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SEC Charges New York-Based Fund Executives For Overvaluing Assets During Financial Crisis

Date 28/11/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three top executives at a New York-based publicly-traded fund being regulated as a business development company (BDC) with overstating the fund’s assets during the financial crisis. The fund’s asset portfolio consisted primarily of corporate debt securities and investments in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).

FINRA And JSDA Sign Cooperation Agreement

Date 28/11/2012

The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support more robust cooperation between the two regulators.

Knight Capital Group Confirms Receipt Of Proposal From Getco

Date 28/11/2012

Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE Euronext: KCG) today confirmed that it is in receipt of a proposal letter from Getco.

Knight Capital Group Postpones Analyst And Investor Meeting

Date 28/11/2012

Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE Euronext: KCG) today announced the postponement of the analyst and investor meeting previously scheduled for Monday, December 3, 2012.

NYSE Technologies Open Platform Launches The OpenMAMA Enterprise Edition - First Fully Supported, Tested And Certified Open Multi-Vendor Platform - Certifying Third Party Middleware Bridges

Date 28/11/2012

NYSE Technologies today announced the launch of the OpenMAMA  Enterprise Edition as a part of its Open  Platform which also features the Open Market Data Model (OpenMDM) and an  upcoming OpenMAMA Enterprise Edition certification program.

CME Group's Duffy To Appear Before House Financial Services Subcommittees To Discuss Impact Of Proposed Rules To Implement Basel III Capital Standards

Date 28/11/2012

CME Group Executive Chairman and President Terry Duffy will appear before the House Financial Services Subcommittees on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, Thursday, November 29, to discuss "Examining the Impact of the Proposed Rules to Implement Basel III Capital Standards."

Incitec Pivot Goes Live With Broadridge And SWIFT For Automated Trade Confirmations - Treasury Operations To Benefit From Reduced Risk And Improved Process Efficiencies

Date 28/11/2012

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., (NYSE:BR) today announced that Incitec Pivot Limited, the Australia-headquartered chemical manufacturer supplying agricultural fertilisers and industrial chemicals for Australian and overseas markets, is live on Broadridge’s global SWIFT Service Bureau to drive process efficiency improvements and reduce risk for its international treasury operations and trade confirmation requirements.

BIS, ECB And IMF Publish Third Part Of Handbook On Securities Statistics

Date 28/11/2012

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today jointly released the third and final part of the Handbook on Securities Statistics, which covers equity securities issues and holdings. The aim of the Handbook is to assist national and international agencies in the production of relevant, coherent and internationally comparable securities statistics for use in monetary policy formulation and financial stability analysis.

Early Warning Sign Developed To Stop Stock Market Crashes

Date 28/11/2012

A 72-year study of the Dow Jones could give traders an early-warning sign to avoid the kind of stock market crash that struck the world economy in 2008.

Press Conference By Ikko Nakatsuka, Japan's Minister For Financial Services

Date 28/11/2012

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Thursday, November 22, 2012, from 10:23 a.m. to 10:36  a.m.)

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According to a media report, the postal privatization committee is showing a  tolerant stance toward Japan Post Insurance’s education insurance service.  Today, the postal privatization committee will hold a meeting. Even though the  Financial Services Agency (FSA) explained its stance at the previous meeting,  could you state your thinking once again?