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  • Defrauded WorldCom Investors Set To Receive Initial $150 Million Payout From SEC 'Fair Fund'

    Date 20/10/2006

    The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that thousands of individual investors who were victimized in the massive WorldCom financial fraud will soon receive up to $150 million from an SEC fund set up to help compensate investors for their losses. "The distribution," according to SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, "will begin immediately."

  • CBOT Fed Watch - October 20 Market Close

    Date 20/10/2006

    In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on October 25, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.

  • Securities Industry Association: Financial Services Industry Conducts Successful Business Continuity Test

    Date 20/10/2006

    The Securities Industry Association (SIA), the Bond Market Association (TBMA), the Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the Financial Information Forum (FIF) successfully conducted an industry-wide business continuity planning, or BCP, test on Saturday, October 14th as part of an ongoing industry initiative to test the ability of primary securities market participants to operate through a significant emergency. The test, which included both buy-side and sell-side participation, demonstrated a

  • Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services, Harmonisation And Better Regulation, Irish Brokers Association Lunch, Dublin, 20 October 2006

    Date 20/10/2006

    Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to be here today as your lunch-time speaker. I know it is my role to give you food for thought without causing you acute indigestion – always a challenging task! Your Association is the leading professional body for insurance and investment brokers in Ireland. I firmly believe that the independent financial advisor has a crucially important role to play in financial services. Consumers need competent and unbiased adv

  • 15 iShares ETFs List On NYSE Arca

    Date 20/10/2006

    NYSE Group, Inc. today announced that15 iShares exchange traded funds transferred from the American Stock Exchange and are now listed on NYSE Arca. As the largest exchange for ETF trading, NYSE Arca continues to expand its presence in the ETF market with the addition of these primary ETF listings.