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Public Comments On SEC Regulatory Initiatives Under The Dodd-Frank Act

Date 03/03/2011

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act includes provisions that require the SEC to undertake various initiatives, including rulemaking and studies touching on many areas of financial regulation.

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

Date 03/03/2011

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:

• The shareholders of Ventana Gold Corp. (TSX:VEN) have accepted the $C13.06 cash per share takeover offer from AUX Canada Acquisition Inc. Ventana will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity, Equity SmallCap and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Completion, the S&P/TSX SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Global Mining, the S&P/TSX Global Gold and the S&P/TSX Capped Materials indices after close on Thursday, March 10, 2011.

CBOE Wins ISE Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Date 03/03/2011

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois found that CBOE does not infringe a patent entitled "Automated Exchange for Trading Derivative Securities," held by International Securities Exchange, LLC (ISE). In its ruling the Court held that CBOE's proprietary Hybrid® and CBOEdirect® systems do not infringe ISE's patent. As a result of the ruling, ISE's patent infringement suit against CBOE has been terminated.

Regular Review Results For Dow Jones Select Dividend And Dow Jones Country And Sector Titans Indexes

Date 03/03/2011

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular annual and quarterly review of the Dow Jones Select Dividend, Dow Jones Country Titans and Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes.

Speech By SEC Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey: Statement At SEC Open Commission Meeting: Clearing Agency Standards For Operation And Governance

Date 03/03/2011

Thank you, Chairman Schapiro. Let me first take a moment to thank Robert Cook and his staff from the Division of Trading and Markets for their work on the proposed rule. I have just a few comments.

NSX Releases February 2011 ETF/ETN Data Reports - Assets Continue To Reach Record Levels

Date 03/03/2011

National Stock Exchange, Inc. (NSX®) announced that assets in U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETN) continue to reach record levels, totaling approximately $1.06 trillion at February 2011 month-end, an increase of approximately 38% over February 2010 month-end when assets totaled $765 billion.  At the end of February 2011, the number of listed products totaled 1,135 compared to 964 listed products at the same time last year.

Speech By SEC Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey: Statement Regarding Incentive-Based Compensation Rules Pursuant To Section 956 Of Dodd-Frank

Date 03/03/2011

Thank you, Chairman Schapiro. Section 956 requires federal financial regulators to jointly adopt incentive-based compensation regulations or guidelines that apply to covered financial institutions, which in the case of the Commission means registered broker dealers and investment advisers with total assets of more than $1 billion.

Written Testimony by U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Before The Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Date 03/03/2011

Speech By SEC Commissioner Elisse B. Walter: Opening Remarks Regarding Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangements

Date 03/03/2011

I, too, would like to thank the staff for your tireless efforts in preparing the proposed rules before us today. My thanks go especially to the staff of the Division of Trading and Markets for all the time you spent with me and my counsel. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration of my questions and concerns.

Changes In SDAX And TecDAX - Deutsche Börse Reviews Index Composition

Date 03/03/2011

On Thursday, Deutsche Börse has decided on the new composition of its equity indices SDAX and TecDAX. Hamborner REIT is included in SDAX and replaces Pfleiderer. Manz Automation leaves TecDAX and is replaced by Süss MicroTec. Gigaset replaces Conergy in TecDAX. This decision is based on the assignment of Gigaset to the technology segment