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Italy To Ban Short-Selling? Sungard Comment

Date 26/02/2013

Commenting on reports that the Italian stock market regulator could impose a ban on short-selling to calm market volatility, David Lewis, EMEA Head of SunGard Astec Analytics said:

“Short selling does not increase volatility in markets and banning it can actually increase it.

SEC Charges Connecticut-Based Hedge Fund Managers With Fraud

Date 26/02/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a pair of hedge fund managers and their Connecticut-based advisory firm New Stream Capital with lying to investors about their fund’s structure and financial condition before it failed during the financial crisis.

CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler’s Opening Remarks At Roundtable On Financial Market Benchmarks

Date 26/02/2013

Good afternoon, I want to welcome all of you to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for today’s roundtable. This is the 23rd roundtable that we’ve had at the CFTC in the last couple years. This one is a little different. Most of our roundtables have been focused on Dodd-Frank swaps market reform. Today’s roundtable is about the integrity of financial market benchmarks.

SEC To Host Credit Ratings Roundtable

Date 26/02/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it will hold a Credit Ratings Roundtable on May 14 in response to a recent staff report on credit ratings and related matters.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Before The International Roundtable On Financial Benchmarks, Washington, DC

Date 26/02/2013

I’m pleased we are discussing the critically important topic of benchmarks. We’ve witnessed blatant and brazen monkeying with the marks. The LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate), for instance, impacts virtually anything consumers purchase on credit from a car to a home mortgage to a student loan. When marks are manipulated, it affects us all.

CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler To Testify Before The U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition And Forestry

Date 26/02/2013

The Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Wishes To Reiterate To Issuers Their Obligation To Provide Information When Issuing Equity Securities Or Securities Giving Access To Capital Of The Issuer Without A Prospectus

Date 26/02/2013

In position 2013-03, the AMF specifies the information to be given to the market when issuing equity securities or giving access to capital when a prospectus is not published.

Global Reporting Initiative Launches Focal Point For A More Sustainable Africa

Date 26/02/2013

The Global Reporting Initiative will officially launch its Focal Point South Africa at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange next week, with a mission to make sustainability reporting standard practice for companies and organizations in South Africa and the wider region.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 26/02/2013

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 1 March 2013, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

VIX Futures Set New Single-Day Volume Record Yesterday: 302,278 Contracts

Date 26/02/2013

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) announced yesterday that CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® index) futures set an all-time single-day volume record of 302,278 contracts (estimated).