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Changes To The UK's Financial Services Authority Board

Date 20/10/2009

The Chancellor today announced the appointment of Mick McAteer, Brian Pomeroy, Andrew Scott & James Strachan as non-executive directors (NEDs) of the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
NYSE Euronext To Provide Transparency For Alternative Trading Systems – ‘Dark Pool’ Trades ‘Printed’ On FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility Will Be Published Daily On NYSE.Com – Barclays Capital, GETCO, Goldman Sachs, Knight, UBS To Participate - Other Fi

Date 20/10/2009

NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced that beginning next month, it will provide a means for participating broker-dealers’ alternative trading systems (ATSs) and off-exchange market centers to create transparency regarding volume and individual “dark pool” activity by allowing the firms to “print” trades on the FINRA/NYSE Trade Reporting Facility (TRF) and display the daily activity of each trading venue on NYSE.com.
TOCOM Starts To Prepare For Launching Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index Contract

Date 20/10/2009

The board of directors’ meeting was held on October 20, 2009, and determined to take a step towards the listing. Based on the decision, TOCOM will start to prepare for the launch of the Nikkei-TOCOM Commodity Index from now on. The below is the draft specification of the contract.
Deutsche Börse: Now Over 500 Index Funds Listed On Europe’s Leading ETF Trading Platform Xetra -10 New iShares ETFs Admitted To Trading - XTF Segment Reached Market Share Of 44 Percent In European ETF Trade In The Third Quarter Of 2009

Date 20/10/2009

Since Tuesday, ten additional exchange-listed index funds of the iShares issuer (Barclays Global Investment) are tradable on Xetra®. The offering in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment has thus increased to a total of 507 index funds.
Council Of The European Union: Council Conclusions On Fiscal Exit Strategy - 2967th Economic And Financial Affairs, Luxembourg, 20 October 2009

Date 20/10/2009

The Council adopted the following conclusions: "The Council NOTES that signs of early recovery are appearing, with the halt of the sharp decline in EU economic activity, the stabilisation of financial markets, and the improvement in confidence. However, the recovery remains fragile and it is not yet time to withdraw the support governments provided to the economy and the financial sector until the recovery is secured. The COUNCIL AGREES that preparing a coordinated strateg

More Than A Third Of Banks In Germany Unsatisfied With Their IFRS Accounting Solutions - Too Expensive And Inefficient

Date 20/10/2009

Research by the St. Gallen University of Applied Sciences shows that the high costs and unsatisfying performance of IFRS solutions are at the core of controlling managers' grievances.
HKEx Announces Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Date 20/10/2009

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the following holiday risk management arrangements.
Barclays Global Investors ETF Landscape, Asia Pacific Ex-Japan Industry Review, October 2009

Date 20/10/2009

Barclays Global Investors has just published the October 2009 edition of our ETF Landscape Asia Pacific ex-Japan Industry Review. This report is a review of the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) industry covering Asia Pacific ex-Japan through the end of Q3 2009.
SIX Swiss Exchange Delists Lehman Brothers Bonds

Date 20/10/2009

Effective 2 November 2009, SIX Swiss Exchange will delist the following non-performing bonds of Lehman Brothers:
Due To Huge And Increasing Popularity Of ETCs And ETFs, ETF Securities Strengthens Its Research, Product Development And Legal Teams

Date 20/10/2009

ETF Securities Ltd (ETFS), the global pioneers of Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs), and 3rd generation Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), continues to grow its business with four new hires across Research, Product Development and Legal teams.