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Keynote Speech By SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar: Still Fighting For Inclusion And Equal Opportunity - Latin American Association's 22nd Annual Compañeros Award Luncheon, Atlanta, Georgia

Date 22/04/2011

Thank you for that kind introduction. It is my pleasure to be speaking at the Latin American Association’s 22nd Annual Compañeros Award Luncheon. Before I continue, however, I need to issue the standard disclaimer that the views I express today are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Securities and Exchange Commission, my fellow Commissioners, or members of the staff.

Thai Main Stock Market Index Rises 1.43% In Q1/11 And 6.03% IUn 2/11

Date 22/04/2011

The Thai capital market continued to rise in Q1/2011, with The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closing at 1,047.48 points at the end of Q1/11, up 1.43% from end-2010 and 6.03% higher than from end-February.  Trading growth in Thailand was still favorable especially when compared to some other exchanges which have closed lower at the end of last year.  Foreign investors posted a net buy of THB19.54 billion (approx. USD653.19 million) in March, with apparent  weight given to the energy sector when oil prices were rising and to banking stocks due to higher interest rates.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton On The Formation Of An Energy Markets Working Group

Date 22/04/2011

“This kind of constructive cooperation and coordination is exactly the type of focused effort we need in government. Consumers are having their wallets siphoned every time they fill up their gas tanks. Filling up the car has become the second highest item in the household budgets of many families."

Thai Bourse Upgrades To Meet Cutting-Edge IT Standards

Date 22/04/2011

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is upgrading its core IT systems to meet world-class standards, in conformity with its IT Master Plan. This upgrade will open new business opportunities and reduce costs for not only the SET but also securities companies.

CFTC: New York Federal Court Orders Brian Kim And Liquid Capital Management, LLC, To Pay More Than $12 Million In Restitution And Monetary Sanctions For Commodity Pool Fraud - Defendants Were Indicted By A New York County Grand Jury In February 2011.

Date 22/04/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on April 15, 2011, obtained a federal court order imposing more than $12 million in restitution and civil monetary penalties on defendants Brian Kim and his company, Liquid Capital Management, LLC (LCM), for fraud in connection with the operation of a commodity pool.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Market Closure Schedule For 2011 Labor Day

Date 22/04/2011

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) hereby announces its market closure schedule for 2011 Labor Day according to the "SSE Holiday Schedule for 2011" (Shang Zheng Jiao Zi [2010] No. 30) as follows: the SSE will close from April 30 (Saturday) to May 2 (Monday) and open for trading on May 3 (Tuesday). Please make relevant arrangements according to this notice.

RTS Standard Celebrates 2 Years

Date 22/04/2011

On April 23, 2011 RTS Stock Exchange will mark the second anniversary of the launch of RTS Standard, the state-of-the-art cash equity market with cutting-edge technologies employed worldwide.

Japan's Financial Services Agency Vice Commissioner For International Affairs Appointed Chairman Of IOSCO's Technical Committee

Date 22/04/2011

International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)　held its Annual Conference during April 17-21, 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa, and Masamichi Kono, Vice Commissioner for International Affairs of the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA), assumed the role of  Chairman of the Technical Committee of IOSCO succeeding Mr. Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets, who stepped down from the Technical Committee chairmanship at the close of the conference.  Mr. Kono's term will run until the next Annual Conference planned in May 2012 in Beijing.  Mr. Fernando Restoy, Vice-Chairman of Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores of Spain, has　replaced Mr. Kono as Vice-Chairman of the Technical Committee.

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

Date 21/04/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, April 21, 2011:

• Primary Corp. (TSXVN:PYC) will be removed from the index. The shares of the company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the same ticker symbol. The shares of the company will also be consolidated on a 1-for-5 basis.

Receiver Makes $792 Million Initial Distribution To Investors In New York Defendants Paul Greenwood’s And Stephen Walsh’s $1.3 Billion Investment Ponzi Scam Charged By The CFTC And SEC

Date 21/04/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that, based on an order entered on March 21, 2011, by the U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York (SDNY), the court-appointed Receiver, Robb Evans & Associates, LLC, has begun an initial distribution of approximately $792 million to investors in a commodity pool operated by CFTC defendants Paul Greenwood and Stephen Walsh, who, among other defendants, were charged by the CFTC in 2009 with operating a $1.3 billion investment Ponzi scam (see CFTC Press Release 5621-09, February 25, 2009, and CFTC v. Walsh et. al., Civ. No. 09-CV-01749). This constitutes a distribution of nearly 85 percent of approved claims to investors.