2009

The leading international derivatives exchange Eurex announced today that it admitted the first participant from Croatia. InterCapital Securities, one of the leading financial services firms in Croatia, will start trading as a Eurex member by the middle of March 2009. The company benefits from the advantages of Eurex’s Global Connectivity Program, which offers specific incentives to new Eurex members.

Barclays Global Investors ETF And ETP Industry Review - End Of February 2009

Date 09/03/2009

Below and attached is a preview from our ETF and ETP Industry Review report which we are currently writing. The full report will be published in a few weeks. Global ETF and ETP Industry 2009: At the end of February 2009 the Global ETF industry had 1,603 ETFs with 2,720 listings, assets of $593.49 billion, from 85 providers on 42 exchanges around the world. YTD assets have fallen by 26.9% which is greater than the 18.4% fall in the MSCI World index in USD terms.
Launch Of Damascus Securities Exchange

Date 09/03/2009

The Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) will be formally opened on Tuesday 10/ March/ 2009.
EUROCCP Begins Clearing For NYSE Arca Europe Platform

Date 09/03/2009

European Central Counterparty Limited (EuroCCP) announced that it has begun clearing for the NYSE Arca Europe multilateral trading platform, which officially launched operations today.
UK’s Financial Services Authority Continues To Strengthen Enforcement Team

Date 09/03/2009

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today announced the appointment of David Kirk as Chief Criminal Counsel. David is currently the Director of the Fraud Prosecution Service (FPS), a specialist unit of the Crown Prosecution Service.
Strong Results In Turbulent Times For The JSE

Date 09/03/2009

Today JSE Limited released a set of results that reflect the resilience of the exchange despite unprecedented tests facing all stock markets in 2008 which included increased volatility, declining investor sentiment and increased volumes.