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IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Calls For Strengthening Financial System With Better Crisis Management Tools And Further Reforms

Date 09/06/2012

Managing Director Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today called for further action to reform the global financial system, by strengthening crisis management tools and the overall architecture of the system. She said that five years into the crisis, while important steps have been taken, the goal of a safer financial system is not yet secured.

IMF Says Spain’s Core Financial System s Resilient, But Important Vulnerabilities Remain

Date 09/06/2012

The core of Spain’s financial sector is well managed and appears resilient to further shocks, but important vulnerabilities remain in the system, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) review of Spain, published today.

Moody's: Developments In Spain, Greece May Prompt Euro Area Sovereign Rating Downgrades

Date 08/06/2012

Recent developments in Spain and Greece could lead to rating reviews and actions on many of the euro area countries, says Moody's Investors Service in the report "Rating Euro Area Governments Through Extraordinary Times -- Implications of Spain's bank recapitalisation needs and the rising risk of a Greek Exit".

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - Index Treatment Of A Rights Issue - Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.

Date 08/06/2012

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

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) announced a rights offering open to all shareholders on an equal-participation basis. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, will receive one transferable right for each common share held.

BATS 1000 Index Rises 3.5% This Week

Date 08/06/2012

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) advanced 501.30 points, or 3.5%, this week to close at 14,860.78 as of 4 p.m. ET today.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - 2nd Quarter, 2012, Revisions Of S&P/TSX Indices

Date 08/06/2012

S&P Canadian Index Services will make the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&P/TSX Composite Index review. These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, June 18, 2012.

CME Group Announces Record Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial Futures Trading Volume

Date 08/06/2012

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced a record in daily trading volume for its Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financial futures contract. On Thursday, June 7, Brent futures reached a record of 12,893 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 10,195 contracts set on May 4, 2012. These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of NYMEX.

KCBT Announces Changes To HRW Wheat Futures & Options Open Outcry Trading Hours

Date 08/06/2012

The Kansas City Board of Trade has filed a submission with the CFTC to extend open outcry trading hours for the KCBT’s flagship hard red winter wheat futures and options contracts.

The Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Publishes Its 2011 Report On Corporate Governance And Executive Compensation

Date 08/06/2012

The AMF has published its eighth report on corporate governance and executive compensation. The 2011report is based on a sample of 90 companies with shares listed on Euronext Paris. Some of these companies refer to the AFEP-MEDEF corporate governance code, while others refer to the Middlenext code. For the first time, the report also covers companies that do not refer to any corporate governance code.

TOM MTF Statistics Week 23 2012

Date 08/06/2012

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 23 - 2012.