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Shanghai Stock Exchange: Business Rules Rationalized To Boost Public Regulation

Date 05/02/2013

Recently, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has completely sorted out and appraised the business rules of 2012, and released an announcement on abolishment of the 6th batch of business rules (involving 33 kinds of business rules) to the market. After the clean-up work, the SSE has had 189 kinds of valid business rules, which are divided into 7 categories of "Organization", "Issuance", "Listing", "Trading", "Membership", "Service", and "Fee", or 4 levels of "Basic Business Rule", "Detailed Rule (Measure) For Implementation", "Business Guideline", and "Business Notice". All the business rules are publicized on the "Business Rules" column of the SSE's website.
BM&FBOVESPA Foreign Investors: Exemption From Paying Financial Transactions Tax (IOF) On Real Estate Funds

Date 05/02/2013

The Real Estate Investment Trust (FII, in the Portuguese acronym) have been seen as a very attractive investment opportunity and achieving a growing piece of the market for local and international investors.
MIAX Options Exchange: Listing Alert: New Listings Planned For February 11th 2013

Date 04/02/2013

The option classes listed below are scheduled to begin trading on the MIAX Options Exchange on Monday February 11th, 2013.
CFTC: Federal Court In Florida Imposes Over $22.8 Million In A Monetary Sanction And Restitution Against Floridian David Merrick And His Company, Trader’s International Return Network - In A Parallel Criminal Action, Merrick Was Convicted On Fraud Charges And Sentenced To 97 Months Imprisonment

Date 04/02/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered an order requiring defendants David Merrick, previously of Apopka, Fla., and his company, Trader’s International Return Network (TIRN), to jointly pay a civil monetary penalty of over $11.4 million for fraud in connection with a foreign currency trading program that victimized more than 700 customers. The order also requires TIRN, a Panamanian corporation, to pay restitution of $11,437,573 to defrauded customers.
SIFMA Recommends Full Market Close On February 11 For Trading Of US Dollar- Denominated Fixed-Income Securities In Japan In Observance Of The National Foundation Day Holiday

Date 04/02/2013

SIFMA has confirmed its previous recommendation for a full market close on Monday, February 11 for the trading of US dollar-denominated fixed-income securities in Japan in observance of the National Foundation Day Holiday.

BATS 1000 Index Advances 0.5% Last Week

Date 04/02/2013

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000®Index (Ticker: BATSK) gained 79.21 points, or 0.5%, last week to close at 17,092.24 as of the 4 p.m. ET market close on Friday 1 February.
CME Group Announces Treasury Options Trading Volume Record

Date 04/02/2013

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced a record in daily trading volume for its Treasury options complex on Friday, February 1, 2013. These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of CBOT.
Corporate Board Member And NYSE Euronext To Host Educational Forum For Compensation Committee Members Annual Event Focuses on Compensation Strategies to Build Shareholder Value

Date 04/02/2013

Corporate Board Member, an NYSE Euronext Company, will be hosting an intensive, one-day compensation strategy event on April 10 at the New York Stock Exchange. The 3rd annual Compensation Strategies to Build Shareholder Value event is intended to provide compensation committee members of publicly traded company boards valuable insights on the most pressing executive compensation issues in today’s say-on-pay environment.
BofA Merrill Introduces Instinct Natural, An Enhanced Global Platform Providing One Pipe For All Equity Order Flow

Date 04/02/2013

Bank of America Merrill Lynch today unveiled Instinct Natural™, an enhancement to its alternative trading system (ATS) Instinct X, aimed at increasing opportunities to execute block trades while minimizing market impact.
CME Group Announces Transition Of Kansas City Wheat Futures And Options To Chicago Trading Floor

Date 04/02/2013

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will transition open outcry trading of Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) hard red winter (HRW) wheat futures and options to its Chicago trading floor beginning Monday, July 1, 2013, pending CFTC review. This transition will accelerate efficiencies and trading opportunities for customers trading both the HRW wheat and CBOT Soft Red Winter (SRW) wheat varieties. KCBT wheat futures and options will continue to trade on CME Globex and be listed by and subject to the rules of KCBT.