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NYSE Liffe US Completes Major Technology Upgrade - Placing NYSE Liffe US Among The World’s Fastest, Most Advanced Derivatives Exchanges

Date 25/02/2009

NYSE Liffe US, the U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext (NYX), announced that it successfully completed the upgrade to the fastest and most functionally rich version of LIFFE CONNECT® and the migration to a new Chicago-based data center. Developed and managed by NYSE Euronext’s commercial technology unit, NYSE Technologies, LIFFE CONNECT® is a leading global derivatives trading platform that offers customers low latency, unique flexibility and innovative functionality.
NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

Date 25/02/2009

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of February 13, 2009.
NASDAQ Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date February 13, 2009

Date 25/02/2009

At the end of the settlement date of February 13, 2009, short interest in 2,533 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securities totaled 6,782,308,848 shares compared with 6,848,382,252 shares in 2,540 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of January 30, 2009. The mid-February short interest represents 3.24 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.35 days for the prior reporting period.
NYSE Alternext US Issues Short Interest Report

Date 25/02/2009

NYSE Alternext US LLC today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of February 13, 2009.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes

Date 25/02/2009

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Sweden Select Dividend 15, Dow Jones Netherlands Select Dividend 20 and Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend indexes.

CME Group Announces The Launch Of New Petroleum Product Swap Futures Contracts

Date 25/02/2009

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced 13 new petroleum product swap futures contracts, scheduled to begin trading on March 8 for trade date March 9. These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of NYMEX. The products will be available through CME ClearPort®, an open clearing system.
CFTC Charges Fund Manager Mark Bloom And His Firm, North Hills Management LLC, With Misappropriating Over $13 Million - Charges Against Bloom Include Receiving Undisclosed Kickbacks And Defrauding Fund Participants Out Of Millions In Connection With Distr

Date 25/02/2009

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it filed an action in the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York against New York City fund manager Mark Evan Bloom and his firm, North Hills Management LLC (NHM). The complaint charges Bloom and NHM with: misappropriating over $13 million of the assets of North Hills LP. (North Hills Fund or the Fund), a fund managed by defendants and investing North Hills Fund assets contrary to the
FINRA Investor Alert, Online Tools Help Investors Protect Themselves From Financial Fraud

Date 25/02/2009

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today issued an Investor Alert and unveiled two new online tools designed to help investors spot and resist investment fraud
CFTC Charges New York Residents With Operating $1.3 Billion Investment Scam - Stephen Walsh And Paul Greenwood Allegedly Misappropriated Over $553 Million From Commodity Pool Participants

Date 25/02/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today charged Stephen Walsh of Sands Point, New York, and Paul Greenwood of North Salem, New York, with misappropriating at least $553 million from commodity pool participants in connection with entities they owned and controlled, such as Westridge Capital Management, Inc., WG Trading Investors, LP, and WGIA, LLC. The defendants’ alleged misappropriation was uncovered during an audit by the National Futures Association.
SEC Charges Unregistered Hedge Fund With Fraud

Date 25/02/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Pearl River, N.Y., investment management firm and its principal for operating a large-scale scheme that defrauded hundreds of investors of millions of dollars by providing them with misleading marketing materials that significantly overstated investment returns and by misrepresenting the value of the assets under management.