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  • Monetary Authority Of Singapore Signs MOU With The European Securities And Markets Authority (ESMA)

    Date 16/03/2012

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the supervision of credit rating agencies (CRAs). (http://www.esma.europa.eu/node/57482).

  • Japan's Financial Services Agency Publishes Newsletter No.103

    Date 16/03/2012

    In October 2005, the FSA started to issue the ''FSA Newsletter'', a translated version of the Japanese monthly public relations brochure ''ACCESS FSA''. This explains important measures and policies that the Financial Services Agency announced, clarifies laws and ordinances or financial terms and so on. The FSA hopes this will be some help for you to understand what it does.

  • Carrying Forward Rational Investment And Boosting Right Protection Awareness - Shenzhen Stock Exchange Launches 3/15 Investor Right Protection Consulting Activity Online

    Date 16/03/2012

    Following a series of activities sponsored by the SZSE, including investor protection training exchange meeting with the theme of “Transparency, Rationality and Appropriateness”, yesterday, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, along with Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. and China Securities Depositary and Clearing Corp. Shenzhen branch jointly held the 10th 3/15 investor right protection online consulting activity via the Investor Online Exchange Platform” on the SZSE official website, placing the theme on “Carrying Forward Rational Investment and Boosting Right Protection Awareness”. In the activity, the business experts from China Securities Depositary and Clearing Corp. Shenzhen branch and other senior securities lawyers made the sincere exchange and communication with many ordinary investors.

  • Remarks By U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Before The Economic Club Of New York

    Date 15/03/2012

    Good evening.  It is a pleasure to be back at the New York Economic Club, this great forum for national debate about economic policy, at a moment when we face some fundamental choices about politics and economics.

  • Availability Of Staff Analysis Of Market Data Related To Credit Default Swap Transactions

    Date 15/03/2012

    The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission today has made available publicly an analysis of market data related to credit default swap transactions. The analysis, which was conducted by the staff of the SEC’s Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation, is available for review and comment as part of the comment file for rules the SEC proposed, jointly with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to further define the terms “swap dealer," "security-based swap dealer," "major swap participant," "major security-based swap participant," and "eligible contract participant." The SEC and CFTC jointly proposed those rules in December 2010 as one part of the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act.

  • CalPERS Releases Cost Analysis Of Republican Pension Reform Proposal - Analysis Uses Senate Republican Caucus Assumptions

    Date 15/03/2012

    The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today released its cost analysis of major provisions of the pension reform proposal introduced by Senators Berryhill, Cannella, Emmerson and Harman. The proposal, Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 13 (SCA 13), contains many elements similar to Gov. Jerry Brown’s pension reform proposal.

  • Speech By SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro: - Remarks At The Society Of American Business Editors And Writers (SABEW) Annual Convention

    Date 15/03/2012

    Thank you, Peter. And thank you to SABEW for the opportunity to appear here today.

    Three years ago, when I spoke to this conference in Denver, I had just become Chairman and the financial crisis was still very fresh in the minds of all Americans. There was a broad consensus that regulators and policymakers needed to identify how the system had failed and what reforms were needed to prevent another crisis from occurring.

  • Daily Trading In C2's SPXpm Option Reaches New High On Wednesday

    Date 15/03/2012

    CBOE Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced that trading in SPXpm options at the C2 Options Exchange (C2) reached a new high of 38,225 contracts on Wednesday, March 14. Yesterday's volume more than doubled the previous high of 18,965 contracts on November 17, 2011.

  • FESE Position On The Market Abuse Review

    Date 15/03/2012

    We welcome the Commission’s proposals and fully endorse the objectives supporting the revision of the Market Abuse Directive. FESE agrees with many of the improvements proposed by the Commission. At the same time, on a number of other issues, we have significant concerns with the proposals. We have been active in analysing these proposals and strongly advocate the highest possible level of investor confidence and market integrity. In particular, policy makers must ensure that there is a level playing field for market monitoring and that the same level of protection across all trading venues.

  • Statement By U.S. Treasury Under Secretary David Cohen On Action By The EU And Swift to Terminate Service For Sanctioned Iranian Banks

    Date 15/03/2012

    Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David S. Cohen issued the following statement today:
     
    “The United States welcomes today’s action by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) to terminate services for designated Iranian banks, which we understand includes the Central Bank of Iran. We commend the EU for directing that no specialized financial messaging services can be provided by any entity in the EU for sanctioned Iranian entities and for the prompt response by the Belgian Treasury and SWIFT to the EU’s action."