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OCC 2015 Cleared Contract Volume Third Highest Ever At 4.2 Billion - Total Volume Down 3 Percent From 2014 - OCC Securities Lending CCP Activity Up 19 Percent In December And Up 16 Percent Overall

Date 04/01/2016

OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today said 2015 cleared contract volume was its third-highest total ever at 4,210,542,258 contracts, representing a three percent decrease from 2014 volume of4,333,019,384 contracts. OCC ended the year with 345,836,508 cleared contracts in December, down four percent from December 2014.

Montréal Exchange Market Holiday

Date 04/01/2016

The Exchange's offices are closed today, January 4, 2016 (Day following New Year's Day).

CFTC Approves A Proposed Rule Providing An Alternative To Fingerprinting For Foreign Natural Persons

Date 04/01/2016

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it approved a proposed rule that would add an alternative for foreign natural persons to the requirement to provide fingerprints when applying for CFTC registration. The proposal would allow any such person’s registered firm to complete a criminal history background check in lieu of submitting fingerprints.

Key Figures For SIX Swiss Exchange And SIX Structured Products Exchange: 2015

Date 04/01/2016

• Trading turnover up by 19.5% to over CHF 1,372.5 billion (average per day of CHF 5.5 billion)
• Increases in turnover in all SIX Swiss Exchange segments
• New records reached on 15 January 2015: new historical highs in stock exchange trading volume (CHF 27.7 billion) and the volume of transactions (949,988) on one trading day
• For the first time in history: milestone of 1,000 ETFs tradeable on SIX Swiss Exchange reached
• Anniversaries in 2015: 20 years of fully electronic stock exchange trading and ETFs on offer for 15 years

MGEX Records Highest Annual Volume Of All-Time

Date 04/01/2016

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), has concluded its best calendar year of all-time, recording new annual highs in both total volume and electronic volume.  

EBA Acknowledges Notification From The Banco De Portugal In Relation To Novo Banco

Date 04/01/2016

The EBA has received a notification from the Banco de Portugal in relation to decisions that re-transfer five senior bonds from Novo Banco to Banco Espirito Santo and complete the resolution measure applied to Banco Espírito Santo, S.A. 

EEX Records Strong Increases In Power Derivatives And CO2 Secondary Market

Date 04/01/2016

The monthly volume on EEX’s power derivatives market, amounted to 233.6 terawatt hours (TWh) in December 2015 which is an increase of 14% compared to December 2014 (205.1 TWh).

Cairo Amman Bank Amman Stock Exchange Annual Report

Date 04/01/2016

Click here to download Cairo Amman Bank's Amman Stock Exchange annual report.

EEX Group: Key Figures Of December 2015

Date 04/01/2016

EEX Group provides the central market platform for energy, energy related and commodity products. The offering of the group comprises contracts listed at the European Energy Exchange (EEX), EPEX SPOT (incl. APX-Belpex), Powernext, Cleartrade Exchange (CLTX) and Gaspoint Nordic as well as clearing and settlement via European Commodity Clearing (ECC). EEX Group connects a network of more than 450 trading participants across 13 locations ensuring optimal support for customers on site.

Eurex: Trading Statistics Full Year And December 2015 - Average Daily Volume Approximately 9.0 Million Contracts

Date 04/01/2016