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London Stock Exchange Group plc - Interim Management Statement For The Three Months Ended 31 December 2008

Date 22/01/2009

Three months to 31 December 2008: · Revenue up four per cent to £171.0 million; down three per cent at constant currency · SETS volumes continued to grow, increasing 20 per cent to 777,000 trades per day, driven by a very strong October. SETS value traded declined 30 per cent, set against an average 34 per cent fall in the FTSE 100 compa
Taiwan Stock Exchange Revises Settlement System

Date 22/01/2009

Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) will implement new settlement system from February 2 2009. The settlement time of broker/dealer is changed to 10 a.m. of T+2 for securities and 11 a.m. of T+2 for money.
UK's Financial Services Authority Chairman Sets Out Agenda For Reforming Financial Regulation

Date 22/01/2009

Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), today addressed the root causes of the current global financial crisis and set out the implications for regulation and the future shape of the financial system in a lecture in the City.
Dow Jones Indexes Named Best Islamic Index Provider In The Islamic Finance News Poll 2008

Date 22/01/2009

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, has been named “Best Islamic Index Provider” in the Islamic Finance News Poll 2008.
BM&F BOVESPA S.A.: Minutes Of The Meeting Of The Board Of Directors Held On January 20, 2009

Date 21/01/2009

Click here to download the minutes Of the meeting of the BM&F BOVESPA S.A. board of directors held on January 20, 2009.

TABB Group Says Europe’s Equity Markets Need Competition In The Clearing Space But Only Consolidation Will Make This An Effective Reality - MTFs, Brokers And The Marketplace Need Low-Cost Pan-European Central Counterparty Clearing But Unfettered Competiti

Date 21/01/2009

Low-cost, pan-European central counterparty clearing (CCP) is a prerequisite for multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) to expand their business models and brokers to reduce their risks and costs, as the marketplace worries about the post-trade process. But according to TABB Group in a new European-focused research report published today, “Clearing in European Equities: Competition and Consolidation,” competition in the clearing space across Europe must be accompanied by consolidation to pro
SEC Charges Missing Trader For Defrauding Investors At Sarasota-Based Hedge Funds

Date 21/01/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Arthur Nadel of Sarasota, Fla., with fraud in connection with six hedge funds for which he acted as the principal investment advisor. According to the SEC’s complaint, Nadel provided false and misleading information for dissemination to investors about the funds’ historical returns and falsely overstated the value of investments in the funds by approximately $300 million.
CalPERS Selects Washington State Investment Board Chief As Its Next Chief Investment Officer - Joseph A. Dear Joins Nation’s Largest Public Pension Fund

Date 21/01/2009

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that Joseph A. Dear, currently Executive Director of the Washington State Investment Board (WSIB) and Chairman of the Council of Institutional Investors has been named Chief Investment Officer of the $178 billion pension fund.
Andrew Vollmer Named Acting General Counsel Of SEC

Date 21/01/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of Andrew N. Vollmer as the agency's Acting General Counsel. Mr. Vollmer succeeds Brian Cartwright, who left the agency this week to return to the private sector.
Hearing At The Economic And Monetary Affairs Committee Of The European Parliament - Speech By Jean-Claude Trichet, President Of The European Central Bank, Brussels, 21 January 2009

Date 21/01/2009

Madame la Présidente, Mesdames et Messieurs les membres de la Commission Economique et Monétaire, je me réjouis de ce premier échange de vues avec votre Commission en 2009. Cet échange a lieu quelques jours seulement après la réunion du Conseil des Gouverneurs du 15 janvier consacrée à la politique monétaire. De surcroît, mardi dernier à Strasbourg lors de la session plénière dédiée aux dix ans de l’euro, j’ai été heureux de noter le soutien de votre Parlement à l’euro et à la BCE. Aujourd’hu