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Statement By IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde At The Conclusion Of Her Visit To Brazil

Date 01/12/2011

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement today in Brasilia:

“It is a great pleasure to be in Brazil for my first visit as Managing Director of the IMF. I had the privilege to meet President Dilma Rousseff, and had very productive meetings with Finance Minister Guido Mantega and Central Bank President Alexandre Tombini.

SEC, U.S. Attorney And FBI Announce 13 Charged In Connection With Securities Kickback Schemes - SEC Suspends Trading In Seven Companies

Date 01/12/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced parallel cases filed in federal court against several corporate officers, lawyers and a stock promoter alleging they used kickbacks and other schemes to trigger investments in various thinly-traded stocks.

Program Trading Averaged 33.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 21-25

Date 01/12/2011

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE's orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Nov. 21-25.

BM&FBOVESPA Considers That Government Hit Target When exempting foreign investors from paying IOF on shares

Date 01/12/2011

BM&FBOVESPA considers the measure that the Brazilian government announced today as bang on target, demonstrating an understanding that the Brazilian market is going through a moment of great opportunities and also constitutes a fundamental instrument for companies’ growth and the development of the country.

OCC Year-To-Date Cleared Contract Volume Up 19% Passing 4 Billion Contracts In November

Date 01/12/2011

OCC announced today that year-to-date cleared contract volume is up 19 percent with 4,278,547,237 contracts, passing 4 billion contracts for the first time ever in November. OCC cleared contract volume in November reached 346,584,214 contracts, a 2 percent decrease from the November 2010 volume of 354,897,569 contracts. OCC's year-to-date average daily contract volume stands at 18,521,850 contracts, nearly 3 million contracts higher than the average daily volume of 2010.

Remarks By U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner "The Macroprudential Toolkit: Measurement And Analysis" Conference

Date 01/12/2011

Welcome to all of you and thanks for being part of this conference on how to reduce the risk of future financial crises.

OIC Announces November Options Trading Volume Off 2% While Year-To-Date Volume Is Up 19%

Date 01/12/2011

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that total options trading volume for November was 344,377,310 contracts, 2.18 percent less than the November 2010 volume of 352,045,303 contracts.

Financial Stability Report Press Conference, Thursday 1 December 2011, Opening Remarks By The Governor

Date 01/12/2011

Faced with a crisis of the euro-area system, we are seeing at first hand the costs of financial instability.   

ISDA Publishes The Recommendation For FpML Version 5.2

Date 01/12/2011

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the publication of the Recommendation for FpML version 5.2. One of the main features is the added support for clearing messages. In addition to the 5.2 publication, the Recommendation for version 5.1 is republished to include comments received after the publication of the 5.1 Recommendation. Financial products Markup Language (FpML) is the industry data standard for OTC derivatives. A Recommendation is the final step in the development process of a version.

NASDAQ OMX Commodities: New Monthly Record For Carbon Futures In November

Date 01/12/2011

Trading and clearing of carbon futures amounted to 9,852 contracts (9,852,000 tons) in November 2011. This is the highest monthly volume ever traded and cleared on NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe’s carbon futures market in the course of one month.