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  • CME Group Announces Record Open Interest For NYMEX Brent Futures - Open Interest In NYMEX Brent (BZ) Futures Surpasses 150,000 For First Time

    Date 10/11/2014

    CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced itsNYMEX Brent (BZ) crude oil futures contracts set an open interest record on Thursday, November 6, 2014. Open interest for NYMEX Brent set a record of 155,713 on November 6, surpassing the 150,000 contracts milestone for the first time ever. The previous open interest record of 149,955 contracts was set on November 5, 2014.

  • October 2014 FIF Market Dynamics Report – Executive Summary

    Date 10/11/2014

    OTC Market Share of NMS Securities

    • In October 2014, off-exchange trading accounted for 35% of the shares traded in NMS Equity Securities, a decrease of 1.7% compared to last month.

    Average Trade/Contract Size

    • For NYSE Listed, average trade size was 187 shares, a 6.7% decrease over last month. On a year over year basis, average trade size decreased 22.3%.
    • For NASDAQ Listed, average trade size was 195 shares, 5.8% decrease than last month. Average trade size decreased 23.3% on an annual basis.
    • Average contract size for US Equity Options was 11 this month.

  • A New Qatari Stock Joins MSCI Emerging Market Index And Weights Of Other 4 Stocks Increased

    Date 10/11/2014

    In a statement reported by Reuters, MSCI announced that a Qatari listed company “Gulf International Services” will be added to the emerging market index. In its semiannual review announced last week, MSCI also increased the weights and removed the adjustment factor for 3 stocks in the UAE and 4 stocks in Qatar, citing relaxed foreign ownership restrictions.

  • CFTC Further Implements Trade Execution Requirement

    Date 10/11/2014

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) Division of Market Oversight (Division) announced today further implementation of the trade execution requirement for certain interest rate and credit default swaps. The Division previously provided no-action relief for certain swaps required to be traded on a swap execution facility (SEF) or designated contract market (DCM) to the extent that those swaps were part of a package transaction. The Division has determined that further relief is appropriate to enable market participants the necessary time to fully comply with the trade execution requirement with respect to swap components of certain categories of package transactions.

  • ESMA Consults On Revised EMIR Standards On The Reporting To Trade Repositories

    Date 10/11/2014

    The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published a consultation paper on the revision of the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) and implementing technical standards (ITS) in relation to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The ESMA RTS/ ITS deal with the obligation of counterparties' and CCP's  to report to trade repositories.