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Dalian Commodity Exchange Holds Situation Simulated Trading Training Of Options Strategies

Date 19/11/2013

To make further efforts in the options and develop the market, on November 12 and 13, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) invited the experts with rich experience of overseas options trading to organize a 2-day situation simulated trading training of options strategies for the member units with more than 110 trainees selected by over 40 member units participating in the workshop.

Premiums Paid On JSE Grain Trades Reach R10 Million

Date 19/11/2013

In the JSE’s commodity derivatives market, a spot basis trading platform introduced just over a year ago has seen farmers and clients selling grain earn a premium of R10 million over the past year. 

DGCX To List Plastics Futures Contract

Date 19/11/2013

• Contract to go live on February 28, 2014
• Plastic Futures Contract for Polypropylene
• Contract to be sized at 5 metric tons and quoted in US dollars
• Delivered In-Warehouse at Jebel Ali (JAFZA) and Dubai World Central (DWC) Free Zones

IntercontinentalExchange To Acquire Singapore Mercantile Exchange - Broadens Exchange And Clearing Operations To Asian Markets And Customers

Date 19/11/2013

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) in an all-cash transaction.  The acquisition will add to ICE's current network of markets and clearing houses in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, the U.K. and continental Europe.  

Moscow Exchange Announces 3Q13 Results

Date 19/11/2013

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) today announced its 3Q13 IFRS results. Strong earnings were driven by growth across our highly diversified business, particularly by FX and money market products.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Studies, Implements Requirements Of 3rd Plenary Session Of 18th CPC Central Committee

Date 19/11/2013

On the morning of November 15, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) held an outreach meeting for the leading group of the SSE CPC Committee to study and discuss the requirements put forward at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee (hereafter referred to as the 3rd Plenary Session).

Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 18 November, 2013 - Issue 24

Date 19/11/2013

From 11 to 15 November, Shenzhen Component Index closed at 8305.9 points after gaining 1.8%. SME Index climbed 2.7% to 4918.3 points. ChiNext Index stood at 1269.1 points after rising 4.8%. Total turnover for stocks and funds on SZSE was US$ 70.1 billion, or a 1.7% increase from the week before. 13 out of 16 sector indices were higher than the previous week.

October 2013 FIF Market Share And Market Dynamics Reports – Executive Summary

Date 19/11/2013

U.S. Equities Market Share

• Share volumes traded across Tape A, B, and C totaled 144.6 billion shares, an increase of 17.8% monthly, and an increase of 12.9%
• In October 2013, off-exchange trading accounted for 37.3% of the shares traded in NMS Equity Securities, a decrease of 0.4% compared to last month.
•  NYSE-listed securities share volume was 77 billion shares, an increase of 16.2% monthly, and an increase of 7.1% annually.
•  Share volume in NASDAQ-listed securities was 41.5 billion shares, a 22.9% monthly and a 18.1% annual increase.

US Justice Department Acting Assistant Attorney General Mytili Raman Testifies Before The Senate Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs, Washington, D.C., Monday, November 18, 2013 - Virtual Currencies

Date 18/11/2013

Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Coburn, and distinguished Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee today to discuss the Department of Justice’s work regarding virtual currencies.   I am honored to represent the Department at this hearing and to describe for you our approach to virtual currencies, our recent successes in prosecuting criminals who use virtual currencies for illicit purposes, and some of the challenges we face as virtual currency systems continue to evolve.

Informal Remarks At Columbia Law School Conference (Hot Topics: Leading Current Issues In Securities Regulation and Enforcement) - SEC Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher, Columbia Law School, New York, NY, Nov. 18, 2013

Date 18/11/2013

Thank you, Professor Coffee, for your kind introduction and for inviting me to speak at this conference. I’m also pleased to be here with Joel Seligman, who is well known to the SEC community for many, many reasons, not the least of which is that he is the co-author of the treatise Securities Regulation, along with the late Louis Loss and my good friend and former SEC Commissioner Troy Paredes.