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Date 18/05/2012
Fitch Downgrades Greek Banks To 'CCC'
Fitch Ratings has downgraded National Bank of Greece's, Efg Eurobank Ergasias', Alpha Bank's, Piraeus Bank's and Agricultural Bank of Greece's Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) and Support Rating Floors (SRF) to 'CCC' from 'B-' and Short-term IDRs to 'C' from 'B'. The Viability Rating (VR) of the five banks has been affirmed at 'f'. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this comment.
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Date 18/05/2012
Three Financial Industry Leaders Elected To DTCC’s Board Of Directors
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today announced the election of three renowned and well respected leaders in financial services to its Board of Directors. The three new Board members are Darryll Hendricks, Head of Strategy and Regulatory Reform for UBS Investment Bank; Cynthia Meyn, Executive Vice President and Senior Operations Manager for PIMCO; and Brian T. Shea, Chief Executive Officer of Pershing LLC.
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Date 18/05/2012
BATS 1000 Index Declines 3.8% This Week
BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000®Index (Ticker: BATSK) was down for the third week in a row, dropping 574.24 points, or 3.8%, this week to close at 14,590.18 as of 4 p.m. ET today.
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Date 18/05/2012
IMF Convenes Advisory Committee Meeting On Modernizing Government Finance Statistics
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) convened a meeting of the Government Finance Statistics Advisory Committee (GFSAC) during May 16-18, 2012 in Washington to continue discussions on a range of steps designed to update and modernize statistical methodologies globally.
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Date 18/05/2012
TMX Group Top 20 Largest - Consolidated Short Position Report – Highlights - May 15, 2012
Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month. The report below covers the 2-week period ending May 15, 2012.
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Date 18/05/2012
CFTC Approves Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Regulations On Aggregation For Position Limits For Futures And Swaps
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that would modify the CFTC’s aggregation provisions for limits on speculative positions. The proposed rulemaking would permit any person with a greater than 10 percent ownership or equity interest in an entity to disaggregate the owned entity’s positions, provided there are protections and firewalls in place to ensure trading decisions are made independently of one another.
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Date 18/05/2012
BM&FBOVESPA Registers Record Financial Volume And Number Of Trades In The BOVA11 ETF
BM&FBOVESPA registered an all-time record financial volume and number of trades today in the BOVA11 ETF, an index fund that tracks the performance of the BOVESPA Index (Ibovespa). There were 11,767 trades in 7,106,960 units, totaling financial volume of BRL 380.69 million. The previous record number of trades was 10,154 on May 17, 2012 and the previous record financial volume was BRL 309 million on May 04, 2012.
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Date 18/05/2012
Concurring Statement Relating To The Commission’s Proposal On Aggregation Under Part 151, Position Limits For Futures And Swaps, CFTC Commissioner Jill E. Sommers
I support the Commission’s proposed rules that, among other things, expand the exemptions relating to information sharing restrictions, expand the circumstances under which market participants will not be required to aggregate positions, and reduce the reporting burdens on higher tier entities. I am pleased that we recognize that the final position limits rules issued on November 18, 2011 set forth an unworkable and overly restrictive approach to these issues.
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Date 18/05/2012
MGEX Announces Revised Expanded Trading Hours
MGEX, a Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Organization, today announced it has received CFTC approval to expand its trading hours. Effective May 20, 2012, the trading hours will be from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Central Time (CT), Sunday to Friday.
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Date 18/05/2012
James McNamara Named Managing Executive Of SEC’s Division Of Trading And Markets
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that James P. McNamara has been named to the newly-created position of Managing Executive of the SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets.
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