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RP Data, Rismark And ASX Introduce World-First Daily Home Value Index

Date 01/03/2012

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in conjunction with national property data and analytics group RP Data and property research group Rismark International announce the launch of the RP Data-Rismark Daily Home Value index, available from today.

TFX Trading Volume In January 2012

Date 01/03/2012

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 245,444 decreasing 65.5% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 23.4% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average dailyvolume was 12,918 . 

ASX Welcomes Fidessa To The Australian Liquidity Centre - Fidessa's SaaS Services Now Co-Located In New ASX Data Centre

Date 01/03/2012

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), the leading securities exchange in Australia, and Fidessa Group PLC, a provider of high-performance trading, investment management and information solutions for the world’s financial community, announce that Fidessa will be co-locating its  Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions and global connectivity network for the financial marketplace at ASX’s new data and co-location centre - the ASX Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC). Fidessa will also be locating its back-up systems at ASX’s alternate data centre. 

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil For February 2012 Contract

Date 01/03/2012

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for February 2012 contract is 57,520 yen.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 29/02/2012

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

The shareholders of Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. (TSX:QUX) have accepted the $CDN15.00 cash per share offer from KGHM Polska Miedz SA. Quadra FNX Mining will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Global Mining, Global Base Metals and Equal Weight Global Base Metals, the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight, the S&P/TSX Capped Materials and the S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Indices effective after the close of Wednesday, March 7, 2012.

United States Department Of The Treasury: Preliminary Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2011

Date 29/02/2012

Preliminary data from a survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at the end of June 2011 were released today on the Treasury web site at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx.  Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the preliminary data, will be reported on April 30, 2012.  The survey was undertaken jointly by Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.  The next survey will cover holdings at the end of June 2012; preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28, 2013.   

FINRA Investor Education Foundation And United Way Worldwide Announce Over $1.3 Million In Grants To Support Grassroots Financial Education Projects

Date 29/02/2012

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation and United Way Worldwide (UWW) announced more than $1.3 million in grants to 12 recipients as part of the Financial Education in Your Community initiative.

Federal Court In Illinois Orders Australian Firm Enfinium Pty Ltd To Pay $80,000 Penalty, Cease Soliciting U.S. Customers, And Modify Website - Action Part Of CFTC’s Second Nationwide Sweep Against Foreign Currency Firms For Failure To Register Under The 2008 Farm Bill, The Dodd-Frank Act, And CFTC Regulations

Date 29/02/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court consent order against defendant Enfinium Pty Ltd (Enfinium) of Sydney, Australia, for soliciting and accepting foreign currency (forex) orders from U.S. customers without being registered with the CFTC.

“Broker-Dealer Anti-Money Laundering Compliance – Learning Lessons From The Past And Looking To The Future” By David W. Blass, Chief Counsel, Division Of Trading And Markets, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission - SIFMA Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes Conference, February 29, 2012

Date 29/02/2012

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European Parliament - Financial Transaction Tax: A Better Design Is Possible

Date 29/02/2012

The proposed financial transaction tax should be better designed to capture more traders and to make evading it unprofitable, say proposals presented in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Wednesday. The proposals also say the tax should go ahead even if only some Member States opt for it.