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ICE Futures Canada FCM Customer Margin Changes

Date 11/12/2008

Click here to download the initial and maintenance margins that apply to non-participant speculative accounts held with FCMs.
CME Group Names Marcus Katz Director, Interest Rate Products

Date 11/12/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it has named Marcus Katz as Director, Interest Rate Products. Katz, 47, will be responsible for expanding CME Group's presence in the over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate market and growing the company's global customer base. These responsibilities will include leading efforts to market CME Group's benchmark interest rate products as tools to replicate OTC derivative transactions and developing ne
Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index Changes To Dow Jones Summer/Winter Games Index - Results Of The Regular Quarterly Review To Be Effective On December 22, 2008

Date 11/12/2008

With the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games now completed, Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the renaming of the Dow Jones 2008 Summer Games Index to the Dow Jones Summer/Winter Games Index. The name change reflects the index's objective of measuring the performance of companies that are official sponsors or suppliers of the Olympic Games, starting with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The new index composition also is being announced today.
SEC: Zurich Financial Services, Converium Holding AG Settle Reinsurance Fraud Charges

Date 11/12/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled civil securities fraud charges against Zurich Financial Services and Converium Holding AG, now known as SCOR Holding (Switzerland) AG, relating to finite reinsurance transactions. The SEC's orders find that Zurich's former reinsurance group, which operated under the name Zurich Re and was later spun off in 2001 as Converium, designed three reinsurance transactions to make it appear that risk had been transferred to third-par
CFTC Seeks Public Comment On Proposed Rules To Expand Regulatory Authority Over Exempt Commercial Markets

Date 11/12/2008

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission requests public comment on rules and rule amendments that increase the oversight of Exempt Commercial Markets (ECMs) as directed by the CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2008. ECMs are lesser-regulated electronic trading facilities that allow institutional participants to trade exempt over-the-counter commodities such as energy swaps.

Oxfordshire Businessman Fined £35,000 For Lying About FSA Authorisation

Date 11/12/2008

An Oxfordshire businessman, Mr Mayson Shanti of Marcham, Abingdon has been fined £35,000 by Didcot Magistrate's Court for falsely claiming that his company, Chase Capital Finance Limited (Chase Capital), was authorised by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). This is the first time that the FSA has prosecuted an individual for falsely claiming to be authorised.
Successful Debut For NYSE Euronext’s Universal Trading Platform - First Migration Onto Superfast, High-Capacity Platform

Date 11/12/2008

NYSE Euronext (NYX) this week successfully migrated its European Bond products onto its new Universal Trading Platform, representing the first significant milestone in the platform’s roll-out.
Former Fidelity Employees To Pay More Than $1 Million To Settle SEC Charges For Improperly Accepting Lavish Gifts Paid For By Brokers

Date 11/12/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settlements of an enforcement action against eight former employees of Fidelity Investments' equity trading desk, who will collectively pay more than $1 million to settle SEC charges for improperly receiving travel, entertainment, and gifts paid for by outside brokers courting business from Fidelity.
Program Trading Averaged 33.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 1-5

Date 11/12/2008

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 1-5.
SEC Finalizes ARS Settlements With Citigroup And UBS, Providing Nearly $30 Billion In Liquidity To Investors

Date 11/12/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today finalized settlements with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Citi) and UBS Securities LLC and UBS Financial Services, Inc. (UBS) that will provide nearly $30 billion to tens of thousands of customers who invested in auction rate securities before the market for those securities froze in February.