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TMX Group - Market Holiday

Date 04/08/2014

The Exchange's markets are closed today, August 4, 2014 (Civic Holiday).

ESMA Adds CME Clearing Europe Ltd To List Of Registered CCPs Under EMIR

Date 04/08/2014

ESMA has today added CME Clearing Europe Ltd to its list of registered CCPs under the European Markets Infrastructure Regualtion (EMIR). EMIR requires EU-based CCPs to be registered and non-EU CCPs to be recognised in the European Union (EU).

Key Figures For SIX Swiss Exchange And SIX Structured Products Exchange: July 2014

Date 04/08/2014

• Trading turnover since the start of the year: CHF 665.0 billion (+7.7% versus the same period in 2013)
• Average trading turnover per day of CHF 4.6 billion
• Hudson River Trading Europe is a new participant on SIX Swiss Exchange

EEX Customer Information: EU- And US-Sanctions Against Russian Financial And Energy Institutions

Date 04/08/2014

The European Union and the United States have recently imposed sanctions against a number of Russian financial and energy institutions. With this circular we want to inform all customers of EEX on their obligations resulting from these sanctions in context with the services provided by EEX-group. Please read this circular carefully and inform immediately all relevant contacts within your organisation.

Federal Court Orders Former Citigroup Director, John Aaron Brooks, To Pay $500,000 For Defrauding Two Citigroup Companies By Mismarking And Inflating the Value Of His Position In Ethanol FuturesTto Conceal His Trading Losses

Date 04/08/2014

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Kimba M. Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a Consent Order against Defendant John Aaron Brooks for defrauding Citigroup, Inc. and Citigroup Energy, Inc. (collectively, Citi) by mismarking and inflating the value of his position in ethanol futures in Citi’s proprietary account. Brooks currently resides in Houston, Texas.

NASDAQ OMX Lists Compass EMP U.S. Discovery 500 Enhanced Volatility Weighted Index ETF - Smart Beta Product Seeks To Outperform Traditional Indexes And Active ETFs

Date 04/08/2014

NASDAQ OMX today announced that Compass EMP listed a new exchange traded fund (ETF) which began trading on Friday, August 1, 2014. Compass EMP U.S. Discovery 500 Enhanced Volatility Weighted Index (Nasdaq:CSF), listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market®(NASDAQ®).

Thomson Reuters Launches Web-Based Portal For Accelus Org ID KYC Managed Service - Correspondent Banks, Corporates, Asset Managers And Hedge Funds Can Now Access A Secure Portal To Share Identity Documents, Accelerate On-Boarding, And Streamline The KYC Process

Date 04/08/2014

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today delivered a critical milestone in its end-to-end KYC Managed Service for the industry, with the launch of its secure, web-based portal for Accelus Org ID. The new online portal facilitates client on-boarding, identity collection, and verification, in a secure environment which allows financial institutions and their clients to increase efficiency, as well as reduce operating and remediation costs associated with complying with increasingly rigorous Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements.

PEGAS: Trading Results In July - Belgian ZTP Spot And Futures Launched Successfully

Date 04/08/2014

PEGAS, the natural gas platform jointly established by the European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Powernext, announced that a total volume of 45.8 TWh was traded in July 2014 compared with 14.8 TWh traded in the same period of the previous year. 

Boerse Stuttgart Records Turnover Of More Than EUR 7 Billion In July - Sharp Increase In Securitised Derivatives And Exchange-Traded Products - Brisk Trading In Mortgage Bonds

Date 04/08/2014

According to its order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover of more than EUR 7 billion in July 2014. The trading volume was up almost 15 percent on the figure for June.

CME Group Volume Averaged 12.2 Million Contracts Per Day In July 2014, Up 13 Percent From July 2013

Date 04/08/2014

• Interest rate volume rose 25 percent
• Eurodollar futures volume increased 40 percent and Eurodollar options volume increased 38 percent
• Open interest surpassed 100 million contracts and is up 20 percent year-to-date in 2014