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Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Recommendations Regarding Financial Statements For 2008

Date 08/01/2009

For many publicly traded companies, the financial crisis of the past fifteen months is one of the key events of 2008. It is likely to have a major impact on financial statements, not just for financial institutions but also for industrial and commercial firms. It raises particularly important issues regarding the fair value measurement of certain instruments (IAS 39 – Financial Instruments: recognition and measurement), valuations (IAS 36 – Impairment of Assets, IAS 19 – Employee Benefits), t
Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Civil Penalty Enforcement Action For Insider Trading

Date 08/01/2009

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has taken civil penalty enforcement action against Mr Chu Chwee Tiak for insider trading under Section 219(2)(a) of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA).
Dubai Financial Market Investor Base Up 26.48% To 535,563 Investors In 2008

Date 08/01/2009

The Dubai Financial Market, the first regional exchange to go public and the leading Islamic financial market globally, revealed that numbers of investors showed a big leap of 26.48% during 2008 to 535,563 in 2008 end compared to 423,418 in 2007.
ICE Announces Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 08/01/2009

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced the 2009 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday trading schedule for ICE Futures U.S.
US Treasury Releases Fourth Tranche Report

Date 08/01/2009

The Treasury Department today released the fourth Tranche Report to Congress, as required by section 105(b) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. All Tranche Reports can be found at: http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/eesa/tranche-reports.shtml.

UK's Serious Fraud Office To Investigate Madoff

Date 08/01/2009

The Serious Fraud Office has announced today that it is opening an investigation into Bernard Madoff's UK business operations. The focus of the investigation will be on UK victims and any criminal offences that might have been committed in the UK.
SEC Charges Joseph S. Forte For Conducting Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme

Date 08/01/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a Philadelphia-area investment fund manager and his firm for conducting a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme, and has obtained an emergency court order freezing their assets.
CFTC Charges Philadelphia-Area Resident With Operating $50 Million Ponzi Scheme - Joseph S. Forte Confesses To Fraud Scheme And Failing To Register With The CFTC

Date 08/01/2009

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it charged Joseph S. Forte of Broomall, Pennsylvania with operating a Ponzi scheme involving approximately $50 million in connection with the unregistered Joseph Forte, L.P. commodity futures pool. Forte recently confessed to federal authorities in the wake of the scheme’s collapse. The CFTC’s complaint charges Forte with: solicitation fraud; misappropriation of pool funds; sending customers false account s
SEC Approves FINRA Rule To Drastically Limit Motions To Dismiss In Arbitration - Abusive Motions To Dismiss Cases Will Face Stringent Sanctions

Date 08/01/2009

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved an important change FINRA requested to its dispute resolution rules that will significantly reduce the frequency of motions to dismiss arbitration cases before investors have a chance to present their case.
London Metal Exchange Increases Order To Trade Ratio Policy

Date 08/01/2009

Following the successful implementation of LMEselect release 6, the London Metal Exchange has amended its order to trade ratio policy on LMEselect. With effect from Monday 5 January, the ratio of order to trade for Primary Aluminium and Copper Grade A contracts has increased to 20 order actions to one trade. The increase applies only to transactions between 08.00-18.00 hours London time. The order to trade ratio for all other metals, plastics, steel, index and LMEmini contracts remains at 12