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ESMA Establishes A Framework For Third Country Prospectus And Applies This New Framework To Facilitate Israeli Issuers Access

Date 23/03/2011

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a statement which sets out a framework,(ESMA/2011/36) http://esma.europa.eu/popup2.php?id=7517, on the way in which third country issuers in general, can meet the requirements of the PD.
Hoang Anh Gia Lai Becomes First Vietnamese Company To List On London Stock Exchange - First Ever Issue Of Equity From A Vietnamese Incorporated Company Outside Vietnam - Company Raises $56.5m At Admission - One Of Vietnam's Largest Diversified Businesses And Arsenal FC's Main Southeast Asia Merchandise Distributor

Date 23/03/2011

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company today became the first Vietnamese company to list on the London Stock Exchange. The company, which raised $56.5m on admission to the Exchange's Professional Securities Market ["PSM"], is also the first Vietnamese incorporated company to issue equity outside Vietnam. The company's GDRs will be traded on the London Stock Exchange's international order book, with Deutsche Bank acting as the custodian and depositary.
SGX Contributes To Japan Relief Efforts

Date 23/03/2011

Singapore Exchange (SGX) will donate all clearing fees received for the trading of all Nikkei products on SGX for trade date Friday 25 March, towards the Japan Disaster Relief. The SGX suite of Nikkei products are namely, the Yen-denominated Nikkei futures and options, USD-denominated Nikkei futures, Mini Nikkei futures and Nikkei Dividend futures.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Concerning Handling Of Financial Announcements, Etc. In Consideration Of The Earthquake Off The Pacific Coast Of The Tohoku (North East) Region

Date 23/03/2011

Considering the serious impact of the earthquake off the Pacific coast of the Tohoku (North East) region on March 11th to the listed companies, in order to provide the flexible measurements to such companies, the TSE would like to notify on the handling of financial announcements.
MGEX Sets New March Total Trading Volume Record

Date 23/03/2011

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced it set a new March total trading volume record with 115,600 contracts being transacted as of close of business today. This month to date total surpasses the previous March record of 115,483 contracts traded set in 2007. With seven trading days left in the month, March 2011 volume is already up more than 25 percent over last March’s total volume.

Richard G. Ketchum, FINRA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - SIFMA Compliance And Legal Division's Annual Seminar, Phoenix, AZ, March 22, 2011

Date 22/03/2011

Thank you, Howard [Plotkin], for that introduction, and thank you very much to SIFMA for the invitation to join you this morning.
CFTC Sanctions Hernando Chovil Of McLean, Virginia, For Fraud In Connection With Operating A Commodity Pool

Date 22/03/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed and simultaneously settled charges that Hernando Chovil of McLean, Va., committed fraud in connection with operating a commodity pool. Chovil has never been registered with the CFTC.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 22/03/2011

Standard & Poor's will make changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, March 22, 2011.
International Monetary And Financial Committee Selects Tharman Shanmugaratnam As New Chairman

Date 22/03/2011

The members of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the policy advisory committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have selected Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Finance of Singapore, as Chairman of the Committee. Minister Tharman succeeds Dr. Youssef Boutros-Ghali, Egypt’s former Minister of Finance, who resigned on February 4, 2011.
BM&FBOVESPA Announces Itaú Unibanco As Winner Of The Bidding Process To Manage Sustainability And Corporate Governance ETFs

Date 22/03/2011

Itaú Unibanco S.A was the winner of the BM&FBOVESPA bidding process for the exclusive one-year license of the use of the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) and the Corporate Governance Trade Index (IGCT) for the creation respectively of the ISE ETF and IGCT ETF Exchange Traded Funds.