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ISDA Research Study: Dispelling Myths: End-User Activity In OTC Derivatives - August 2014

Date 11/08/2014

There is a perception among some commentators that only a small fraction of derivatives activity relates to hedging that benefits the ‘real economy’. This analysis challenges that assumption. Publicly available data published by the Bank for International Settlements reveals that 65% of over-the-counter interest rate derivatives market turnover involves an end user on one side and a reporting dealer on the other. These participants, comprising non- dealer financial institutions and non-financial customers, use derivatives primarily to hedge risks and reduce volatility on their balance sheets. The remaining 35% of derivatives turnover activity relates to dealer market-making and the hedging of customer transactions – vital for market liquidity and the facilitation of client trades. Without this, end users would be unable to put on risk-reducing and cost-effective hedges, potentially leading to less hedging and more balance-sheet volatility.
NASDAQ Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date July 31, 2014

Date 11/08/2014

At the end of the settlement date of July 31, 2014, short interest in 2,227 NASDAQ Global Market^SM securities totaled 8,235,627,809 shares compared with 8,117,141,439 shares in 2,221 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of July 15, 2014. The end-of-July short interest represents 4.94 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.48 days for the prior reporting period.
MIAX Options - Customer Cross Order Type Deployment Schedule - Second Rollout Of Symbols

Date 11/08/2014

Please be advised that The MIAX Options Exchange will make the Customer Cross Order type available for symbols beginning with the letter “M” starting on August 12, 2014. Note, symbols beginning with the letter "Z" were made available on August 8, 2014. The availability of the Customer Cross Order type in additional symbols will be announced in a future Regulatory Circular.
Mexican Stock Exchange Releases Monthly Financial Report For July 2014

Date 11/08/2014

Click here to download Mexican Stock Exchange's monthly report for June, in which you will find information of the IPC Index (Índice de Precios y Cotizaciones), Equity Market, Market Capitalization, Fixed Income Value, Issuers with greater variation during the month and placement in the Capital Market.
MIAX Options Exchange - MIAX Price Improvement Mechanism (PRIME™) Deployment Schedule - Second Rollout Of Symbols

Date 11/08/2014

Please be advised that The MIAX Options Exchange will continue with the rollout of the MIAX Price Improvement Mechanism (PRIME™) on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 with symbols beginning with the letter "M". Note, symbols beginning with the letter "Z" were made available on August 8,

CFTC Orders New York Resident Jacob N. Stein To Pay More Than $344,000 In Restitution And Civil Monetary Penalty For Commodity Pool Fraud And Misappropriation

Date 11/08/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it entered an Order requiring Jacob N. Stein of Hankins, New York, individually and doing business as TEPdesign, Inc., to pay restitution of $244,400 to defrauded customers and a $100,000 civil monetary penalty, for committing fraud and misappropriation in connection with a commodity pool that traded leveraged or margined off-exchange foreign currency contracts (forex). Neither Stein nor TEPdesign, Inc. has ever been registered with the CFTC.
SEC Charges Kansas For Understating Municipal Bond Exposure To Unfunded Pension Liability - Enforcement Action Stems From Nationwide Review Of Muni Bond Disclosure

Date 11/08/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced securities fraud charges against the state of Kansas stemming from a nationwide review of bond offering documents to determine whether municipalities were properly disclosing material pension liabilities and other risks to investors. According to the SEC’s cease-and-desist order instituted against Kansas, the state’s offering documents failed to disclose that the state’s pension system was significantly underfunded, and the unfunded pension liability created a repayment risk for investors in those bonds.
FIX Trading Community Awards Global Recognition For Positive Impact Contribution To Connamara Systems QuickFIX Open Source Project

Date 11/08/2014

Connamara Systems, LLC (Connamara), a provider of services to exchanges, swap execution facilities, commodity trading advisors (CTAs) and hedge funds, today announced the non-profit, industry-driven standards body for global financial trading, FIX Trading Community, awarded Connamara Systems and its founder, Jim Downs, recognition for the QuickFIX Open Source Project’s positive impact in the global trading community and FIX standard adaptation on the FIX Trading Community’s 20th Anniversary. Since QuickFIX’s launch in 2002, it is estimated that there have been nearly1 Million downloads. This number includes QuickFIX’s versions for Java and for .NET. Also receiving an award was Oren Miller and a small engineering team from Thoughtworks for their role in the creation of QuickFIX.
ACER Adopts A Decision On The Allocation Of Costs For The Gas Interconnection Project Between Poland And Lithuania

Date 11/08/2014

In order to expand Europe’s energy infrastructure to support the market integration and the penetration of renewable-based generation, the EU adopted last year a Regulation on guidelines forTrans-European Energy Infrastructure and identified a list of 248 key projects, the so-called Projects of Common Interest (PCIs). Among other tasks attributed to ACER in this domain, the Agency decides on Cross-Border Cost-Allocation (CBCA) for a given PCI when the National Energy Regulators (NRAs) in the concerned Member States are unable to reach an agreement. Today ACER has adopted its first CBCA decision on a PCI, the Gas interconnection Poland Lithuania (GIPL). Preliminarily, the Agency concludes that the overall economic benefits delivered by GIPL to the involved countries are twice as high as its costs.
BATS Global Markets July Highlights - Reports 20.3% U.S. Equities Market Share - 21.5% European Equities Market Share - BATS Becomes World’s Largest Equities Market Operator In July, Executing $1.27 Trillion In Notional Value Of Transactions

Date 11/08/2014

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported July U.S. equities market share of 20.3% and European equities market share of 21.5%, with both figures an increase from June.