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BATS 1000 Index Down 1.9% On Week

Date 13/04/2012

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) declined 296.07 points, or 1.9%, this week to close at 15,483.30 as of 4 p.m. ET today. 

Standard & Poor's Announces Quarterly Review Of S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index And The S&P/TSX Venture Select Index

Date 13/04/2012

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the quarterly S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index and S&P/TSX Venture Select Index Reviews. 

CFTC Revokes Registration Of Robert Wayne Mansell - Chicago Board Of Trade Floor Broker Pled Guilty To Felony Charge

Date 13/04/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it filed a Notice of Intent to Revoke the Registration (Notice) of Robert Wayne Mansell, a resident of Chicago, Ill., who has been registered as a floor broker with trading privileges at the Chicago Board of Trade since 1989. The CFTC simultaneously issued an Opinion and Order (Order), settling the action and revoking Mansell’s registration.

Standard & Poor's: Ratings On The United Kingdom Affirmed At 'AAA/A-1+' - Outlook Stable

Date 13/04/2012

• In our view, the U.K. has a wealthy, open, and diversified economy, supported by effective political institutions that can react quickly to economic challenges.
• We expect economic policy to continue to focus on closing the fiscal gap, and we forecast the U.K. government's net debt burden to peak in 2014.
• The U.K. benefits from what we see as a large liquid market for government debt issuance, entirely funded in domestic currency at long maturities.
• We are therefore affirming our 'AAA/A-1+' long- and short-term unsolicited sovereign credit ratings on the U.K.
• The stable outlook reflects our current expectation that the U.K. government will implement the bulk of its fiscal consolidation program and that economic growth will not falter more than what we currently project.

SEC Shuts Down Ponzi Scheme Targeting Persian-Jewish Community In Los Angeles

Date 13/04/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today obtained an emergency court order to halt an ongoing Ponzi scheme that targeted members of the Persian-Jewish community in Los Angeles.

Kathleen Webb Named CalPERS New Chief Of Risk, Compliance And Ethics

Date 13/04/2012

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced the appointment of Kathleen K. Webb as the pension fund’s Chief Officer for Risk, Compliance and Ethics.

CBOE Holdings Announces Appointment Of Alexandra Albright As Chief Compliance Officer

Date 13/04/2012

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced that Alexandra M. Albright  has been named to the newly created role of Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for its affiliated exchanges -- the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), C2 Options Exchange (C2), CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) and CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX).  Albright, who will assume the CCO position on April 23, will report to President and COO Edward T. Tilly and to the regulatory oversight committees of the exchanges. 

Japan's Securities And Exchange Surveillance Commission: Recommendation In Relation To False Statements In Annual Securities Reports, Etc. Of Olympus Corporation

Date 13/04/2012

1  Contents of the recommendation

Pursuant to Article 20, Paragraph 1 of the Act for Establishment of the Financial Services Agency, the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission today issued a recommendation that the Prime Minister and the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency impose administrative monetary penalties against Olympus Corporation (the “Company”). This recommendation is based on the findings of an inspection, whereby the following false statements in violation of the laws were identified in the annual securities reports, etc. of the Company.

U.S. Department Of The Treasury: Remarks By Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Cyrus Amir-Mokri On “Building Americans’ Financial Capability To Support A Strong And Stable Economy” At The NYSE Financial Capability Event

Date 13/04/2012

Thanks Michelle for that introduction. I am delighted to be here on the final day of Financial Literacy week at the New York Stock Exchange.

Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At The Russell Sage Foundation And The Century Foundation Conference On "Rethinking Finance," New York, New York, April 13, 2012, Some Reflections On The Crisis And The Policy Response

Date 13/04/2012

I would like to thank the conference organizers for the opportunity to offer a few remarks on the causes of the 2007-09 financial crisis as well as on the Federal Reserve's policy response. The topic is a large one, and today I will be able only to lay out some basic themes. In doing so, I will draw from talks and testimonies that I gave during the crisis and its aftermath, particularly my testimony to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in September 2010.¹ Given the time available, I will focus narrowly on the financial crisis and the Federal Reserve's response in its capacity as liquidity provider of last resort, leaving discussions of monetary policy and the aftermath of the crisis to another occasion.