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SEC Charges Transamerica Financial Advisors With Improperly Calculating Advisory Fees And Overcharging Clients

Date 03/04/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based financial services firm for improperly calculating advisory fees and overcharging clients.

BOX Price Improvement Activity For March

Date 03/04/2014

In the month of March, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange averaged 312,692 per day.

NASDAQ OMX And Chaikin Analytics Introduce Enhanced Alpha Indexes - NASDAQ Chaikin Power Indexes Expand Smart-Beta By Creating Quantitatively Enabled Strategies Based On Chaikin Power Gauge Rating

Date 03/04/2014

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Chaikin Analytics, LLC announced today the launch of three NASDAQ Chaikin Power Indexes: the NASDAQ Chaikin Power US Large Cap IndexSM (NQULCHK), the NASDAQ Chaikin Power US Small Cap IndexSM (NQUSCHK), and the NASDAQ Chaikin Power US Dividend Achievers IndexSM (NQDACHK). These new indexes are rules-based, quantitatively enabled investment strategies, designed to outperform their respective benchmarks and are based on the Chaikin Power Gauge, a multi-factor quantitative model.

OCC Bulletin: Cyber Attacks On Financial Institutions' ATM And Card Authorization Systems: Joint Statement

Date 03/04/2014

Summary

The members of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)¹ today issued a joint statement to notify financial institutions of a large-dollar-value automated teller machine (ATM) cash-out fraud characterized as Unlimited Operations by the U.S. Secret Service. The members are aware of a recent increase in cyber-attacks on financial institutions launched in connection with this fraud to gain access to, and alter the settings on, ATM Web-based control panels used by small-to-medium-sized financial institutions.

SEC Charges Two Friends With Insider Trading Ahead of Impending Acquisition

Date 03/04/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two friends with insider trading on confidential information from an investment banker about an impending transaction between engineering and construction companies.

BM&FBOVESPA Announces The 1st Preview For Ibovespa And Other Indices Valid For May-August 2014

Date 03/04/2014

BM&FBOVESPA announces the first preview for the BOVESPA Index theoretical portfolio, which will be valid for the period of May 05-August 29, 2014, based on the closing of the March 31, 2014 session. The preview registers the entrance of MMXM3 (MMX MINER ON) onto the Ibovespa portfolio, which is now made up of 72 stocks from 68 companies.

OCC Bulletin: Distributed Denial-Of-Service Cyber Attacks, Risk Mitigation, And Additional Resources

Date 03/04/2014

Summary

The members of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)¹ have issued the attached joint statement to notify financial institutions of the risks associated with the continued distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and the steps that institutions are expected to take to address these attacks. The joint statement refers institutions to resources to help them mitigate the risks posed by such attacks.

Egyptian Exchange Issues New Regulations For the Deals Market, For The Unlisted Centrally Deposited Shares

Date 03/04/2014

EGX issued executive regulation no. 129 for year 2014 for the regulations and procedures of the Deals Market for the unlisted centrally deposited shares. In this respect, Dr. Mohammed Omran, EGX Chairman stated that the new regulations oblige the brokerage firms to electronically notify the stock exchange about the operations to be carried out the unlisted centrally deposited shares and through e-mail. The brokerage firms should provide the company's ISIN code, where EGX related committee should be only notified of the transactions of value LE 20 million or more.

Customers Of MF Global Inc. To Begin Receiving Final Restitution Payments From MF Global To Satisfy More Than $1 Billion In Customer Losses As Ordered By Federal Court In CFTC Action - Company Also Remains Subject To A $100 Million CFTC Penalty

Date 03/04/2014

Pursuant to a federal court consent Order obtained by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against MF Global Inc. (MF Global), the Trustee for MF Global has announced that the company will now begin making final distributions to its customers to satisfy its obligation of full restitution for $1.212 billion in losses sustained by customers of MF Global when the company failed in 2011.

Irish Stock Exchange: Statistics March 2014

Date 03/04/2014

Please click here for the March 2014 ISE monthly statistical report.