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CalPERS Halts Lending Of Four Investment Bank Stocks - Lending Program Continues For All Other Securities

Date 18/09/2008

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced a temporary pullback of shares of four financial institutions in its Securities Lending Program.
ASF And SIFMA Support Comprehensive Review Of Securitization Accounting Standards - Urge FASB To Consider Other Accounting Policy Options

Date 18/09/2008

George Miller, executive director of the American Securitization Forum (ASF), testified today on transparency in accounting before the Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on behalf of the ASF and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).
ICE Futures Canada FCM Customer Margin Changes

Date 18/09/2008

The following initial and maintenance margins apply to non-participant speculative accounts held with FCMs. Non-participants holding hedge based positions may apply for a hedge exemption under Rule 4E.08. The minimum margin level under the hedge exemption is the clearinghouse margin.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 18/09/2008

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, September 18, 2008: The shares of Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (TSXVN:CUM) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol. The shares of Hard Creek Nickel Corporation (TSXVN:HNC) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.
Statement From SEC Chairman Christopher Cox

Date 18/09/2008

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today made the following statement: "While I have great respect for Senator McCain, we have sometimes disagreed, and this is one such occasion. The SEC has made plain that we have zero tolerance for naked short selling. In this market crisis, the men and women of the SEC have responded valiantly as they always do—with the utmost dedication and professionalism. Addressing the extraordinary challenges facing our marke

SIFMA Testifies On Auction Rate Securities Before House Financial Services Committee

Date 18/09/2008

In testimony delivered today at the House Financial Services Committee hearing on the auction rate securities market, Leslie Norwood, managing director and associate general counsel at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), outlined the factors which led to failed auctions and presented the steps SIFMA has taken to obtain regulatory relief for issuers and investors in auct
KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit For Trade Date September 19, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 18/09/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures are at 60 cents for trade date September 19, 2008 (effective with the September 18 evening session).
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services - The Importance Of Smaller Quoted Companies To The European economy - Quoted Companies Alliance's Annual Dinner London, 17 September 2008

Date 18/09/2008

My Lord [Strathclyde], Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour to be here with you this evening and it is always a personal pleasure for me to be in London. When this Dinner was planned several months ago most of us did not anticipate the most recent developments of what can hardly still be called a "financial turmoil". I have been involved in several economic and financial crises in my professional life and this is certainly one of the most serious ones I have w
Program Trading Averaged 17.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Sept. 8-12

Date 18/09/2008

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 Sept. 8-12.
CFTC: Pennsylvania Resident Gary Scholze Ordered To Pay $1 Million Civil Monetary Penalty In Commodity Futures And Options Anti-Fraud Case - Federal Court Finds That Scholze Misappropriated Customer Funds

Date 18/09/2008

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it obtained a $1 million civil monetary penalty judgment against Pennsylvania resident Gary F. Scholze to settle a CFTC anti-fraud enforcement action. The order also permanently prohibits Scholze from trading, soliciting funds, and seeking registration with the CFTC or otherwise engaging in any commodity interest-related activity.