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CFTC To Hold Open Meeting To Consider One Final Rule And One Proposed Rule - Revised Agenda

Date 21/02/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, February 23, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., on the following topics:

• Final Rule: Swap Dealer and Major Swap Participant Recordkeeping and Reporting, Duties, and Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap Dealer, Major Swap Participant, and Futures Commission Merchant Chief Compliance Officer; and
• Proposed Rule: Procedures to Establish Appropriate Minimum Block Sizes for Large Notional Off-Facility Swaps and Block Trades; Further Measures to Protect the Identities of Parties to Swap Transactions (Reproposal).

NIRI And Corporate Board Member Launch Investor Relations Video Webcast Series - “IR Today” Series To Address Investor Relations Role In Board/Shareholder Relationship

Date 21/02/2012

Corporate Board Member, a wholly owned subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), and the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) today announced that they will produce “IR Today,” an on-demand video webcast series designed to educate corporate officers and investor relations (IR) professionals on current responsibilities and issues that impact their relationship with the board of directors and shareholders. The program will feature interviews with corporate leaders, finance professionals, board members, and investor relations experts who will offer advice and meaningful analyses on regulatory updates, investor relations policies, proxy and annual meeting developments, corporate governance issues, and speakers and highlights from the NIRI Annual Conference.

TMX Top 20 Largest - Consolidated Short Position Report – Highlights - February 15, 2012

Date 21/02/2012

Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month. The report below covers the 2-week period ending February 15, 2012.

Chairman Of Bloomberg Opened Trading On Tel Aviv Stock Exchange This Morning

Date 21/02/2012

Peter Grauer, chairman of business information and media company, Bloomberg L.P., opened trade on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) this morning. 

Irish Stock Exchange And Malta Stock Exchange Launch The European Wholesale Securities Market

Date 21/02/2012

The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) announces a joint venture with the Malta Stock Exchange (MSE) to launch the European Wholesale Securities Market (EWSM), a new market for wholesale fixedincome debt securities. The ISE will own 80% of the new market with the MSE having a 20% shareholding.

CDCC Launches Fixed Income Central Counterparty Services - Canadian Repos Now Being Cleared

Date 21/02/2012

TMX Group Inc. today announced that the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) has launched its fixed income central counter party services and has begun to clear repurchase (repo) agreements.

FIF Capacity Statistics For January 2012

Date 21/02/2012

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that SIAC OPRA andDEUTSCHE BOERSE CEF CORE EUREX were up a record 49% to 4,557,156 mps and 22% to 64,882 mps respectively over the 1 second interval.

EDI Teams Up With Quantal To Provide Historical End-Of-Day Pricing Data

Date 21/02/2012

Exchange Data International (EDI), a well-established provider of Security Reference and Corporate Actions data, today announced its partnership with Quantal International, Inc. a leading provider of risk analytics solutions, to provide historical end-of-day pricing data and back-testing services.

IOSCO Consults On Suitability Requirements For Complex Financial Products

Date 21/02/2012

The Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) has published a consultation report – Suitability Requirements with respect to the Distribution of Complex Financial Products (Suitability Requirements) – which sets out proposed principles relating to the customer protections, including suitability and disclosure obligations, which relate to the distribution by intermediaries of complex financial products to retail and non-retail customers.

CFN Services Launches Public Cloud

Date 21/02/2012

CFN Services, a leading provider of managed automated trading enablement services, announced today that it is launching its Alpha Platform On-Demand cloud, the first, globally-distributed, high-performance public cloud for the global financial markets.