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New Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) On SIX Swiss Exchange

Date 27/01/2010

Six new products have been listed in the Exchanged Traded Funds segment of SIX Swiss Exchange, taking the total to 318 ETFs. The new funds are: Xmtch (IE) on Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50® Xmtch (IE) on Dow Jones Industrial Average™ Xmtch (IE) on Nasdaq 100 Xmtch (IE) on FTSE 100 Xmtch (IE) on FTSE MIB Xmtch (IE) on Nikkei 225
SEC Approves Money Market Fund Reforms to Better Protect Investors

Date 27/01/2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted new rules designed to significantly strengthen the regulatory requirements governing money market funds and better protect investors.
SIFMA’s Asset Management Group Supports SEC Rules To Limit Risk By Money Market Mutual Funds

Date 27/01/2010

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today released the following statement by Asset Management Group (AMG) Managing Director Tim Cameron on the adoption of rules by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to limit risk by money market mutual funds.
President Sarkozy Calls For A “New Bretton Woods”

Date 27/01/2010

French President Sarkozy calls for “a new Bretton Woods” and a re-examination of the fairness of globalization and capitalism The world must move from rhetoric to reality and take concrete action to address priorities such as the economic crisis and climate change, said President Doris Leuthard of the Swiss Confederation If long-term global problems are ignored, the economic crisis could lead to a social crisis
Federal Open Market Committee Statement

Date 27/01/2010

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December suggests that economic activity has continued to strengthen and that the deterioration in the labor market is abating. Household spending is expanding at a moderate rate but remains constrained by a weak labor market, modest income growth, lower housing wealth, and tight credit. Business spending on equipment and software appears to be picking up, but investment in structures is still contracting and employe

Kansas City Board Of Trade Announces Officers, Directors For 2010

Date 27/01/2010

The Kansas City Board of Trade announces 2010 officers and directors, who took office at a regular board meeting held yesterday. Members of the Kansas City Board of Trade elected Richard L. Mandl, Vice President - Investments, Global Commodities Group, Prudential Bache Commodities LLC, as chairman in an election held earlier this month. Mandl served as first vice chairman of the KCBT in 2009 and as second vice chairman in 2008. The first vice chairman traditionally has assumed the chair
U.S Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner Written Testimony Before The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform

Date 27/01/2010

Chairman Towns, Ranking Member Issa, members of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, thank you for the opportunity to testify today.
MEPs Must Not Take A Blanket Approach To Derivatives

Date 27/01/2010

The European Parliament risks treating all derivative products the same way, rather than differentiating between products based on their complexity and the systemic risk they pose, Kay Swinburne MEP has warned today after the Economics and Monetary Affairs Committee held its first discussion on regulating Derivatives.
European Central Bank And Other Central Banks Decide To Discontinue The Temporary Swap Lines With The Federal Reserve

Date 27/01/2010

In coordination with other central banks, the European Central Bank (ECB) confirms the expiration of its temporary liquidity swap lines with the Federal Reserve on 1 February 2010. These lines, which were established to counter pressures in global funding markets, are no longer needed given the improvements seen in the functioning of financial markets over the past year. Central banks will continue to cooperate as needed.
January 2010 “Market’s Measure” - Preliminary Report - A Monthly Report From Dow Jones Indexes And STOXX Ltd. On The Performance Of U.S., European, Asia And Other Global Stock Market Indexes

Date 27/01/2010

Dow Jones Industrial Average Posts 2.24% Loss in JANUARY, European Stocks Lose 2.71%, Asia Falls 0.05% and World Equities Fall by 2.92% Travel & Leisure Sector Posts Biggest Gain for January in Europe & Worldwide, Telecommunications Takes the Hardest Hit for January in U.S.