Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - October 28, 2005

In this issue of CFWD we discuss:

- Guidance for Smaller Public Companies Reporting on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
- FDIC Provides Guidance for Ethical Codes of Conduct
- NASD Proposes Further Amendments to Best Execution Rule
- DTC, NSCC and FICC Propose Requiring Participants to Buy DTCC Stock
- Company’s Alleged Failure to Include “Imputed Interest” Calculation in Financial Statements
Held Sufficient to Support Securities Fraud Claim
- Court Grants Motion to Dismiss Fraud Claims Related to Alleged “Pump And Dump” Scheme
- The SEC is Considering Easing the Hedge Fund Registration Requirements
- CFTC Reaffirms Non-Exclusive Safe Harbor for Qualifying Swaps