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Shanghai Stock Exchange Issues Guidelines Of Election, Conducts Of Directors Of Listed Companies - Practical Rules For Due Diligence And Faithful Fulfillment Of Duties By Directors Are Defined

Date 27/08/2009

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) released, on August 25, the "SSE Guidelines of Election and Conducts of Directors of Listed Companies". With an aim to regulate the election and duty fulfillment conducts of the directors of listed companies, as well as to detail the requirements for their election qualifications and the procedures of their exercise of powers, the guidelines have finalized the basic standards for directors by working out practical rules in terms of due diligence and faithful
Institutional Investors Voice Opposition To Proposed Placement Agent Ban – Results Of Preqin’s Survey Of US Institutional Investors On SEC Proposal IA-2910

Date 27/08/2009

Preqin is today announcing the launch of a new research report undertaken in order to assess the potential impact of the proposed changes to the private equity industry that would be brought about by the introduction of SEC proposed rule release IA-2910 relating to the introduction of Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-5. This report can be viewed on the SEC website at the following address:
NASDAQ OMX And BM&FBOVESPA Enter Discussions

Date 26/08/2009

BM&FBOVESPA S.A. (BVMF3), subject to the provisions of paragraph 4 of article 157 of Law number 6404/1976 and of CVM Instruction 358/2002, hereby inform that: (i) BM&FBOVESPA and NASDAQ OMX Group will initiate discussions, on an exclusive basis, with the purpose of establishing a possible strategic, commercial and technological partnership. (ii) The exclusivity shall be in effect through the next sixty (60) day period, during which BM&FBOVESPA shall not enter into si
NASDAQ OMX And BM&FBOVESPA Enter Discussions For Strategic, Commercial And Technological Partnership

Date 26/08/2009

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and BM&FBOVESPA announced today that the two exchange companies will initiate exclusive discussions for the next 60 days with the purpose of establishing a possible strategic, commercial and technological partnership.
Georgia Court Imposes Fines And Other Sanctions Against Atlanta-Based Saxon Financial Services Inc., Charged By The CFTC With Commodity Option Fraud

Date 26/08/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it obtained more than $4.3 million in civil monetary penalties and equitable relief in an order against Saxon Financial Services Inc. (Saxon) of Atlanta, Ga., charged by the CFTC in 2007 with commodity option fraud.

California Federal Court Order Continues Asset Freeze Against Las Vegas Resident Gordon A. Driver, Axcess Automation LLC And Axcess Fund Management LLC - CFTC Charged Defendants In May With Operating A $13.5 Million Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded More Than 1

Date 26/08/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that a Federal court judge in Los Angeles continued an asset freeze against Gordon A. Driver of Las Vegas, Nev. and his companies, Axcess Automation LLC and Axcess Fund Management LLC, all charged in a CFTC anti-fraud action with operating a $13.5 million Ponzi scheme. The scheme allegedly defrauded more than 100 participants in the United States and Canada, with many participants residing in Los Angeles
Agencies Seek Comment On Proposed Regulatory Capital Standards Related To Adoption Of Statements Of Financial Accounting Standards No. 166 And 167

Date 26/08/2009

The federal banking and thrift regulatory agencies are seeking comment on a proposed regulatory capital rule related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's adoption of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards Nos. 166 and 167. Beginning in 2010, these accounting standards will make substantive changes to how banking organizations account for many items, including securitized assets, that are currently excluded from these organizations' balance sheets.
BM&FBOVESPA S.A. Notice To The Market

Date 26/08/2009

Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros, a public company with registered office in the city of São Paulo, state of São Paulo, at Praça Antonio Prado, 48, Downtown, enrolled with the National Corporate Taxpayers’ Register of the Ministry of Finance under CNPJ/MF No. 09.346.601/0001-25 (“BM&FBOVESPA”), in view of the news report captioned “BM&FBovespa vê crescer uma bola de neve jurídica” (‘BM&FBovespa faces a snowballing legal dispute’), posted on August 21, 2009, in the “Relatório Reservado” w
6th Extract From EECS’s Database Of Enforcement Decisions (Ref: CESR/09-720)

Date 26/08/2009

Working under the operational CESR group charged with accounting issues, CESR-Fin, EECS is a forum in which all EU National Enforcers of financial information, whether CESR members or not, meet to exchange views and discuss experiences of enforcement of IFRS. A key function of EECS is the analysis and discussion of decisions taken by independent EU National Enforcers in respect of financial statements published by issuers with securities traded on a regulated market and who prepare their fina
José Manuel Durão Barroso President Of The European Commission «Overcoming The Crisis: Challenges And Opportunities» European Economic Association Congress Barcelona, 25 August 2009

Date 26/08/2009

Ladies and gentlemen, Minister Castells, Professor Mas-Colell, Professor Stern, It is an honour to be speaking to the European Economic Association today. And it is a pleasure to be back in Barcelona and respond to the invitation of Professor Stern, recognised for his efforts on climate change fig