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CME Group Names Julien Le Noble As Head Of Its Asia Pacific Office

Date 01/07/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has named Julien Le Noble as head of its Asia Pacific office.  Le Noble, 39, will be based in Singapore and will be responsible for leading CME Group's efforts to develop benchmark products and services to meet the needs of its current and prospective clients in the region.  He will join CME Group on August 1, 2011 and will report to Bryan Durkin, CME Group Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Products & Services.

Draft Staff No-Action Letter Regarding The Application Of Certain CEA Provisions After July 16, 2011 Available On CFTC Website

Date 01/07/2011

A staff working draft of a “no-action” letter that could supplement exemptive relief recently proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is available on CFTC.gov. The proposed exemptive relief (76 FR 35372) and staff draft no-action letter, taken together, would provide greater clarity during the transition to the new regulatory framework for swaps in light of the general effective date in Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act of July 16, 2011.

ETF Licensing, Innovative Index Launches, Dow Anniversary Cap Memorable First Half Of 2011 For Dow Jones Indexes

Date 01/07/2011

The late-June licensing of eight indexes from the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titans Indexes series capped an impressive first half of 2011 for Dow Jones Indexes, which also launched a host of innovative indexes and commemorated the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s 115^th anniversary.

CFTC To Hold Open Meeting On Five Final Rule Proposals Under The Dodd-Frank Act

Date 01/07/2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, July 7, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. to consider five final rules under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act .

SEC Announces Agenda And Panelists For Roundtable On International Financial Reporting Standards

Date 30/06/2011

The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the panelists and final agenda for the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Roundtable to be held July 7.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 30/06/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, June 30, 2011:

• Bri-Chem Corp. (TSXVN:BRY) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.

NYSE Announces Third-Quarter 2011 Circuit-Breaker Levels

Date 30/06/2011

The New York Stock Exchange will implement new circuit-breaker collar trigger levels for third-quarter 2011 effective Friday, July 1, 2011.

TMX/LSE Withdraw Application Related To Proposed Merger

Date 30/06/2011

On June 29, 2011, the TMX Group Inc. and London Stock Exchange Group plc withdrew their applications to the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) and the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) to amend the TSX-Venture Exchange's recognition orders in B.C. and Alberta. 

NYSE Euronext Leads IPO Markets Globally In First Half Of 2011- NYSE Leads U.S. IPO Market By Capital Raised And By Number Of Transactions - NYSE Leads World In Listing Technology And PE-Backed IPOs - Chinese IPOs Build On Last Year’s Strong Activity - European Market Increases Small And Medium Enterprises (SME) Listings

Date 30/06/2011

NYSE Euronext (NYX) led the global market for listing Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in the first half of 2011 with $25.40 billion in total capital raised on its European and U.S. markets, more than any exchange group in the world.  During the most recent quarter, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) led the U.S. IPO market, with 35 IPOs raising $10.63 billion, or 73% of total proceeds raised from IPOs in the U.S.  Furthermore, this added to NYSE’s recent gains in listing of technology and VC-backed IPOs as well as private equity funds and enterprises from Argentina, Canada, China, France, Greece, Korea and Netherlands, underscoring the NYSE as the leading listing venue for global IPOs.

CFTC Charges Two Air Traffic Controllers And Commodity Trader Michael Gomez With Fraud And Misappropriation In $1.4 Million Dollar Off-Exchange Foreign Currency Scheme - Court Issues Restraining Order Freezing Gomez’s Assets And Preserving Books And Records

Date 30/06/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of charges against two air traffic controllers, Louis J. Giddens, Jr. of Fayetteville, Ga., and Anthony W. Duttonof Peachtree City, Ga., as well as commodity trader Michael Gomez of Valrico, Fla., for operating a fraudulent off-exchange foreign currency (forex) scheme in which they solicited and accepted approximately $1.4 million from the general public.