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OneChicago Announces March 2014 Trading Volume Increase Of 68% Year-Over-Year - EFP Q1 2014 Volume Up 673% Compared With Q1 2013

Date 01/04/2014

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced its March 2014 volume of 1,261,340, a 68% increase year-over-year. Exchange Futures for Physicals (EFP) quarterly volume grew significantly, reaching a 673% increase compared to Q1 2013. OneChicago is a CFTC and SEC regulated exchange offering Single Stock Futures (SSF), a Delta One product, on approximately 1,500 equities, including ADRs and ETFs.  

ESMA Publishes Trade Repository Supervision Work Plan 2014

Date 01/04/2014

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is publishing a summary of its 2014 supervisory work plan in relation to trade repositories (TRs) (2014/336 ) with the aim of enhancing the transparency of its actions regarding TRs in the European Union.

Letter From The UK Financial Conduct Authority Chairman To The UK Chancellor On The Supervisory Work On The Fair Treatment Of Long Standing Customers In Life Insurance

Date 01/04/2014

Dear George

Thank you for your letter.

I would like to assure you that at the meeting last Friday, the Board of the FCA shared similar concerns to your own about the events themselves as well as the potential impact on the FCA’s and UK’s reputation in financial services.

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And SIX Structured Products Exchange: March 2014

Date 01/04/2014

Strong start to the year: trading turnover in the first quarter of CHF 310.1 billion (+17.0% versus the corresponding period last year)

MGEX Posts Record-Breaking March Volume

Date 01/04/2014

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announces the best March volume in the Exchange’s 133-year history. Total Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) and Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) futures and options contracts traded totaled 170,400, surpassing the previous March record set in 2011 by nearly ten percent. This places March 2014 at number 22 on the total Exchange monthly volume records.

The Options Industry Council Announces March Options Volume Rose 14 Percent

Date 01/04/2014

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 355,570,399 total options contracts were traded in March, 14.12 percent more than March of last year when 311,565,300 contracts were exchanged.

Advantage Futures Joins DME As Clearing Member

Date 01/04/2014

Advantage Futures, a leading futures brokerage firm, today announced that it has been approved as a Clearing Member of DME, the Middle East’s premier energy futures exchange.

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad: NASDAQ Dubai Murabaha Manifests Collaboration Among Dubai's Economic Components

Date 01/04/2014

Dubai has launched a new comprehensive Islamic Murabaha platform to provide local and regional banks with Shariah compliant financing solutions as part of Dubai's Islamic Economy vision.

Direct Edge Trading Notice #14-10: EDGA And EDGX April Fee Schedule Changes

Date 01/04/2014

Effective Tuesday, April 1, 2014, EDGA ExchangeSM (EDGA®) and EDGX ExchangeSM (EDGX®) will update the rate for the following flags, pending filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

NASDAQ OMX Iceland’s Leading Index Expanded To Eight Constituents

Date 01/04/2014

NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) today announced the expansion of NASDAQ OMX Iceland’s leading index, OMX Iceland 6 (OMXI6ISK), from six companies to eight. The update will become effective at the market open on 1 July 2014 as part of the semi-annual review of the index. At the same time the name and symbol of the index will be updated to reflect the increased number of constituents. The new name of the index will be OMX Iceland 8 (OMXI8).