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OneChicago Holiday Trading Hours - Good Friday 2012

Date 27/03/2012

OneChicago (OCX) will be closed on Friday, April 6, 2012 in observance of the upcoming Holiday, Good Friday, which is consistent with U.S. equity markets. OneChicago will be open on Monday, April 9, 2012.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 27/03/2012

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

On March 26, 2012, the shareholders of Lakeside Steel Inc. (TSXVN:LS) approved the Plan of Arrangement whereby the company will be acquired by JMC Steel Group, Inc. for $C0.2983 cash per share. Lakeside Steel will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index effective after the close on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.

DTCC Successfully Completes Greek CDS Restructuring Credit Event Processing

Date 27/03/2012

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that payments on sovereign credit default swaps contracts related to Greece were successfully completed. 

Economy: Bigger Euro Bailout Fund Needed To Create Space To Boost Growth, OECD Says

Date 27/03/2012

Euro area finance ministers meeting this week need to boost the firepower of the European stability funds to at least one trillion euros, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said today.

Autorité Des Marchés Financiers: Publication Of A Single Document Combining AMF Recommendations And Areas For Consideration In Relation To Corporate Governance And Executive Compensation In Companies Referring To The AFEP/MEDEF Code

Date 27/03/2012

To facilitate the application of recommendations and areas for consideration put forward by the AMF in relation to corporate governance and executive compensation in companies referring to the AFEP/MEDEF code, these have been combined and summarised in a single document entitled “AMF recommendation no. 2012-02”.

United States Promotes Market-Determined Exchange Rates At World Trade Organization Forum

Date 27/03/2012

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Michael Punke and Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Monetary and Financial Policy Mark Sobel today began a two-day series of meetings at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) seminar on the relationship between exchange rates and trade, where they will advocate for market-determined exchange rates as a foundation of an open global trading system.

CFTC: Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited’s Euro Stoxx 50 Index Futures Contract Has Been Certified And May Be Offered To U.S. Persons Through Direct Access Effective March 23, 2012

Date 27/03/2012

On February 6, 2012, Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX) requested expedited Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) review of the SGX’s Euro Stoxx 50 Index futures contract so that it may be offered to U.S. persons.  SGX also requested that the contract may be made available through direct access terminals in the United States.

ESMA Announces Vacancies For Two Legal Officers

Date 27/03/2012

The deadline for both posts is 24 April 2012. 

Borsa Italiana: Italian Government Bond ‘BTP Italia’ Raises €7.29 Billion On MOT - Yearly Coupon Rate Of 2.45% - New Bond Specifically Designed For Private Investors - Continuous Trading Begins On Monday 26 March

Date 27/03/2012

BTP Italia, a new government bond designed by the Italian Treasury for private investors, today ended its offer period on MOT, Borsa Italiana’s retail bond market. During the four day offer period, the bond raised €7.29 billion, with 133,479 contracts in total.

ESMA: Publication Of The Responses Received To The Consultation On Key Concepts Of The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive And Types Of AIFM

Date 27/03/2012

To view the responses, please click here.