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U.S. Treasury, United Kingdom Sign Bilateral Agreement To Improve Tax Compliance, Combat Offshore Tax Evasion And Implement FATCA

Date 14/09/2012

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today that it has signed a bilateral agreement with the United Kingdom to implement the information reporting and withholding tax provisions commonly known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). Enacted by Congress in 2010, these provisions target non-compliance by U.S. taxpayers using foreign accounts. The bilateral agreement signed this week is based on the model published in July of this year and developed in consultation with France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom and marks an important step in establishing a common approach to combatting tax evasion based on the automatic exchange of information. 

SEC Charges New York Stock Exchange for Improper Distribution Of Market Data - NYSE Agrees To Settle Charges By Paying First-Ever SEC Financial Penalty Against An Exchange

Date 14/09/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today brought first-of-its-kind charges against the New York Stock Exchange for compliance failures that gave certain customers an improper head start on trading information.

NYSE Euronext Statement Regarding Settlement Agreement With Securities And Exchange Commission

Date 14/09/2012

NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating primarily to alleged violations by New York Stock Exchange LLC of Rule 603(a) of Regulation NMS, a rule governing the timing of delivery of certain exchange market data. The SEC also alleged that NYSE failed to retain certain computer files in violation of SEC record-keeping requirements. NYSE Euronext entered into the settlement without admitting or denying the SEC’s allegations. In accordance with the settlement, NYSE Euronext has agreed to pay a $5 million fine, to retain an independent consultant to evaluate NYSE Euronext’s U.S. exchanges’ current Rule 603(a) compliance systems, and to implement the consultant’s recommended improvements.

Press Conference By Tadahiro Matsushita, Japan's Minister For Financial Services - Competitiveness Of Japanese Exchanges - Insider Trading

Date 14/09/2012

[Opening Remarks by Minister Matsushita]

As the minister for financial services, I will make a statement on the budget request for the next fiscal year 2013, and the request related to tax reform, so I will appreciate your attention.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. Set To Join The Dow Jones Industrial Average

Date 14/09/2012

UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH) will replace Kraft Foods Inc. (NASD:KFT) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) after the close of trading on Friday, September 21, and the change will be effective with the opening of trading on Monday, September 24. The index change was prompted by Kraft Foods’ plan to spin-off its North American grocery business, to be named Kraft Foods Group, Inc. on Oct. 1, 2012. Following the spin-off, Kraft Foods Inc. will be renamed Mondelez International, Inc. The Dow Jones Averages Index Committee believes that Mondelez’s reduced market capitalization and projected lower percentage of revenue generated from the U.S. makes the company less representative of the U.S. Large Cap market space.

NYSE Euronext Announces Tender Offers For Any And All Of Its US$750,000,000 4.80% Notes Due 2013 And Up To €250,000,000 Of Its 5.375% Notes Due 2015

Date 14/09/2012

NYSE Euronext (NYX) (the "Company") today announced cash tender  offers (the "Offers") to purchase any and all of its outstanding  US$750,000,000 4.80% Notes due 2013 (the "US Tender  Offer") and up to €250,000,000 (subject to increase or decrease, the  "Euro Tender Cap") of its outstanding €1,000,000,000 5.375% Notes due  2015 (the "Euro Tender Offer"). The US Tender Offer is being made in  accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in an Offer to Purchase dated  September 14, 2012 (the "Offer to Purchase") and related  Letter of Transmittal (collectively, the "US Offer Documents"). The Euro  Tender Offer is being made in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth  in a Tender Offer Memorandum dated September 14, 2012 (the  "Tender Offer Memorandum" and, together with the US Offer Documents, the  "Offer Documents").

IOSCO Creates Board Level Task Force On Financial Market Benchmarks

Date 14/09/2012

In light of the significant issues raised by investigations into attempted manipulation of benchmarks and related enforcement actions, in particular the recent incidents involving LIBOR, EURIBOR and TIBOR, the International Organization of Securities Commissions has constituted a Board Level Task Force on Financial Market Benchmarks to identify relevant benchmark-related policy issues and develop global policy guidance and principles for benchmark-related activities of particular relevance to market regulators.

TAIFEX Monthly Newsletter- September 2012

Date 14/09/2012

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“Twists and Turns in Tradium” - Keynote Address Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Before The Joint Annual Meeting Of The Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association And Education Foundation Oil Heat Institute, Inc. Of Rhode Island, Mashantucket, CT

Date 14/09/2012

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TOM Insight August 2012

Date 14/09/2012

Click here to download TOM’s August‘ 12 Insight, a document describing matching statistics on TOM MTF and savings made for the retail client by TOM Smart Execution.