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BM&FBOVESPA And BSM Choose NASDAQ OMX's SMARTS Integrity To Enhance Market Surveillance Operation - Exchange Groups Partner To Bring Greater Transparency To Brazilian Marketplace In Equities, Commodities And Bonds

Date 15/09/2011

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), BM&FBOVESPA, the largest stock exchange in Latin America, and Bovespa Market Supervision (BSM), the Brazilian self-regulatory organization in charge of inspecting and supervising the transactions and the persons authorized to trade, today announced that they will use NASDAQ OMX's SMARTS Integrity market surveillance platform to monitor trading across their equities and commodities platforms.

UK’s Financial Services Authority Fines Rockingham Independent Limited £35,000 And Bans Two Directors And An Adviser From Selling Complicated Investments

Date 15/09/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Peterborough based firm Rockingham Independent Limited (Rockingham) £35,000 and imposed partial prohibitions on its directors Stephen Hunt and Jonathan Edwards and adviser Gary Forster.

HKEx: Forfeiture Of Unclaimed Interim Dividend For 2005

Date 15/09/2011

Pursuant to the Articles of Association of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), the unclaimed interim dividend for 2005 is forfeited and reverts to the company.

RTS Indices Weekly Review

Date 15/09/2011

IOSCO Announces Commodity Derivatives Markets Supervisory Principles

Date 15/09/2011

The Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has today published its report on Principles for the Regulation and Supervision of Commodity Derivatives Markets.  The Report, prepared by the Task Force on Commodity Futures Markets, addresses the G20’s November 2010 request for further work on regulation and supervision of physical commodity derivatives markets.

ECB Announces Additional US dollar Liquidity-Providing Operations Over Year-End

Date 15/09/2011

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided, in coordination with the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank, to conduct three US dollar liquidity-providing operations with a maturity of approximately three months covering the end of the year. These operations will be conducted in addition to the ongoing weekly seven-day operations announced on 10 May 2010.

On September 15, 2011 On The Expiration Day Of The Front Month Option Contracts The Evening Trading Session Starts At 7.10 PM MSK

Date 15/09/2011

Please be advised that in accordance with the resolution of the RTS’s Board of Directors that was passed in compliance with the Derivatives Rules of RTS, Clause 6.2 the evening trading session on FORTS will start 10 minutes later today, i.e. at 7:10 pm MSK, as today is the expiration day of the front month option contracts.

Eurosif Announces New Executive Director And New Head Of Research

Date 15/09/2011

Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum, announces today the appointment of François Passant as the new Executive Director and Anders Nordheim as the new Head of Research.

IOSCO Announces Commodity Derivatives Markets Supervisory Principles

Date 15/09/2011

The Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has today published its report on Principles for the Regulation and Supervision of Commodity Derivatives Markets.  The Report, prepared by the Task Force on Commodity Futures Markets, addresses the G20’s November 2010 request for further work on regulation and supervision of physical commodity derivatives markets.

UBS Has Discovered Loss Due To Unauthorized Trading By Trader In Its Investment Bank

Date 15/09/2011