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CESR Members Re-Elect Eddy Wymeersch As Chair And Carlos Tavares As Vice-Chair Of CESR

Date 24/02/2009

CESR Members re-elected today Eddy Wymeersch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Belgian Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (CBFA) as Chairman of CESR and Carlos Tavares, Chairman of the Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM), as Vice-Chair of CESR for a second term beginning 25 February. Mr Wymeersch and Mr Tavares were first elected Chair and Vice-Chair of CESR, on 1 February 2007 respectively.
CME Group To Launch 3-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures - Exchange Responds To Customer Requests Following Reissuance Of 3-Year Treasury Notes

Date 24/02/2009

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced plans to offer 3-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures beginning Monday, March 23, 2009. This contract is listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of the CBOT.
Remarks On The Future Of European Financial Regulation And Supervision - Keynote Address By Jean-Claude Trichet, President Of The ECB At The Committee Of European Securities Regulators (CESR) Paris, 23 February 2009

Date 24/02/2009

Please click here to read the keynote address by Jean-Claude Trichet.
CFTC Applauds Increased Funding Level for the Agency

Date 24/02/2009

Today, Congress unveiled H.R. 1105 – Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, that includes $146,000,000 for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Commenting on this action, CFTC Acting Chairman Michael V. Dunn said:
Michael Conley Named SEC Deputy Solicitor

Date 24/02/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Michael A. Conley has been named Deputy Solicitor in the Appellate Group of the SEC's Office of the General Counsel. In that role, Mr. Conley will help oversee the Commission's appellate and amicus curiae litigation.

Survey: Market Volatility And Economic Crisis Leads To Rising Executive Liability Insurance Costs - 2008 Carpenter Moore Benchmarking Study Shows 24% Rise In Director And Officer Insurance Premiums For Financial Services Companies; Premiums For All Other

Date 24/02/2009

Financial services companies now pay the highest average premiums for directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance, surpassing rates paid by life sciences and technology firms, according to a forthcoming report from Carpenter Moore, a NASDAQ OMX company. This shift in D&O pricing trends accelerated in the fourth quarter of 2008 as the financial and economic crisis deepened.
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke - Semiannual Monetary Policy Report To The Congress - Before The Committee On Banking, Housing And Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. February 24, 2009

Date 24/02/2009

Chairman Dodd, Senator Shelby, and members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to discuss monetary policy and the economic situation and to present the Federal Reserve's Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.
Richard G. Ketchum Named FINRA's Chief Executive Officer

Date 24/02/2009

The Board of Governors of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that Richard G. (Rick) Ketchum has been appointed FINRA's Chief Executive Officer. Ketchum currently serves as CEO of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Regulation and as Chairman of FINRA's Board of Governors, a position he has had since FINRA was created in 2007 through the consolidation of NASD and the member regulation, enforcement and arbitration operations of NYSE Regulation. He will continue in hi
The Warsaw Stock Exchange Presents The Outcome Of The Survey On Investors' Structure In Equity, Futures Contracts And Options Trading In 2008

Date 24/02/2009

In 2008 foreign investors accounted for 43% of equity trading, whereas domestic institutions accounted for 39% of the volume. Individual investors, on the other hand, accounted for 18% of trading volume. – "The survey findings confirmed the trend that we observed in 2008 – said Tomasz Wiśniewski, Deputy Director Information Products Department."
NYSE Euronext Welcomes New iShares To The Amsterdam Market

Date 24/02/2009

NYSE Euronext is pleased to announce that iShares, the Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) arm of Barclays Global Investors today has listed two new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on Euronext Amsterdam, the “iShares € Covered Bond” and “The iShares S&P Emerging Markets Infrastructure fund”. With the introduction of these new ETFs iShares is responding to growing investor demand for transparency and diversity amid continued market turmoil.