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  • CFTC Issues Final Order To Exempt Certain Non-Financial Energy Derivative Transactions between Government And/Or Cooperatively-Owned Electric Utilities

    Date 03/04/2013

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved by a seriatim vote of 5 - 0 a Final Order that exempts certain non-financial energy derivative transactions between and amongst government-owned electric utilities and cooperatively-owned electric utilities from most of the requirements of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). The entities eligible for the relief are charged with a unique public service mission of providing their customers with reliable, affordable electric energy service. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act directed the Commission to provide such an exemption for certain transactions between certain electric utilities if it is in the public interest. The Commission issued a Proposed Order on August 23, 2012, and requested public comments for 30 days. The Final Order makes changes, mostly clarifying and technical, to the Proposed Order based on the comments received.

  • Irish Stock Exchange Statistics March 2013

    Date 03/04/2013

    Please click here for the March 2013 ISE monthly statistical report.

  • “The End-User Bill Of Rights” - Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton

    Date 03/04/2013

    We are one week away from an important date in Dodd-Frank implementation: the April 10 compliance date for Dodd-Frank swap reporting rules for end-users. This date represents the first major compliance date for the end-user community, a class of market participants that includes many who have not been regulated by the CFTC until now.

  • NASDAQ OMX Announces Pilot Plan For ETF Market Quality Program

    Date 03/04/2013

    The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that the Market Quality Program (MQP) will launch in the second quarter of 2013. MQP is an optional listing program that allows exchange traded fund (ETF) issuers to contribute funds to the Exchange that may be used to pay market makers that improve the liquidity and quality of the markets in MQP products. This groundbreaking liquidity and market quality incentive program in the U.S. will be available only on The NASDAQ Stock Market, the largest and most liquid cash equities market on the planet, and has been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission on a pilot basis.

  • ESMA Launches Tender For IT Infrastructure Hosting

    Date 03/04/2013

    New call for tender for IT Infrastructure Hosting. All submissions should be received by 10 May 2013. This tender is for the provision of a fully managed service providing infrastructure and software up to the middleware level for ESMA’s applications.

  • BATS Chi-X Europe Sets New Monthly Spanish Market Share Record - Overall European Market Share 22.5%; U.S. Equities 10.6%; U.S. Options 3.8%

    Date 03/04/2013

    BATS Global Markets (BATS), a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, today reported March volume and activity including a new monthly market share record in Spain, where BATS Chi-X Europe earned 12.8% market share, exceeding its previous record of 8.9% set in February 2013. 

  • NASDAQ OMX Commodities Derivatives And N2EX Physical Power Monthly Market Report

    Date 03/04/2013

    In March 2013, the total volume in power derivatives cleared on NASDAQ OMX Commodities amounted to 167.5 TWh. (March 2012: 163.2 TWh) The share traded on the exchange, NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe, was 86.1 TWh. (March 2012: 86.2 TWh) The total volume includes 3.9 TWh from German Power and 0.1 TWh from UK Power (March 2012: 2.4 TWh/5.6 TWh).

  • Warsaw Stock Exchange Group Successfully Completes CO2 Emission Allowances Auction

    Date 03/04/2013

    • On 2 April 2013, WSE has provided an auction platform for the sale of 210,417 CO2 emission allowances remaining in reserve after the second trading period including years 2008 – 2012.
    • Seven entities have participated in the auction which sold 191,798 emission allowances with a total value of over PLN 3.6 million.

  • Börse Berlin: Positive Q1/2013 Results In XONTRO Trades

    Date 03/04/2013

    In the first quarter of 2013 both marketplaces XONTRO and Equiduct reached a total turnover of 12.5 billion euro, a minus of 10.7 % compared to Q4/2012 (14 billion euro). At the same time the number of trades decreased by 9.8 %, from 1.94 million to 1.75 million.

  • ICE Reports 17% Increase In March Daily Futures Volume

    Date 03/04/2013

    IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today reported futures volume for March and the first quarter of 2013. ICE's average daily volume (ADV) for futures and options for March 2013 was 3,808,927 contracts, an increase of 17% from the prior March. Total contract volume in March 2013 was 76 million. All prior period contract volumes have been adjusted to include the transitioned futures contracts, which previously traded in ICE's OTC markets.