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SEC Conducts Major Anti-Money Laundering Program For Latin America And The Caribbean

Date 13/12/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has completed a major anti-money laundering program held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The program was hosted by the Superintendencia de Valores de la Dominican Republic, and co-sponsored by the SEC and the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Program Trading Averaged 31.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 3-7

Date 13/12/2007

The New York Stock Exchange 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. 3-7.
UBS Extends US Electronic Capabilities By Launching Options Algorithmic Trading With Leading OMS And EMS Providers

Date 13/12/2007

Following closely on the heels of UBS’s November launch of Options Direct Market Access (“DMA”) with 14 providers of electronic Execution Management Systems (“EMS”) and Order Management Systems (“OMS”), UBS announced today the launch of Options Algorithmic Trading with leading OMS and EMS providers.
British Bankers' Association LIBOR Falls On Central Bank Intervention

Date 13/12/2007

The first BBA LIBOR fixings since yesterday’s central bank interventions shows banks are today borrowing money from each other at lower rates.
OMX Securities Sells Its Lawshare Business

Date 13/12/2007

OMX Securities, which is OMX UK operations in securities administration, today announced that A J Bell, a Manchester-based company has purchased its Lawshare Limited business, generating a capital gain of 3,4 MSEK.

LME Plastics Futures Contracts To Mirror Non-Ferrous

Date 13/12/2007

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has today announced changes to its plastics futures contracts for polypropylene (PP) and linear low density polyethylene (LL), which align the plastics futures contracts with the successful metals futures contracts model.
Exchange Data International Launches Its Shareholders Circular Service

Date 13/12/2007

Exchange Data International (EDI), a specialist in the collection of Reference and Corporate Actions data announces the launch of a web service giving access to Shareholders Circulars. This is a major enhancement to its direct sourced UK Corporate Actions database (WinCAB2).
FINRA Fines J. P. Morgan Securities $500,000 For Failing To Disclose Use Of Payments To Consultants To Obtain Numerous Municipal Securities Offerings

Date 13/12/2007

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that it has fined J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. $500,000 for failing to disclose to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) that it had used consultants to obtain numerous municipal securities offerings and had made payments to consultants connected to particular offerings. FINRA is responsible for enforcing MSRB rules.
Eurex Launches Incentive Program For Central And South-Eastern Europe - Promotion Of Proprietary Trading In New EU Member States - Global Connectivity Initiative To Be Continued In 2008

Date 13/12/2007

The international derivatives exchange Eurex will continue to expand its international distribution network in 2008. As of 1 January 2008, an incentive program will be initiated for new traders from central and (south-)eastern European countries (CEE states), and the Global Connectivity Initiative, which was launched at the beginning of 2007, will be extended for another year.
European Commission: European Financial Integration Report 2007

Date 13/12/2007

The European Commission has released its European Financial Integration Report (EFIR), an annual analysis of integration of the EU financial services sector. EFIR is a new step in the monitoring of European financial integration, merging in two former reports: the Financial Integration Monitor and the Single Market in Financial Services Progress Report.