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TD Unveils Enhanced Retail Derivatives Service

Date 17/05/2011

TD Waterhouse, the UK’s leading execution only broker, has enhanced its Contracts for Difference (CFD) and Financial Spread Betting (FSB) services to cater to the different and specific needs of these sophisticated traders.

Osaka Securities Exchange To Begin Publishing "Indicative Net Asset Value" And "Portfolio Composition File" For ETFs

Date 17/05/2011

OSE will begin publishing Indicative Net Asset Value(Indicative NAV) and Portfolio Composition File(PCF) per ETF for improve ETF investor convenience by August 2011.

Shanghai Stock Exchange's Vice President Xu Ming: Quicken Definition of Legal Status of Private Equity

Date 17/05/2011

Private equity asks for timely definition of legal status and proper supervision, Vice President Xu Ming of the Shanghai Stock Exchange said on May 13 at the "2011 Forum on Equity Investment in China" hosted by Shanghai Securities News.

CalPERS Will Divest Of Stocks In Companies Doing Business In Iran, Sudan

Date 16/05/2011

Responding to the impact of federal and international sanctions, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today adopted a plan to divest shares of the remaining public companies operating in specific segments of the Iran and Sudan economies. New investments in these companies would be blocked as well.

Statement By IMF Spokesperson On Informal Executive Board Meeting On Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Date 16/05/2011

Ms. Caroline Atkinson, Director of the External Relations Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today:

“The Executive Board convened this afternoon in informal session to receive a verbal report from senior Fund officials, including Mr. John Lipsky, Acting Managing Director, and Mr. Sean Hagan, the Fund’s General Counsel, on developments related to Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

CFTC Charges Puerto Rico Resident Angel F. Collazo And ACJ Capital, Inc. With Solicitation Fraud And Issuing False Statements iI Off-Exchange Leveraged Foreign Currency Scheme - Federal Court Issues Order Freezing Defendants’ Assets And Protecting Books And Records

Date 16/05/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it filed a complaint charging Angel Fernando Collazo of Salinas, Puerto Rico, and his company, ACJ Capital, Inc.(ACJ), with fraudulently soliciting at least $1.7 million from at least 18 individuals to trade off-exchange leveraged foreign currency (forex) contracts and issuing false statements to conceal trading losses.

MIG Report For April 2011 From TMX Group

Date 16/05/2011

The Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange MiG Report for April 2011 is now available.  The MiG report is a free monthly publication brought to you by the Market Intelligence Group (MiG) at Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange.

Vegasoul Capital Management (Asia) Limited Selects QuantHouse Next Generation Trading Solutions For Global Trading

Date 16/05/2011

QuantHouse, the leading independent provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions announced today that Vegasoul Capital Management (Asia) Limited has selected its QuantFEED and QuantLINK end-to-end ultra low latency solutions to facilitate its global trading.

CFTC’s Agricultural Advisory Committee To Meet May 19, 2011 - Committee To Discuss Issues Concerning The Dodd-Frank Act Including Proposed Rules On Position Limits, Hedge Exemptions, The Swap Dealer Definition, The End User Exception And Margin Requirements For Uncleared Swaps

Date 16/05/2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will convene a meeting of its Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) on Thursday, May 19, 2011, to obtain the views of agricultural futures market experts, national farm organizations, major commodity and agribusiness groups and the farm banking community. The major topics for discussion will be issues related to the Dodd-Frank Act, including position limits, hedge exemptions, the swap dealer definition, the end user exception and margin requirements for uncleared swaps. The AAC also will receive a presentation on recent activities in the major agricultural markets.

Hellenic Exchanges S.A. - Helex Q1 2011 Financial Results - EUR9.2m Net After Tax Profits

Date 16/05/2011

The consolidated net after tax profits of HELEX in the first quarter of 2011 amounted to EUR9.2m compared to EUR9.8m in the corresponding period last year, reduced by only 6%, despite a 37% drop in the trading activity.