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New York Attorney General Cuomo Sues Ernst & Young For Assisting Lehman Brothers In Financial Fraud - Ernst & Young Gave Clean Audit Opinions As Auditor Of Lehman Brothers Despite Knowing That Lehman Fraudulently Concealed “Repo 105” Transactions

Date 21/12/2010

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today filed a Martin Act lawsuit against Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”), charging the accounting firm with helping Lehman Brothers Holding, Inc. (“Lehman”) engage in an accounting fraud involving the surreptitious removal of tens of billions of dollars of fixed income securities from Lehman’s balance sheet in order to deceive the public about Lehman’s true liquidity condition.
SEC Charges San Francisco Managers Of Subprime Loan Hedge Fund With Fraudulent Misuse Of Fund Assets

Date 21/12/2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two San Francisco-based investment adviser firms along with their former CEO, former general counsel, and former portfolio manager with defrauding investors in a $100 million hedge fund that invested in subprime automobile loans.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange To Establish Backup Center Within Osaka Securities Exchange's Emergency Backup Facility

Date 21/12/2010

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc. (“TOCOM” hereafter) and Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (‘OSE” hereafter) announced today that the two Exchanges agreed to TOCOM’s use of a part of the backup facility which OSE has established for its next generation derivatives trading system named J-GATE in case of emergencies.
Dow Jones Indexes To Introduce A New Country Classification System

Date 21/12/2010

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, announced today a new country classification system that will apply to all countries covered in its major index families. The implementation of the new system will begin in March of 2011.
FOMC statement: Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank Of Japan, Bank Of Canada, Bank Of England, And Swiss National Bank Announce Extension Of Temporary U.S. Dollar Liquidity Swap Facilities

Date 21/12/2010

The Federal Open Market Committee has authorized an extension through August 1, 2011, of its temporary U.S. dollar liquidity swap arrangements with the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the Swiss National Bank. The swap arrangements, established in May 2010, had been authorized through January 2011.

Brady Deal Goes Ahead For Largest European Commodities Software Provider

Date 21/12/2010

Brady plc (BRY.L), the leading supplier of trading and risk management solutions for metals and commodities, confirmed that the recently announced share placing was ratified by shareholders at a General Meeting held in London on 21 December, allowing the acquisition of Viz Risk Management (”Viz”) to proceed. As well as making Brady the largest European based provider of trading and risk solutions to the global commodity markets, the enlarged company also becomes the major provider of risk man
Tullett Prebon Joins ICE eConfirm Broker Matching Service

Date 21/12/2010

Tullett Prebon, a leading intermediary in global wholesale markets, and IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced that Tullett Prebon has joined the ICE eConfirm Broker Matching Service.
Thai Bourse & Thaipat Institute To Start Phase 3 Promoting Social Responsibility

Date 21/12/2010

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)’s Corporate Social Responsibility Institute (CSRI) and Thaipat Institute (the Foundation for Thailand Rural Reconstruction Movement Under Royal Patronage) have been very successful in promoting the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) among employees of over 200 companies with over 8,000 staff, under CSR Day Project Phases 1 and 2, which covered March 2009-December 2010. They are planning to start Phase 3, which should have even more listed fir
CESR: Feedback Statement - Transaction Reporting On OTC Derivatives And Extension Of The Scope Of Transaction Reporting Obligations

Date 21/12/2010

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FTSE And Casablanca Stock Exchange Launch New Index Solutions For The Moroccan Market

Date 21/12/2010

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the award winning global index provider, and the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE) today announced the creation of a new family of indices – the FTSE CSE Morocco Index Series. These new real-time indices will enhance the visibility of Morocco across the international investment community, at a time when investors are increasingly seeking investment opportunities in emerging markets.