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NYMEX To Change Margins For Some Financially Settled Electricity Futures Contracts

Date 05/09/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for some of its financially settled electricity futures contracts on NYMEX ClearPort®, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
CME Group Appoints Joseph P. Adamczyk As Director, Enforcement Counsel

Date 05/09/2007

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, today announced that it has appointed Joseph P. Adamczyk as Director, Enforcement Counsel. Adamczyk's primary responsibility will be oversight of the company's Market Regulation department enforcement function. He will report to Richard H. Lamm, Managing Director, Regulatory Counsel.
TSX Group CEO Nesbitt Updates On TSX Quantum Revolution

Date 05/09/2007

At a luncheon speech at the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce today, TSX Group CEO Richard Nesbitt spoke about the rapidly changing exchange world and how TSX Group’s exchanges are working to remain at the forefront of the changes. With many new competitors entering the Canadian marketplace in the form of alternative trading systems and the existence of established competitors around the world, TSX Group is meeting these challenges with innovative product and service offerings, including develo
Euronext Paris: Expert Commission, Indices Committee

Date 05/09/2007

The Expert Commission, Indices Committee, meeting today, took decisions regarding the makeup of various Euronext Paris indices. The decisions taken today will take effect from Monday 24 September 2007. The Committee also decided to change the definition of free float applicable for Euronext Paris indices. In future, free float will be calculated to the exclusion of all interests with more than 5% of voting rights in the issuing entity, except where such an interest is held by an undertaking for
SEC Charges 26 Defendants In $428 Million Securities Fraud That Targeted Senior Citizens And Retirement Savings - Commission's Crackdown On Financial Fraud Against Seniors Continues

Date 05/09/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges stemming from a $428 million securities fraud that victimized thousands of seniors and other investors throughout the United States. The SEC's action, filed in federal district court in Chicago, Ill., charges 26 defendants and alleges that they participated in a massive fraud that involved the sale of securities in the form of "Universal Leases." The investments were structured as timeshares in several hotels in Cancun, Mexico, coupled w

Shanghai Stock Exchange: Secretaries To Directorate Should Be Included In Senior Management

Date 05/09/2007

"Secretaries to Directorate of listed companies should be members of the senior management and take corresponding responsibilities when participating in the decision-making from now on", stressed Director Zhou Guoqing of the Listed Company Department of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) yesterday in the SSE's 32nd qualification training course for Secretaries to Directorate. Zhou also said that in the "Listing Rules" modified and submitted to the China Securities Regulatory Commission for exa
BOX Operations Not Impacted By BSE Announcement

Date 05/09/2007

Today’s announcement from the Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) has no direct impact on BOX as it has a completely different management and operational structure. The Boston Stock Exchange has a minority interest in BOX and provides regulatory services that are not affected and will continue.
Boston Stock Exchange Announces Business Unit Discontinuation

Date 05/09/2007

The Boston Stock Exchange (BSE), a mutual organization that manages or regulates multiple ventures, announced that it has discontinued the operations of the Boston Equities Exchange (BeX), effective today. BeX, launched in August 2005, is an electronic stock exchange.
FINRA Fines AXA Advisors $1.2 Million For Fee-Based Account Violations, Orders Return Of $1.4 Million In Fees To Approximately 1,800 Customers - Firm Voluntarily Adds $1.2 Million To Customer Refund Fund

Date 05/09/2007

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined AXA Advisors, LLC, $1.2 million for failing to adequately supervise its fee-based brokerage business and distributing misleading sales literature for its fee-based brokerage account program, CapAdvantage, between 2001 and 2005.
SIFMA Recommends Full Market Closes On September 17 And September 24 For Trading Of US Dollar-Denominated Fixed-Income Securities In Japan In Observance Of The Respect For The Aged Day And Autumn Equinox Holidays, Respectively

Date 05/09/2007

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has confirmed its previous recommendations for full market closes on Monday, September 17, and Monday, September 24, for the trading of US dollar-denominated fixed-income securities in Japan in observance of the Respect for the Aged Day and Autumn Equinox Holidays, respectively.