News Centre

ISE Reports Business Activity for August 2013

Date 03/09/2013

• ISE and ISE Gemini™ combined represent 16.2% of equity options market share, excluding dividend trades.
• ISE reported a combined ADV of 2.1 million contracts.
• Dividend trades made up 1.7% of industry volume in August 2013.

OneChicago Announces August 2013 Equity Futures Volume Up 45% Year-Over-Year - 2013 YTD Volume Surpasses 5.6 Million As Managed Futures Community Diversifies Holdings Using Single Stock Futures

Date 03/09/2013

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced August 2013 volume of 627,840.

MGEX: August 2013 Brings Top Volume Month In Two Years

Date 03/09/2013

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today reports August 2013 total Exchange volume at 169,809 contracts traded, the highest volume month since August 2011 and a 27 percent increase from August 2012. This month is in the top 20 total monthly Exchange volume records and is also a top 15 record electronic volume month with 137,769 electronic contracts traded. 

SEC Charges Purported Money Manager With Defrauding Investors And Brokerage Firms

Date 03/09/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a purported money manager in New York with conducting a free-riding scheme to defraud three brokerage firms, and then bilking several investors out of nearly a half-million dollars that he stole to fund his luxurious lifestyle that included a Bentley automobile, summers in the Hamptons, and casino junkets.

Direct Edge Trading Notice #13-39: Additional Fee Schedule Changes For September

Date 03/09/2013

Effective Tuesday, September 3, 2013, Direct Edge® will introduce the following pricing changes on the EDGA ExchangeSM (EDGA®) and EDGX ExchangeSM (EDGX®) to reflect recent updates to the NASDAQ and NASDAQ OMX BX fee schedules, pending filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 

US Agencies Provide Model Template For Submission Of Tailored Resolution Plans

Date 03/09/2013

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Tuesday released an optional model template for tailored resolution plans that certain firms will be submitting for the first time later this year.

OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume Rose 4% In August

Date 03/09/2013

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in August reached 326,697,656 contracts, representing a 4 percent increase from the August 2012 volume of 313,781,757 contracts. OCC's year-to-date total cleared contract volume is up 3 percent from 2012 with 2,797,892,003 contracts.

The Options Industry Council Announces August Options Volume Rose 4 Percent

Date 03/09/2013

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 321,976,044 total options contracts traded in August, which is up 3.55 percent compared to last year when 310,936,920 contracts were traded.

CFTC Orders Macquarie Futures USA LLC To Pay A $150,000 Penalty For Failing To Maintain Adequate Funds In Secured Accounts In Connection With Conversion By Exchange Of Certain Off-Exchange Instruments To On-Exchange Products

Date 03/09/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Macquarie Futures USA LLC (Macquarie), a New York-based registered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), for failing to maintain adequate funds in secured accounts, in violation of CFTC Regulation 30.7. The CFTC Order requires Macquarie to pay a $150,000 civil monetary penalty and to cease and desist from violating CFTC Regulation 30.7.

ISITC Europe Launches New FATCA Working Group

Date 03/09/2013

ISITC Europe, the industry group dedicated to improving the operational efficiency of the global financial industry, is pleased to announce the launch of its latest working group, covering the operational impact of the US’ FATCA legislation on European financial institutions.