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SIFMA Market Close Recommendations For The US Labor Day And UK Summer Bank Holidays In The US, The UK And The Japanese Markets

Date 17/08/2009

In observance of the US Labor Day and UK Summer Bank holidays, SIFMA made holiday recommendations in U.S., U.K., and Japan.
CFTC Seeks Public Comment On Its Notice Of Intent To Determine Whether The Carbon Financial Instrument Listed For Trading By The Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc., Performs A Significant Price Discovery Function

Date 17/08/2009

On August 14, 2009, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Notice of Intent, pursuant to the authority in Section 2(h)(7) of the Commodity Exchange Act (Act) and Commission Rule 36.3(c)(3), to undertake a determination whether the Carbon Financial Instrument (CFI) listed for trading on the Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc., (CCX) performs a significant price discovery function.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 17/08/2009

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of Addax Petroleum Corporation (TSX:AXC) have accepted the $CDN52.80 cash per share offer from Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (SIPC). Addax will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion and the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Indices. The transaction wil
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 17/08/2009

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, August 17, 2009: The shares of Coronation Minerals Inc. (TSXVN:CMV) will trade under the new name Guyana Precious Metals Inc. The new ticker symbol will be "GPM" and the new CUSIP number will be 403533 10 2. There is no change in capitalization. The shares of Western Prospector Group Ltd. (TSXVN:WNP) will be removed from the index. The company has comp
Board Of Governors Of The US Federal Reserve System And Department Of The Treasury

Date 17/08/2009

The Federal Reserve Board and the Treasury Department on Monday announced that they approved an extension to the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) and that, at this time, they do not anticipate any further additions to the types of collateral that are eligible for the facility.

FIF Capacity Statistics For July 2009: NEW RECORD PEAKS Over 1 Second For Deutsche Börse, OPRA, CTS, CME FIX/FAST, NASDAQ’s ITTO, BONO And DAP, BATS PITCH, TOP And PITCH Europe

Date 17/08/2009

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that derivatives feeds and European feeds were particularly busy in July with SIAC’s OPRA up 16% at 1,110,642 messages per second (mps) and Deutsche Börse’s Scoach hitting a 73,179 mps, up 22%.
RTS Board: August 10 – August 14, 2009

Date 17/08/2009

For the week of August 10 – August 14, 2009, 62 trades were executed. The total trading volume on RTS Board equaled USD1.2 million. The following stocks were in the highest demand:
New York Attorney General Cuomo Brings Martin Act Fraud Case Against Charles Schwab & Co. For Fraudulent Sales Of Auction Rate Securities - Schwab Touted Fixed Income Expertise Even Though Brokers Were Not Trained And Did Not Understand Auction Rate Secu

Date 17/08/2009

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today filed a lawsuit against Charles Schwab & Co. (“Schwab”) charging the discount brokerage firm for falsely representing auction rate securities as liquid, short-term investments without discussing the risks. These representations gave investors a false sense of security that their investments would always be liquid when auction rate securities, in fact, faced significant, inherent liquidity risks.
SIFMA And ASF Applaud Decision To Extend TALF

Date 17/08/2009

Statement from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and the American Securitization Forum (ASF) on the decision announced today by the Federal Reserve Board and the Treasury Department to extend the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) into next year: “TALF has played a vital role in restarting the securitization markets, which fund a substantial portion of consumer and business credit. The industry applauds the decision announced today by t
SEC Seeks Comment On Alternative Uptick Rule

Date 17/08/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it is seeking public comment on an alternative approach to short selling price test restrictions that may be more effective and easier to implement than previously proposed price test restrictions currently under consideration.