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Letter From Chief Of Staff Steven M. Cohen To Bloomberg News

Date 25/06/2009

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Holds Third Annual International Commodity Market Manipulation Conference, Co-Chaired By The UK Financial Services Authority

Date 25/06/2009

On June 24-25, 2009, senior enforcement officials from 14 regulatory authorities around the world gathered in Washington, DC for the CFTC’s third annual international manipulation enforcement conference. Co-chaired by the CFTC and the UK Financial Services Authority (UK FSA), the conference brought together international regulators to share their respective experiences and observations of market abuse trends with the goal of enhancing regulators’ ability to detect and deter misconduct affecting

MGEX Breaks Monthly Electronic Trading Volume Record

Date 25/06/2009

MGEX (Minneapolis Grain Exchange or Exchange), Wednesday, June 24, set a new monthly electronic futures and options trading volume record of 101,238, surpassing the previous record of 100,633 set in April 2009. The record was set with four trading days remaining in June.

ECB And Other Central Banks Extend Their Swap Lines With Federal Reserve

Date 25/06/2009

The temporary reciprocal currency arrangements (swap lines) between the Federal Reserve and other central banks have been extended until 1 February 2010.

UniCredit Chooses Progress Apama For FX Aggregation

Date 25/06/2009

Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global supplier of application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced that UniCredit is live with the Progress® Apama® FX Aggregation Accelerator for its FX desks. UniCredit’s FX traders are now using the Progress Apama platform along with its customized dashboards to connect to a number of liquidity venues and gain an aggregated view of liquidity in the FX market.

ECB And Swiss National Bank Extend Their Swiss Franc Liquidity-Providing Operations

Date 25/06/2009

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided, in agreement with the Swiss National Bank, to continue conducting one-week Swiss franc liquidity-providing swap operations until at least 31 October 2009 to support further improvements in the short-term Swiss franc funding markets.

Program Trading Averaged 40.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During June 15-19

Date 25/06/2009

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for June 15-19.

Overwhelming Investor Interest For Invest Malaysia 2009

Date 25/06/2009

The Invest Malaysia 2009 (IM09) conference, which will be held on Tuesday, 30 June and Wednesday, 1 July 2009, promises to be its most successful yet with more than 600 delegates from 170 local and foreign institutions. Registration was closed early due to the overwhelming response from investors keen on gaining invaluable insight into Malaysia’s economy and capital market, straight from its key decision makers.

Shenzhen Stock Exchang: Price Quotation System Eyed As The “Incubator” Of Listing Sources

Date 25/06/2009

Industry sources said some enterprises are to be arranged to quote on Share Transfer System as soon as possible on June 24 after the meeting regarding discussion of pilot Zhongguancun Agency Share Transfer System. They noted that the Share Transfer System is planned to be promoted as the “incubator” and “reservoir” of the listing sources of the multi-level capital market, and added-value services and financial supporting system for enterprises quoted on Share Transfer System are also to be im

MOU Between Shenzhen Stock Exchange And Standard & Poor's

Date 25/06/2009

Shenzhen Stock Exchange signed the Understanding Memorandum on Cooperative Affairs with Standard & Poor's on June 24, including the index development, products listing and so on.