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S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Deletion From The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 27/09/2012

S&P Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

Luna Gold Corp. (TSXVN:LGC) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, September 28, 2012. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol. 

CFTC Charges iFinix Futures, Inc. And Its Senior Executive Officer, Connecticut Resident Benhope Marlon Munroe, With Making False Statements To The National Futures Association And Failing To Meet Minimum Financial Requirements - Defendants Charged With Falsifying Bank Account Documents During NFA Audit

Date 27/09/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed a civil enforcement action against registered independent introducing broker iFinix Futures, Inc. (iFinix), based in Plainview, N.Y., and iFinix’s senior executive officer, Benhope Marlon Munroe of New Milford, Conn. iFinix has also done business under the name Pro-Active Futures.

SEC Charges Investment Bank Analyst With Illegally Tipping College Friend About Nonpublic Merger Deals

Date 27/09/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former analyst at a Boston-based investment bank with illegally tipping a close friend with confidential information about clients involved in impending mergers and acquisitions.

“Small Business Connections: Marketing Meets Microfinancing” Workshop Tour Stopping Next in Memphis Accion, NYSE Euronext, and Yelp Bring The Big StartUp to Local Entrepreneurs

Date 27/09/2012

On October 9, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NYX), Accion, and Yelp will bring the NYSE Big StartUp “Small Business Connections: Marketing Meets Microfinancing” nationwide workshop tour to Memphis. The seventh stop on the Small Business Connections tour, the event will provide local small business owners with social media marketing know-how and access to capital.

CFTC Orders JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. To Pay $600,000 Civil Monetary Penalty For Violating Cotton Futures Speculative Position Limits

Date 27/09/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JPMCB) agreed to pay a $600,000 civil monetary penalty to settle CFTC charges that it exceeded speculative position limits in Cotton No. 2 futures contracts trading on the IntercontinentalExchange U.S. (ICE).

Marketing Leaders Unite At The New York Stock Exchange On October 2 For The 4th Annual Executive Marketing Summit Hosted By NYSE Euronext, The New York Times, Interbrand And CNBC - GE, Nissan, BlackBerry, Polo Ralph Lauren, Twitter And Others Discuss Best Practices For Building A World-Class Brand

Date 27/09/2012

On Tuesday, October 2, NYSE Euronext (NYX), in partnership with The New York Times, Interbrand and CNBC, will host the 4th annual Executive Marketing Summit at the New York Stock Exchange, coinciding with New York's Advertising Week.  The half-day conference, entitled, "Inventing the Future: The Essentials to Building a World-Class Brand," will bring together top marketing professionals with leading practitioners, representing the world's premiere brands, to examine and share best practices and marketing trends, and network. 

“Stifling Of Swaps Markets Before Dodd-Frank Rules Take Effect” - Remarks By CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia, European Federation Of Energy Traders Deutschland, Parlimentary Evening: Market Transparency And Supervision

Date 27/09/2012

Before I begin, I would like to thank Jan Haizmann for his kind introduction and for inviting me to speak at the European Federation of Energy Traders Parliamentary Evening. I am very pleased to be able to speak to a conference and share with you some of my observations regarding the U.S. efforts to regulate derivatives markets.

CME Group-MSRI Prize In Innovative Quantitative Applications Awarded To Robert Shiller - Panel Featuring Rep. Barney Frank And Keith Hennessey On The U.S. Housing And Financial Crisis

Date 27/09/2012

CME Group and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) announced today economistRobert Shiller is the 2012 recipient of the CME Group-MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications. He will be honored at an award ceremony at W Chicago-City Center on Friday, October 12, at 10:30 a.m.

Comments By European Commission Vice-President Olli Rehn On The Publication Of Spanish Structural Reform Plan

Date 27/09/2012

"The comprehensive reform plan announced today by the Spanish authorities is a major step to broaden and deepen structural reforms, building on important achievements made already. The reform plan includes concrete, ambitious and well-focused measures and establishes clear deadlines in many areas."

SEC Issues Report On Brokerage Firms' Handling Of Confidential Information

Date 27/09/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a staff report intended to help broker-dealers safeguard confidential information from misuse, such as insider trading. The report by the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) describes strengths and weaknesses identified in examinations into how broker-dealers keep material nonpublic information from being misused.