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Speech By SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro: Opening Statement At SEC Open Meeting

Date 29/06/2011

Good morning. This is an Open Meeting of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2011.

Constituent Assembly Of greenmarket Exchange Council - New Commodity Exchange Founded By The Bavarian Stock Exchange

Date 29/06/2011

The official foundation of greenmarket Commodity Exchange took place on 25 Mai 2011 with the constituent assembly of its Exchange Council. "Munich Stock Exchange, with over 180 years of history, has now added a commodity exchange - an auspicious event for the city as a stock exchange location", stated Dr. Christine Bortenlänger, Member of the Managing Board of Bayerische Börse AG. "This new commodity exchange will enable us to send a clear signal in spot and futures trading, and transform Munich into a major centre for secure carbon emissions trading", explained Dr. Robert Ertl, one of greenmarket's Managing Directors. Herbert Schuster, the newly appointed Chairman of the Exchange Council and also Director of mwb fairtrade Wertpapierhandelsbank AG, said, "In my view, the setup of greenmarket Exchange will guarantee a significant role for the institution."

FFastFill plc And WTD Consulting, Inc Partner To Deliver OTC US Back-Office Clearing Platform

Date 29/06/2011

FFastFill plc (AIM: FFA), the leading provider of Software as a Service (“SaaS”) to the global derivatives community, and WTD Consulting, Inc. a Chicago-based technology consulting and software solutions firm, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver FFastFill’s Eclipse post-trade-processing platform for OTC instruments to the US market.

Massimo Tononi Appointed Chairman Of Borsa Italiana

Date 29/06/2011

The Shareholder Meeting and the Boards of Directors of Borsa Italiana were held yesterday.

The Shareholder Meeting of Borsa Italiana has appointed the new Board of Directors for the period 2011-2014 which is composed of Nicolas Bertrand, Gian Luca Bolengo, Janet Cohen, Alessandro Decio, Alessandro Di Michele, Carmine Di Noia, Raffaele Jerusalmi, Marina Forquet Famiglietti, Massimo Mocio, Pietro Sella, Antoine Shagoury, Massimo Tononi.

RTS And MICEX Sign An Agreement To Merge

Date 29/06/2011

The MICEX and the RTS have announced the signing of a framework agreement to merge their businesses. The agreement determines the procedures for forming a single exchange holding. The signing of the agreement marks a new stage of the development of the Russian stock market infrastructure which implies the creation of an international leader prepared to compete with the world's largest financial centers by the scale of the exchange and post-trading business, technological content, command expertise, standards and quality of service.

UK's Financial Services Authority Continues Its Crackdown On Land Banking With Another High Court Decision Protecting Consumers

Date 29/06/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) yesterday secured summary judgment^* in the High Court against Stephen Watkins, who traded as Consolidated Land UK.

Qualicorp IPO On Novo Mercado - Shares Will Be Traded Under The Ticker Symbol QUAL3

Date 29/06/2011

Shares will begin to be traded in the Qualicorp as of Wednesday (June 29) on BM&FBOVESPA, under the QUAL3 ticker symbol. The shares will be traded on the Novo Mercado.

Clearstream To Enhance Proxy Voting Services With ISS - Agreement With Leading Provider Of End-To-End Corporate Governance Solutions Signed - Facilitating Active Ownership To Meet Corporate Governance Guidelines - Service To Be In Place In Advance Of The 2012 Proxy Voting Season

Date 29/06/2011

Clearstream, the post-trade services provider of Deutsche Börse Group, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a leading provider of end-to-end corporate governance solutions. Clearstream will employ the ISS infrastructure to enhance its proxy voting service for all eligible instruments and Clearstream proxy voting markets, for both its business as International Central Securities Depository (ICSD) and as Central Securities Depository (CSD) for Germany. The new service will be in place in February 2012, in time for next year’s proxy voting season.

MICEX And RTS Stock Exchange Signed Merger Agreement

Date 29/06/2011

CJSC ‘MICEX’ and OJSC RTS announced a framework agreement to combine the exchange groups which provides an order and procedures for establishing a joint exchange holding. Signing the agreement represents a new stage in developing a Russian and international exchange infrastructure related to the future creation of the Russian national exchange leader which will be  competitive with the largest global financial centers in terms of exchange and post-trading business scale, technical facilities, management experience, service standards and quality. 

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 29/06/2011

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 4 July 2011, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.