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SEC Charges Dallas-Based Trader With Front Running
Date 24/05/2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a trader at a Dallas-based investment advisory firm who improperly profited by placing his own trades before executing large block trades for firm clients that had strong potential to increase the stock's price.
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Moscow Exchange Announces Results Of Supervisory Board Meeting
Date 24/05/2013
The Supervisory Board of Moscow Exchange on 23 May 2013 approved a proposal to buy and subsequently cancel the Moscow Exchange quasi-treasury shares held by MICEX-Finance LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Moscow Exchange. The terms of the transaction will be determined in the third quarter of 2013.
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ESAs - Achievement And Challenges, Speech By Steven Maijoor, Chair European Securities And Markets Authority
Date 24/05/2013
Ladies and gentlemen,
The creation and establishment of the new European System of Financial Supervision in 2011 was an unprecedented innovation to regulate the EU financial sector. Therefore, itis only right to now evaluate this new system, even after such a relatively short period, bearing in mind that the nature of the crisis has changed and become even more severesince the ESFS was established.
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Nine European Associations Warn About The Negative Impact Of The Proposed FTT
Date 24/05/2013
Nine European trade associations have co-signed a letter addressed to the Irish Minister of Finance and President of the ECOFIN Mr Noonan to warn about the negative effects of the proposed financial transaction tax (FTT) on financial activities that are essential to the functioning of financial markets and our economy as a whole, such as government financing, risk hedging and corporate access to finance.
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UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Publishes A Decision Notice Against Angela Burns Deciding To Ban And Fine The Former Non-Executive Director £154,800 For Failing To Disclose Her Conflicts Of Interest
Date 24/05/2013
FCA publishes a Decision Notice against Angela Burns deciding to ban and fine the former non-executive director £154,800 for failing to disclose her conflicts of interest.
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Moscow Exchange: OFZ Futures Open Interest Exceeds RUB11.4 Billion
Date 24/05/2013
On May 23, 2013 a record open interest in futures on Russian Federation government bonds basket was shown by the Moscow Exchange's Derivatives market. By the end of the main trading session open interest volume exceeded 1.1 million contracts or RUB11.4 billion in value. The previous record was seen on April 30, 2013 when the open interest reached RUB10.09 billion.
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LME Appoints Nick Ong-Seng As Executive Director: Regulation & Compliance
Date 24/05/2013
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Ong-Seng as Executive Director: Regulation & Compliance. Nick will replace Diarmuid O'Hegarty, whose new position as Chief Operating Officer will come into effect on Nick's arrival in August.
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HKEx: Appointment Of Listing Committee Members
Date 24/05/2013
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces the appointment of members to the Listing Committee of the Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) (together, the Listing Committee).
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Two New UBS ETFs Launched On Xetra - ETFs Offer First-Time Access To Commodities Sectors Of The CMCI Index Series
Date 24/05/2013
Two new exchange-traded index funds issued by UBS ETFs plc have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Friday.
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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For China Telecom Futures
Date 24/05/2013
Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Tuesday, 28 May 2013, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.