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Summary Of April 2010 Activities At Tokyo Commodity Exchange

Date 11/05/2010

Tokyo Commodity Exchange today announced that April trading volume averaged 120,612 contracts per day, up 20.66% from March 2010. The average daily volume in all individual listed commodities except TOCOM NEXT increased from the previous month? gold standard, which is the Exchange’s most traded commodity, increased by 15.9% from the previous month to 49,545 contracts per day, gold mini increased by 19.9% to 10,061 contracts, platinum increased by 28.9% to 22,633 contracts, crude oil increase
Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Boosting Investor Protection System Reformation

Date 11/05/2010

A seminar for” the construction of multi-level capital market and the protection of investor interests” was held on May 7 by Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Securities Law Research Association of China Law Society. Chen Dongzheng, the president of Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Zhu Congjiu, assistant chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and Xi Xiaoming, the vice-president of the Supreme People's Court made speeches in the meeting. Ms Song Li Ping, the general manager of Shenzhen S
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gensler Statement On Meeting With Exchange Leaders

Date 10/05/2010

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler today released the following statement after meeting with leaders from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 10/05/2010

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes:
CalPERS Board To Assess Capital Market Trends, Investment Return Prospects

Date 10/05/2010

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will review forecasts of capital market returns at a May 17 workshop leading to adoption in December of an asset allocation plan for the next three calendar years.

SEC Statement On Meeting With Exchanges

Date 10/05/2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission today released the following statement: "This morning, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro had a constructive meeting with the leaders of six exchanges — the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, BATS, Direct Edge, ISE and CBOE — and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to discuss the causes of Thursday's market events, the potential contributing factors, and possible market reforms. "As a first step, the p
CBOE Futures Exchange Experiences Busiest Week In Its History - Single-Day Volume Reaches Consecutive Highs On Thursday And Friday, VIX Futures Sets Back-To-Back Daily Trading Records

Date 10/05/2010

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that the Exchange set several new trading records during the week ended Friday, May 7, 2010.
European Parliament: Hedge Funds And Private Equity - Vote Postponed

Date 10/05/2010

The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has postponed its vote on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, so more consideration can be given to the opinion of the Legal Affairs Committee. The vote is now scheduled for next Monday, 17 May 2010.
European Parliament: MEPs Vote To Beef Up Financial Supervisory Package

Date 10/05/2010

The EU's financial supervisory plans were beefed up by Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs on Monday, with new measures including a much bigger say for the nascent European Systemic Risk Board before and during crises affecting financial stability, direct EU supervision of systemically important financial institutions, the right to impose temporary bans on very risky financial products and the designation of two EU stability-assisting funds.
Athens Exchange Request For Proposals For The Procurement Of A Market Surveillance System Software And Services: Update

Date 10/05/2010

ATHEX announces that following relevant requests submitted from potential Contractors, Proposals in response to the RFP for the procurement of a Market Surveillance System (Software - Services) will be accepted by no later than 17:00 (GMT+2) on Friday 04/06/2010 (see original announcement at http://www.athex.gr/content/gr/ann.asp?AnnID=115427).