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Component Changes Made To Dow Jones And Dow Jones Stoxx Select Dividend Indexes

Date 05/05/2009

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced changes in several Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend indexes.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Monthly Short Selling Value

Date 05/05/2009

Click here to download Tokyo Stock Exchange's short selling value for April 2009.
IOSCO Publishes Interim Recommendations On Unregulated Financial Markets And Products

Date 05/05/2009

The International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) Technical Committee has published Unregulated Financial Markets and Products – Consultation Report (Report) prepared by its Task Force on Unregulated Financial Markets and Products (Task Force). The Report contains interim recommendations for regulatory action designed to improve confidence in the securitisation process and the market for credit default swaps (CDS).
SEC Charges Attorneys For Fraudulent Legal Opinions Used By Promoters In Pump-And-Dump Scheme

Date 05/05/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two California-based attorneys as well as a California corporation and its owner for preparing and issuing fraudulent legal opinions involving unregistered stock that enabled promoters and others to sell shares in an illegal pump-and-dump scheme.
FINRA Bars Broker For Converting And Improperly Using More Than $500,000 From A Catholic Nun's Holdings, Another $80,000 From Three Elderly Customers - Victims Have Received Restitution From Broker, Legg Mason And Citigroup

Date 05/05/2009

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has barred broker William Joseph Boyle from the securities industry for wrongfully converting and using funds from customer accounts and for failing to cooperate with FINRA investigators. Boyle's misconduct occurred both while he was working for Legg Mason Wood Walker, which was acquired by Citigroup in 2006, and at Citigroup.

SEC Charges Hedge Fund Manager And Bond Salesman In First Insider Trading Case Involving Credit Default Swaps

Date 05/05/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Renato Negrin, a former portfolio manager at hedge fund investment adviser Millennium Partners L.P., and Jon-Paul Rorech, a salesman at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., with insider trading in credit default swaps of VNU N.V., an international holding company that owns Nielsen Media and other media businesses.
BM&FBOVESPA Announces Its Fee Structure Policy

Date 05/05/2009

BM&FBOVESPA announces its new Fee Structure Policy for the Equities Market. See the changes: Fee Table for Investor Operation – Equities Market. The objectives of the new structure are: (i) to reduce the trading costs in the equities market, stimulating market turnover; (ii) to eliminate the current subsidies to the services rendered by the Central Depository, es
NYSE Technologies Partners With ITRS For Platform Management And Monitoring - Collaborative & Proactive Data Management Solution That Analyzes, Predicts Needs And Archives Data

Date 05/05/2009

NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced that it has partnered with ITRS, a leading provider of specialist management and monitoring products for the global financial community. The partnership created NYSE Technologies’ Plug-in for ITRS Geneos, a toolset of customizable, real-time management and monitoring plug-ins, which are now available as part of ITRS Geneos, a de facto standard used by 8 of the world’s top 10 banks.
Dubai Was Top City In The World In 2008 For Foreign Direct Investment - UAE Continues To Dominate The Region In Terms Of Foreign Direct Investment

Date 05/05/2009

In a special report published by the Financial Times on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Dubai has for the first time been classified as the top destination city in the world surpassing the likes of London and Shanghai. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to lead the way in the Middle East and Africa accounting for 50% of total projects in the region. Dubai is one of the seven emirates of the UAE.
BME To Offer Trading To More Than 2 Decimals As Of May 8th - BME's Initiative To Boost Stocks' Liquidity

Date 05/05/2009

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) will on Friday start offering trading to more than 2 decimals, Jazztel being the first company listed on the Spanish stock market to be traded under this new regime.