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NZX: ASX Overseas And Dual Listed Securities - Revised Pricing Structure On Three-Month Trial

Date 01/08/2008

NZX has today commenced a three-month trial pricing structure change for trades on NZX in ASX Overseas and Dual Listed securities.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Decisions Made By The Extraordinary General Meeting - Exchange To Demutualise

Date 01/08/2008

The Extraordinary General Meeting held on July 29th decided to change the structure of our Exchange from a membership organization to a stock company (demutualization).
SIFMA Credit Rating Agency Task Force Issues Global Recommendations For Credit Rating Agency Reform

Date 31/07/2008

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Credit Rating Agency Task Force today issued its recommendations for credit rating agency reform. The recommendations are being shared with regulators, lawmakers, and credit rating agencies globally, and reflect the efforts of the senior-level investor-led industry group. The recommendations also respond directly to the designation by the US P
Glass Lewis and Proxy Governance Recommend NYMEX Shareholders Vote 'FOR' the Acquisition by CME Group

Date 31/07/2008

NYMEX Holdings (NYSE: NMX), parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that Glass Lewis & Co. and Proxy Governance, two leading proxy advisory firms, have recommended that NYMEX shareholders vote "FOR" the acquisition by CME Group at the Special Shareholders Meeting scheduled for August 18.
Securities And Exchange Commission Reopens Comment Period On Proposal To Improve Mutual Fund Disclosure

Date 31/07/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has reopened the public comment period on a proposal intended to improve mutual fund disclosure, in order to allow comments on the results of investor testing.

Glass Lewis And Proxy Governance Recommend CME Group Shareholders Vote 'FOR' The Acquisition Of NYMEX Holdings Inc.

Date 31/07/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, announced that Glass Lewis & Co. and Proxy Governance, two leading proxy advisory firms, have recommended that CME Group shareholders vote "FOR" the acquisition of NYMEX Holdings at the Special Shareholders Meeting scheduled for August 18, 2008.
BATS Adds GETCO Execution Services As Dark Scan Destination

Date 31/07/2008

BATS Trading Inc., an innovative and technology leading U.S. market center, announces that GETCO Execution Services is now a destination for BATS’ Dark Scan, an order type designed to integrate a broad mix of liquidity sources as well as lower access fees for BATS’ subscribers.
SIFMA’s Asset Management Group Works With The Industry To Meet Goals Of Expanded Derivatives Improvement Processing Plan

Date 31/07/2008

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA’s) Asset Management Group (AMG) will support ongoing efforts to improve credit and derivative market practices. AMG, along with the senior managers of 17 major derivatives dealers (Major Dealers) and two key trade associations today submitted an updated letter of agreement to the global regulatory community. The letter lays out an expanded plan that includes strategies, tactics and key benchmarks that will steer progress towar
Zoe-Vonna Palmrose To Return To USC Professorship, Completing SEC Service As Deputy Chief Accountant

Date 31/07/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Dr. Zoe-Vonna Palmrose will return to the University of Southern California as a Professor of Accounting in the Marshall School of Business and Leventhal School of Accounting, concluding her two years of successful public service as the agency's Deputy Chief Accountant for Professional Practice.
CFTC Appoints Lenel Hickson As Acting Regional Administrator In The New York Eastern Regional Office

Date 31/07/2008

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the appointment, effective July 20, 2008, of Lenel Hickson as the Acting Regional Administrator in the New York Eastern Regional Office.