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Fee Rate Advisory #7 For Fiscal Year 2013

Date 31/08/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that in fiscal year 2013 the fees that public companies and other issuers pay to register their securities with the Commission will be set at $136.40 per million dollars.
ISE Weekly Listings August 31, 2012

Date 31/08/2012

The International Securities Exchange listed new options classes during the week beginning August 27, 2012 as described below.
Federal Court In California Orders Charles Steven Goodie And His Business, CSG Commodity Service Group, To Pay Nearly $1.2 Million To Settle CFTC Commodity Pool Fraud Action - In Related Criminal Action, Goodie Pled Guilty To One Count Of Wire Fraud, And Will Be Sentenced On November 5, 2012

Date 31/08/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that on August 23, 2012, Judge William Q. Hayes of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California entered a consent order imposing a $700,000 civil monetary penalty against defendants Charles Steven Goodie of San Diego, Calif., and his California-based business CSG Commodity Service Group (CSG). The consent order imposes a permanent injunction against the defendants finding that they violated the anti-fraud provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, as charged. In addition to the permanent injunction, the consent order imposes permanent trading and registration bans against the defendants and orders the defendants to pay restitution of $494,633.
STOXX Changes Composition Of Blue-Chip Indices - Regular Annual Review To Be Effective On September 24, 2012

Date 31/08/2012

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, tradable and global index concepts, today announced the results of the regular annual review of the STOXX Blue-Chip Indices, among them the STOXX Europe 50, EURO STOXX 50, STOXX Nordic 30 and STOXX EU Enlarged 15 indices; as well as the results of the second semi-annual review of the STOXX Eastern Europe 50 Index. All changes will be effective with the open of European markets on September 24, 2012.
"Magic Words" - Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton On The Need For Additional Consumer And Customer Protections

Date 31/08/2012

Last November, in the wake of MF Global, I suggested that firms entrusted with customer funds be subjected to regular and robust deep data dives. I said that we needed to ensure the money was there all of the time and not just take folks' word for it. With the collapse of Peregrine Financial Group, it has become even more apparent that such customer protections are needed.

Direct Edge To Relocate Disaster Recovery Facilities To Equinix CH4 Data Center In Chicago

Date 31/08/2012

Direct Edge® will relocate its back-up Disaster Recovery Facilities from Clifton, NJ to Chicago, IL for both EDGA Exchange (EDGA®) and EDGX Exchange (EDGX®). The build out is expected to be completed and operational in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Federal Court In Texas Orders Christopher B. Cornett To Pay Over $17 Million In Sanctions In Foreign Currency Fraud Action

Date 31/08/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained a federal court order of default judgment and permanent injunction requiring defendant Christopher B. Cornett of Buda, Texas, to pay $10.16 million in restitution and a $6.78 million civil monetary penalty in connection with a foreign currency (forex) pooled investment fraud. The order, entered on August 24, 2012, by Judge Lee Yeakel of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, also imposes permanent trading and registration bans against Cornett and permanently prohibits him from further violations of federal commodities law, as charged.
TOM MTF Statistics Week 35

Date 31/08/2012

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 35 - 2012.
SEC Issues Risk Alert On "Pay-To-Play" Prohibitions Under MSRB Rules

Date 31/08/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an alert to strengthen compliance with a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board rule that limits political contributions by municipal securities professionals to campaigns of public officials of issuers with whom they are doing or seek to do business.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At The Federal Reserve Bank Of Kansas City Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 31, 2012 - Monetary Policy Since The Onset Of The Crisis

Date 31/08/2012

When we convened in Jackson Hole in August 2007, the Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) target for the federal funds rate was 5-1/4 percent. Sixteen months later, with the financial crisis in full swing, the FOMC had lowered the target for the federal funds rate to nearly zero, thereby entering the unfamiliar territory of having to conduct monetary policy with the policy interest rate at its effective lower bound. The unusual severity of the recession and ongoing strains in financial markets made the challenges facing monetary policymakers all the greater.