The MSRB is requesting comment on a draft amendment to MSRB Rule G-11 (on primary offering practices) (the "Draft Rule G-11 Amendment") concerning the practice by brokers, dealers, and municipal securities dealers ("dealers") of consenting to changes in authorizing documents for municipal securities. The Draft Rule G-11 Amendment seeks to address concerns raised in comments received by the MSRB from market participants on an earlier draft interpretive notice relating to such practice. View notice in full here (links externally to MSRB website).

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The SEC will hold an Open Meeting on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 10:00 a.m., in the Auditorium, Room L-002. The subject matters of the Open Meeting will be: Item 1: The Commission will consider whether to adopt rules regarding disclosure and reporting obligations with respect to the use of conflict minerals to implement the requirements of Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act. Item 2: The Commission will consider whether to adopt rules regarding disclosure and reporting obligations with respect to payments to governments made by resource extraction issuers to implement the requirements of

European Commission June 29, 2012 The European Commission has set out detailed rules on reducing the risk of settlement failure relating to uncovered short selling and for disclosure of significant short positions to the market. The technical standards also confirm who ESMA will assess whether shares traded outside the European Union will be exempt from compliance with the Short Selling Regulation. The Short Selling Regulation is expected to apply from 1 November 2012, except for provisions on the principal trading venue, which will apply from the day after the regulation is published in the

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