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BaFin Prohibits Uncovered Short-Selling Transactions And Uncovered CDS In Government Bonds Of Euro Zone

Date 19/05/2010

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) on Tuesday temporarily prohibited uncovered short sales of debt securities of euro zone countries admitted on a domestic exchange to trading on the regulated market. It also temporarily prohibited credit default swaps (CDS) in which the reference liability

Polish National Depository For Securities: Settlement Guarantor KDPW_CLEARPOOL

Date 19/05/2010

The National Depository for Securities (KDPW S.A.) has established the company KDPW_CLEARPOOL which will act as transaction settlement guarantor. It is the first step in the spin-off from KDPW’s organisation of a clearing house according to the globally applied central counterparty model (CCP). The guarantor will be in a position to use its capital to guarantee the settlement of transactions.

Thai Bourse Will Close Its Operations And Will Not Trade On May 20-21

Date 19/05/2010

On May 20-21, The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)'s will not conduct any trading, its Board of Governors decided after evaluating the situation and taking the Bank of Thailand's decision that these two days would be special holidays for financial institutes, SET President Patareeya Benjapolchai revealed.

Costa Rica Climate Change Negotiator And Former Carbon Rating Agency Vice Chair Christiana Figueres Appointed As Executive Secretary Of The UNFCCC

Date 19/05/2010

Christiana Figueres has been appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Until the appointment Ms Figueres had been Vice Chair of the Carbon Rating Agency (CRA), an IDEAcarbon company, and a member of the CRA rating committee.

Turquoise Launches Pricing Promotion

Date 19/05/2010

Turquoise today announced a new pricing promotion to take effect on 1 June. The aim of the promotion is to attract additional passive order flow to Turquoise's integrated order book, increasing liquidity on the platform ahead of the planned migration to Millennium Exchange.

IntercontinentalExchange Sets Date Of August 4 For Second Quarter 2010 Earnings Release

Date 19/05/2010

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, will announce second quarter 2010 financial results on Wednesday, August 4, 2010. An earnings press release will be issued prior to the earnings conference call, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET.

One Arrested In UK's Financial Services Authority And City of London Police Insider Dealing Investigation

Date 19/05/2010

Investigators from the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) Enforcement and Financial Crime Division acting with the assistance of officers from the City of London Police (CoLP), conducted a search operation at a residential address in East London this morning. The FSA confirmed that a man aged 39 was arrested to facilitate questioning under caution in relation to allegations of insider dealing.

CESR Sets Out Harmonised Definition Of European Money Market Funds

Date 19/05/2010

CESR publishes today its guidelines on a common definition of European money market funds (Ref. CESR/10-049). The guidelines aim to improve investor protection by setting out criteria to be applied by any fund that wishes to market itself as a money market fund. The criteria reflect the fact that investors in money market funds expect the capital value of their investment to be maintained while retaining the ability to withdraw th

HKEx: Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report

Date 19/05/2010

Clearstream: LuxCSD: A New Central Securities Depository For Luxembourg

Date 19/05/2010

Luxembourg’s central Bank, the Banque centrale du Luxembourg and Clearstream, the Luxembourg-based ICSD today launched LuxCSD, a new central securities depository service for Luxembourg and beyond LuxCSD will allow for settlement of securities transactions in central bank money reducing risk for financial market participants