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Remarks Of US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner - Swearing-In Ceremony, January 26, 2009

Date 26/01/2009

Following remarks by President Obama,Vice President Biden administered the oath of office to Timothy Geithner. Secretary Geithner returns to the Treasury Department, where he first worked about 20 years ago.

Change In Pricing Policy For BM&FBOVESPA Products And Services

Date 26/01/2009

On January 23, 2009, BM&FBOVESPA (the “Company”) unveiled its revised Pricing Policy for Products and Services (Pricing Policy), first announced on October 27, 2008.

European Commission - Responsibilities Of UCITS Depositaries: Frequently Asked Questions

Date 26/01/2009

(see IP/09/126) Do you think that the existing Directive has been improperly implemented? The Commission will examine the situation carefully to establish if relevant national provisions are not in conformity with the Directive. However, at this point in time, the problem seems to be less one of improper implementation than on how to

Cisco Delivers Ethernet-Based High Performance Software To Help Accelerate Financial Services Applications - Collaboration With NYSE Technologies Delivers Financial Services Solution To Accelerate Automated Trading Applications

Date 26/01/2009

Cisco today announced it has collaborated with NYSE Technologies to develop an Ethernet-based integrated messaging solution for the financial services industry that accelerates

BM&FBOVESPA: Record Trading Through DMA On The GTS

Date 26/01/2009

On January 22, 2009, BM&FBOVESPA set a new record by trading 151,000 contracts in 5,796 trades that were carried out through Direct Market Access (DMA) on its electronic derivatives trading platform, the Global Trading System (GTS). This record number of DMA trades represented 9% of the total number of contracts traded and 15% of the total number of trades that were carried out on that day.

European Commission Sets Out Steps To Clarify The Responsibilities Of UCITS Depositaries

Date 26/01/2009

(see MEMO/09/27) The UCITS regulatory framework has proved very resilient during the current crisis. However, the depositaries of 4 UCITS funds (from a population of 30'000 funds) entrusted fund assets, worth 1.6bn€ to Madoff entities and those assets have not yet been recovered. On the 12th<

Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Publishes Its 2008 Report On Credit Rating Agencies

Date 26/01/2009

The AMF is publishing its fifth annual report on credit rating agencies (CRAs), covering 2007 and the first nine months of 2008. The report is being released in an international context marked by major financial turmoil in the aftermath of the subprime crisis, which erupted in summer 2007. For several years the AMF has been calling for changes in the way that CRAs are supervised, and recent developments confirm the appropria

CFTC’s Division Of Clearing And Intermediary Oversight Provides Annual Report Guidance To Commodity Pool Operators

Date 26/01/2009

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight issued its annual guidance letter to registered commodity pool operators (CPOs). The letter is intended to assist CPOs, and their public accountants, in complying with the Commission’s regulations on the preparation and filing of commodity pool annual financial reports.

NYSE Euronext And BIDS Trading Receive SEC Approval To Launch The New York Block Exchange - Innovative Joint Venture To Re-Aggregate Block Trading Liquidity

Date 26/01/2009

NYSE Euronext and BIDS Holdings, L.P. today announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission has approved their joint filing to launch the New York Block Exchange (NYBX) on January 29, 2009. Designed to improve execution quality and access to block trading liquidity, NYBX is a 50/50 joint venture between the two companies and it will operate as a facility of the NYSE.

BATS Europe Unveils Market Share Display - Low Latency Trading Platform Offers Free Near Real-Time Notional Value And Volume Market Share Data Via www.batstrading.co.uk

Date 26/01/2009

BATS Europe, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BATS Global Markets, today announced a pan-European market share display available free via its public Web site.