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OIC Announces Investor Education Day In The Boston Area October 12

Date 01/10/2013

The Options Industry Council (OIC) today announced that its next Investor Education Day (IED) for 2013 is taking place in Cambridge, MA on October 12.

International Securities Exchange Reports Business Activity For September 2013

Date 01/10/2013

• ISE and ISE Gemini™ combined represent 17.3% of equity options market share, excluding dividend trades.
• ISE reported a combined ADV of 2.4 million contracts.
• Dividend trades made up 2.7% of industry volume in September 2013.

The Options Industry Council Announces September Options Volume Down 4 Percent

Date 01/10/2013

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 315,911,302 total options contracts traded in September, which is 4.16 percent less than last September when 329,627,631 contracts were traded.

IntercontinentalExchange, Group Prices $1.4 Billion In Senior Notes

Date 01/10/2013

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, announced that its subsidiary IntercontinentalExchange, Group ("ICE Group")  priced an underwritten public offering of $1.4 billion in new senior notes. 

CFTC Special Announcement On Commitment Of Traders, Cotton On Call, And Bank Participant Reports

Date 01/10/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will not produce public reports such as the cotton on call, Commitment of Traders and the Bank Participation Report during a government shutdown.

SEC Halts Texas-Based Scheme Targeting Foreign Investors Seeking U.S. Residency Through EB-5 Visa Program - SEC, USCIS Issue Joint Alert To Caution Investors About Fraudulent EB-5 Investment Schemes

Date 01/10/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a husband and wife in Texas for stealing funds from foreign investors under the guise of an investment opportunity to create U.S. jobs and a path to U.S. residency.

CME: Dairy And Livestock Customer Letter On U.S. Government Shutdown

Date 01/10/2013

Dairy and Livestock Customer Letter (PDF 28 KB)

SEC Awards More Than $14 Million To Whistleblower

Date 01/10/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $14 million to a whistleblower whose information led to an SEC enforcement action that recovered substantial investor funds.  Payments to whistleblowers are made from a separate fund previously established by the Dodd-Frank Act and do not come from the agency’s annual appropriations or reduce amounts paid to harmed investors. 

Trading On Warsaw Stock Exchange: September 2013

Date 01/10/2013

• The value of session trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 20.4 billion in September 2013, an increase of 35.6% year on year; the average value of trading per session was nearly PLN 1.0 billion.
• The incremental value of total trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 193.7 billion year to date, an increase of 24.9% year on year.
• The total volume of trading in index futures was 997.5 thousand contracts in September 2013, an increase of 13.9% year on year.
• September was a record-breaking month this year in terms of the volume of forward transactions in electricity, which was 21.7 TWh.
• The incremental volume of spot and forward transactions in electricity reached 128.2 TWh year to date, an increase by 73.0% year on year.
• The aggregate volume of spot and forward transactions in natural gas was 106.4 GWh in September 2013 while the incremental volume was 686.9 GWh year to date.

MGEX: September 2013 Volume Up Over 50 Percent From September 2012

Date 01/10/2013

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced September 2013 volume up 55 percent from September 2012. Total Exchange volume was reported at 135,876 contracts traded. Total Exchange open interest was reported at 52,885 contracts, a 13 percent increase from September 2012. September 2013 also makes the record monthly electronic volume top 25 with 105,963 electronic contracts traded.