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

Date 29/02/2012

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

The shareholders of Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. (TSX:QUX) have accepted the $CDN15.00 cash per share offer from KGHM Polska Miedz SA. Quadra FNX Mining will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Global Mining, Global Base Metals and Equal Weight Global Base Metals, the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight, the S&P/TSX Capped Materials and the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Indices effective after the close of Wednesday, March 7, 2012.

United States Department Of The Treasury: Preliminary Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2011

Date 29/02/2012

Preliminary data from a survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at the end of June 2011 were released today on the Treasury web site at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx.  Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the preliminary data, will be reported on April 30, 2012.  The survey was undertaken jointly by Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.  The next survey will cover holdings at the end of June 2012; preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28, 2013.   

FINRA Investor Education Foundation And United Way Worldwide Announce Over $1.3 Million In Grants To Support Grassroots Financial Education Projects

Date 29/02/2012

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation and United Way Worldwide (UWW) announced more than $1.3 million in grants to 12 recipients as part of the Financial Education in Your Community initiative.

Federal Court In Illinois Orders Australian Firm Enfinium Pty Ltd To Pay $80,000 Penalty, Cease Soliciting U.S. Customers, And Modify Website - Action Part Of CFTC’s Second Nationwide Sweep Against Foreign Currency Firms For Failure To Register Under The 2008 Farm Bill, The Dodd-Frank Act, And CFTC Regulations

Date 29/02/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court consent order against defendant Enfinium Pty Ltd (Enfinium) of Sydney, Australia, for soliciting and accepting foreign currency (forex) orders from U.S. customers without being registered with the CFTC.

“Broker-Dealer Anti-Money Laundering Compliance – Learning Lessons From The Past And Looking To The Future” By David W. Blass, Chief Counsel, Division Of Trading And Markets, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission - SIFMA Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes Conference, February 29, 2012

Date 29/02/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission, as a matter of policy, disclaims responsibility for any private publication or statement by any of its employees. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission or the staff of the Commission.

European Parliament - Financial Transaction Tax: A Better Design Is Possible

Date 29/02/2012

The proposed financial transaction tax should be better designed to capture more traders and to make evading it unprofitable, say proposals presented in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Wednesday. The proposals also say the tax should go ahead even if only some Member States opt for it.

Statement By José Manuel Durão Barroso President Of The European Commission Following His Meeting With Mr Lucas Papademos, Greek Prime Minister Press Point Brussels, 29 February 2012

Date 29/02/2012

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.

It was indeed a great pleasure to have held this important and constructive meeting with the Prime Minister and our colleagues from the Commission and the Greek government.

BME To Submit To The General Shareholders’ Meeting For Approval The Distribution Of An Extraordinary Dividend - If Approved, BME Would Distribute €1.972 Per Share, Identical To Last Year’s

Date 29/02/2012

BME will submit to the General Shareholders’ Meeting for approval the distribution of a €31 million extraordinary dividend (a gross €0.372 per share).

ESMA Publishes The Responses Received To The Consultations On Certain Aspects Of The MiFID Requirements For Suitability And Compliance

Date 29/02/2012

The responses to the consultation paper on certain aspects of the MiFID requirements for suitability are available here.

BME’s Net Profit In 2011Reached €155.1 Million, Up 0.6% From 2010

Date 29/02/2012

Stripping out extraordinary items, BME’s net profit was 3.3% higher than in 2010

• Operating costs in 2011 fell by 4.7% and EBITDA remained flat
• In 2011 revenue totalled €321.4 million, down 1.5% on 2010
• The efficiency ratio (30.6%) is around 14 points above the sector average
• Return on equity (ROE) was 35.1%, 17 points above the sector average
• Net profit totalled €36.7 million in 4Q2011, 2.3% lower than in the same period in 2010