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ASX Group Monthly Activity Report – January 2011

Date 04/02/2011

This is a shortened version of ASX’s normal Monthly Activity Report. Half-year results for the six-month period ended 31 December 2010 will be released on 17 February 2011. Click here to download the monthly report.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Comments On Website Using Similar Name

Date 04/02/2011

The Exchange wishes to specify that it is in no way related to the following website using a similar name: "Tokyo Commodity Exchange" (http://tokyocomex.com/ )

ASX Compliance Monthly Activity Report – January 2011

Date 04/02/2011

Click here to download the ASX compliance monthly activity report for January 2011.

SIFMA Recommends Full Market Close On February 11 For Trading Of US Dollar- Denominated Fixed-Income Securities In Japan in Observance Of The National Foundation Day Holiday

Date 03/02/2011

SIFMA has confirmed its previous recommendation for a full market close on Friday, February 11 for the trading of US dollar-denominated fixed-income securities in Japan in observance of the National Foundation Day Holiday.

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

Date 03/02/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, February 3, 2011: 

• Eurogas Corporation (TSXVN:EUG) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the same ticker symbol.

CalPERS Seeks Majority Vote For Apple Director Elections

Date 03/02/2011

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is seeking shareowner support for its proposal to have unopposed board candidates of Apple Inc. elected by majority vote.

Retail Customer Focus Pays Off For BOX

Date 03/02/2011

The BOX Options Exchange announced today impressive progress as a result of its commitment to finding better value for its customers. In the month of January, price improved contracts increased to an average of 386,124 per day, easily breaking the previous all-time high set last November of 270,155.

TSX Block List Leaders - January 2011

Date 03/02/2011

Block Trade Summaries

TSX Block List Leaders^TM

Block trades are large trades with a volume of 10,000 shares or more and a value of $100,000 or more. The TSX Block List Leaders lists shows the top ten brokers chosen by their customers to execute these significant block trades on Toronto Stock Exchange. The leaders are measured by volume and value of blocks traded.

CFTC Sanctions New York Resident James M. Peister And His Company, Northstar International Group, Inc., More Than $11 Million To Settle CFTC Anti-Fraud Action

Date 03/02/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed and simultaneously settled charges that James M. Peister and his company, Northstar International Group, Inc. (Northstar), defrauded commodity pool participants by concealing trading losses and using participants’ funds to make payments to other participants and for business and personal expenses. Peister resides in St. James, N.Y., and Northstar is located in Oceanside, N.Y.

SEC Charges TD Ameritrade For Failing To Supervise Its Representatives Who Sold Shares Of The Reserve Yield Plus Fund

Date 03/02/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged TD Ameritrade Inc. for failing to reasonably supervise its registered representatives, some of whom misled customers when selling shares of the Reserve Yield Plus Fund, a mutual fund that "broke the buck" in September 2008.