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MCX Weekly Market Report - January 30th, 2009

Date 30/01/2009

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Thailand Futures Exchange To Launch Gold Futures On February 2

Date 30/01/2009

Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) is now entering the final phase before launching its new product, gold futures. It is now selecting market makers, to increase market liquidity. Futures Industry Club (FI Club), not TFEX, is the body determining commission rates, while selling agents are expected to provide futures services to general customers in March.

Japan's Financial Services Agency Publishes An English Translation Of Annual Supervisory Policies For Regional Financial Institutions For Program Year 2008

Date 30/01/2009

The FSA published today an English translation of Annual Supervisory Policies for Regional Financial Institutions for Program Year 2008. Summary of Annual Supervisory Policies for Regional Financial Institutions for Program Year 2008(PDF:40K)

Japan's Financial Services Agency Publishes An English Translation Of Annual Supervisory Policies For Major Banks For Program Year 2008

Date 30/01/2009

The FSA published today an English translation of Annual Supervisory Policies for Major Banks for Program Year 2008. Summary of Annual Supervisory Policies for Major Banks for Program Year 2008(PDF:64K)

Tokyo Grain Exchange Maximum Rate For Additional Discharging Ports Charges

Date 30/01/2009

We refer to (2) (c) of 11. in Detailed Rules for Delivery of Raw Sugar and inform you that the maximum rate to be applied to delivery of Raw Sugar for the contract month of May 2009 is US$4.89 per metric ton for each additional discharging port.

World Economic Forum 2009: 36 Hours in September: What Went Wrong?

Date 29/01/2009

Niall Ferguson • Daniel Kahneman • Nouriel Roubini • Nassim Nicholas Taleb Moderated by • Michael J. Elliott Wednesday 28 January 36 Hours in September: What Went Wrong? The failure of Lehman Brothers – followed, in short order, by a US government takeover of AIG and a hasty merger between Bank of America and Merrill Lynch –

World Economic Forum 2009: The New Boundaries Of Financial Governance

Date 29/01/2009

• Laura M. Cha • Suzanne Nora Johnson • Stephen G. Pagliuca • Lord Turner • Jacob Wallenberg • Zhu Min Moderated by • Michael Useem Wednesday 28 January The current financial crisis has exposed a systemic failure of risk management and risk assessment, both in the private and public sectors. This exposure has raised questions about rating agencies, financial institutions, investor practices and the ro

World Economic Forum 2009: Key Assistant To Obama Says We Must Enter A "New Era Of Global Financial Responsibility"

Date 29/01/2009

Valerie Jarrett, fresh from her first week in the new administration of US President Obama, reinforced the president’s call on leaders from all nations to “seize gladly” the duties of collaborating and boldly embrace “a new era of global financial responsibility” ? to each other, to our families, to our communities, to our country and to the world.”

World Economic Forum 2009: Clinton Calls For Urgent Economic Intervention

Date 29/01/2009

William J. Clinton, Founder, William Jefferson Clinton Foundation; President of the United States (1993-2001), called for urgent US leadership to stem the current financial crisis and restore the global economy. Addressing the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2009, Clinton highlighted the opportunities afforded by a fundamental review of the global financial system, predicting an explosion of jobs from government stimulus-fuelled investments in alternative energy technologies. However, &ld

CME Group Announces Presidents' Day Holiday Hours

Date 29/01/2009

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, will close its trading floors in Chicago and New York on Monday, February 16, 2009, in observance of Presidents' Day.