Permitting company to stop filing reports under the Exchange Act and to withdraw a registration statement under the Securities Act. Cross Reference(s): Exchange Act Rule 12h-3. View no-action letter in full here (links externally SEC website). Additional Materials: Incoming Letter

Permitting company to stop filing reports under the Exchange Act. Cross Reference(s): Exchange Act Rule 12h-3. View no-action letter in full here (links externally to SEC website). Additional Materials: Incoming Letter

Permitting company to suspend its reporting requirements under the Exchange Act and to withdraw a registration statement for its shares under the Securities Act. & Cross Reference(s): Exchange Act Rule 12h-3. View no-action letter in full here (links externally SEC website). Additional Materials: Incoming Letter

The SEC charged New York-based Peter Siris and two of his affiliated firms, as well as other individuals, with a host of securities law violations primarily related to activities with a Chinese reverse merger company, China Yingxia International Inc. In an attempt to circumvent the registration provisions of the securities law, Siris received shares from the China Yingxia CEO's father and improperly sold them without any registration statement in effect. Siris further engaged in insider trading, ahead of 10 confidentially solicited offerings for other Chinese issuers. Cross Reference(s)

An overview of the NFA compliance requirements applicable to Retail Forex Transactions involving NFA members. [SL Comment: should be closely reviewed by all firms involved in Forex. Even for other CFTC-regulated entities, the Notice provides some guidance as to the questions that may be asked by the regulators as to particular issues; e.g., whether a person is qualified to serve as a supervisor.] According to the NFA, this notice has three sections. The first section explains who qualifies as a Forex Dealer Member under NFA Bylaw 306 (which creates a Forex Dealer Member category for NFA