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Bond Exchange Of South Africa Shareholders Approve Proposed Scheme Of Arrangement By JSE

Date 06/02/2009

Shareholders of the Bond Exchange of South Africa Limited (BESA) have voted in favour of the proposed scheme of arrangement put forward by the JSE Limited (JSE) on 10 December 2008 to acquire 100% ownership in BESA. The proposed merger of the respective exchanges was ratified at a shareholder scheme meeting this morning, with 100% of shareholders voting, confirming their support for the transaction at R125 per BESA share (over 75% is required).
Transfer Of French Power Futures To Leipzig Scheduled For April 2009 - EEX Power Derivatives To Assume Central Position In Derivatives Power Trading In Continental Europe

Date 06/02/2009

The implementation of the cooperation between European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) and Powernext SA in power trading is approaching its aim. As of 1st April, Powernext Power Futures will be transferred to EEX Power Derivatives with registered offices in Leipzig.
MCX Weekly Market Report - 6 February, 2009

Date 06/02/2009

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Dalian Commodity Exchange Market Share Rose To 46.80% In 2008

Date 06/02/2009

Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) held Conference On Summary and Commendation 2008 recently, on which Mr. Liu Xingqiang, the President and CEO told that DCE had witnessed an annual transaction of 638 million contracts with a turnover of 27.49 trillion yuan, an increase of 71.95% and 130.49% year-on-year respectively, which accounted for 46.80% and 38.22% of the national market. DCE realized a total of 618,600 investors accounts with a daily average margin amounted to 7.78 billion yuan a year-on-ye
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 05/02/2009

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The relative weight of Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K) will increase in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX 60, 60 Capped and Equity 60, the S&P/TSX Capped Materials and the S&P/TSX Global Gold indices after the close of trading on Friday, February 6, 2009, to reflect the issuance of new shares via a prospectus offering.

New York Attorney General Cuomo Announces The Release Of An Assurance Of Discontinuance In Auction Rate Securities Settlement With Wachovia - Auction Rate Securities Probe Has Resulted In Over $61 Billion In Buy-Back Obligations-Creating Largest Consumer

Date 05/02/2009

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an Assurance of Discontinue with Wachovia Securities, LLC and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (collectively, “Wachovia“”) relating to the auction rate securities settlement reached late last summer. The Assurance details how liquidity will be provided to consumers who purchased auction-rate securities. The Assurance of Discontinuance is the next step in the agreement reached in August with Wachovia.
Robert Malhotra Named Senior Advisor In SEC Office Of The Chief Accountant

Date 05/02/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Robert B. Malhotra has been named to serve in the SEC's Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) as a senior advisor. In this capacity, Mr. Malhotra will advise the senior officers in OCA on complex accounting and auditing matters, and will assist in the development of strategic objectives that need to be pursued to support the Commission's agenda.
CFTC Charges Minnesota Resident Charles “Chuck” E. Hays And His Company, Crossfire Trading, LLC, With Running A $5.5 Million Ponzi Scheme

Date 05/02/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed an enforcement action today against Charles “Chuck” E. Hays and Crossfire Trading, LLC (Crossfire), both of Rosemount, Minnesota, charging them with fraud and misappropriation in connection with a commodity pool Ponzi scheme.
SEC Finalizes ARS Settlement To Provide $7 Billion in Liquidity To Wachovia Investors

Date 05/02/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settlement with Wachovia Securities, LLC that will provide more than $7 billion in liquidity to thousands of customers who invested in auction rate securities (ARS) before the market for those securities collapsed.
NSX Releases January 2009 ETF/ETN Data Report

Date 05/02/2009

National Stock Exchange, Inc.(NSX®) today announced that net cash inflows into U.S. listed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange-Traded Notes (ETN) totaled $2.1 billion for January 2009, an increase of approximately 74% over $1.2 billion posted during January 2008. At the end of January 2009, the number of listed products totaled a record 861, compared to 678 listed products one year ago.