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New York Attorney General Cuomo Announces Release Of Assurances Of Discontinuance With Six Firms In Its Investigation Of Auction Rate Securities - Auction Rate Securities Probe Has Resulted In Over $61 Billion In Buy-Back Obligations-Creating Largest Cons

Date 03/06/2009

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced Assurances of Discontinuance with Banc of America Securities LLC and Banc of America Investment Services, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation relating to the auction rate securities settlements reached last summer. The Assurances detail how the firms have and will continue to provide liquidity to investors who purchased auctio
SEC Finalizes ARS Settlements With Bank Of America, RBC, And Deutsche Bank

Date 03/06/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced finalized settlements with Bank of America, RBC Capital Markets, and Deutsche Bank to resolve SEC charges that the firms misled investors regarding the liquidity risks associated with auction rate securities (ARS) that they underwrote, marketed, or sold.
MGEX Breaks Daily Electronic Trading Volume Record

Date 03/06/2009

Electronic trading of Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) futures and options today reached 11,146 contracts at MGEX (Minneapolis Grain Exchange or Exchange), marking the highest electronic trading volume in Exchange history. The new number exceeds the former record of 10,350 futures and options contracts traded electronically by 796 contracts.
NSX Releases May 2009 ETF/ETN Data Report

Date 03/06/2009

National Stock Exchange, Inc. (NSX®) announced that assets in U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETN) totaled approximately $594.3 billion at May 2009 month-end, an increase of 10% over April 2009 month-end when assets totaled approximately $540.2 billion. At the end of May 2009, the number of listed products totaled 829, compared to 767 listed products one year ago.
BATS Europe Tops 6% Market Share In Cac 40; 5% In FTSE 100 - Also Sets Overall Record With 3.33% Of European Volume

Date 03/06/2009

BATS Europe, an innovative, wholly-owned subsidiary of BATS Global Markets, established market share records yesterday in the CAC 40 with 6.22%, the FTSE 100 with 5.17%, the AEX with 4.90% and the BEL20 with 3.58%.

SEC Announces Creation Of Investor Advisory Committee

Date 03/06/2009

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro today announced the formation of an Investor Advisory Committee to give investors a greater voice in the Commission's work. SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar will serve as the Commission's primary sponsor of the Committee.
Toronto Stock Exchange: Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report - May 31, 2009

Date 03/06/2009

Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month. The report below covers the 2-week period ending May 31, 2009.
Voltaire and NYSE Technologies Deliver Industry’s Lowest Latency Solution to Speed Up Financial Market Data Applications - NYSE Technologies’ Data Fabric With Voltaire 40 Gb/s InfiniBand And Message Acceleration Software Delivers Record-Breaking Less Than

Date 03/06/2009

Voltaire Ltd., a leading provider of scale-out data center fabrics, today announced it is working with NYSE Technologies to deliver an end-to-end, standards-based messaging solution that speeds performance of automated trading environments and financial market data applications. As the industry’s first solution for market data based on 40 Gb/s InfiniBand, the solution delivers the industry’s lowest latency -- 4X lower latency than alternative offerings that supply a 10
European Central Bank Functions Performed Without Interruption During Strike

Date 03/06/2009

Strike action organised by the International and European Public Services Organisation (IPSO) took place at the European Central Bank (ECB) today between 4 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. CET.
Irish Stock Exchange Launches ISEQ® IEX Index, A New Index For Irish Growth Companies Trading On The IEX Market - Market Statistics Show Year To Date Return Of Over 40% - Two New ISEQ® 20 Indices Launched

Date 03/06/2009

The Irish Stock Exchange is today launching three new indices which provide further index coverage and investor profile as well as benchmarking of the performance of companies trading in the Irish equity market.