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Osaka Securities Exchange: Establishment Of Remote Transaction Participant System

Date 17/02/2009

OSE is pleased to announce that it has decided to establish a “Remote Transaction Participant System” (so-called “Remote Membership System”), which allows Foreign Securities Brokers to access directly to the OSE markets as Transaction Participants without having branch offices, etc. in Japan, in order to further increase liquidity of the OSE markets and to improve efficiency in pricing and the competitiveness of the OSE markets in the world.
Wood & Company, Based In Prague, Joins NASDAQ Dubai As Trading Member

Date 17/02/2009

Wood & Company Financial Services, based in the Czech Republic, has joined NASDAQ Dubai as a Member able to trade securities.
SZSE Rolls Out XBRL Information Service Platform For Listed Companies

Date 17/02/2009

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) rolled out the XBRL information service platform for listed companies recently.
SEC Charges Research In Motion And Four Senior Executives With Stock Option Backdating

Date 17/02/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Limited (RIM) and four of its senior executives for stock option backdating.
SEC Charges R. Allen Stanford, Stanford International Bank For Multi-Billion Dollar Investment Scheme

Date 17/02/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Robert Allen Stanford and three of his companies for orchestrating a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar investment scheme centering on an $8 billion CD program.

Bursa Malaysia Notification: FBM Indices Will Be Available On Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Date 17/02/2009

Bursa Malaysia will make available the FTSE-Bursa Malaysia (FBM) indices tomorrow, Wednesday, 18 February 2009. Bursa Malaysia would like to confirm that its information message processing is in order following the interruption to the dissemination of equities and derivatives market data on Monday, 16 February 2009.
UK’s Financial Services Authority Appoints Mark Norris As Chief Operating Officer

Date 17/02/2009

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today announced the appointment of Mark Norris as its new chief operating officer (COO).
Kayla J. Gillan Named Senior Advisor At SEC

Date 17/02/2009

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro announced today that Kayla J. Gillan has been named Senior Advisor to the Chairman and begins serving in her position today.
Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Working Group On Alternext: Public Consultation On The Possibility For Euronext Companies To Transfer To Alternext

Date 17/02/2009

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) submitted the recommendations of its Alternext working group for public consultation on 6 October 2008. Chaired by Jean-Pierre Pinatton, the group was charged with studying: the trade-off between flexibility and guarantees under the Alternext rules; ways for Alternext to raise its international profile; the conditions for smooth transition from one trading platform to another.
ICE and ICAP Announce Successful Completion Of First-Ever Agricultural Cleared Swap Transaction

Date 17/02/2009

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global futures and over-the-counter (OTC) marketplaces and clearing houses, and ICAP (IAP.L), the world's premier interdealer broker, announced the successful execution through ICE Clear U.S.(TM) of the first agricultural cleared swap transaction in the history of U.S. exchanges. The OTC sugar swap transaction was submitted to the clearinghouse by ICAP, on behalf of Infinium Capital Management and Credit Suisse.