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OCC Announces Average Daily Cleared Contract Volume Down 17% in October, Futures and Securities Lending Activity Up 31%

Date 01/11/2012

OCC announced average daily cleared contract volume in October was 15,598,902 contracts, a 17 percent decline from October 2011. Total cleared contract volume reached 327,576,945 contracts for the month, representing a 17 percent decline from the October 2011 volume of 393,461,669 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date total contract volume is down 14 percent with 3,385,778,300 contracts in 2012.

CFTC’s Division Of Clearing And Risk Issues Staff Interpretation Regarding Part 22

Date 01/11/2012

The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk today issued an interpretation regarding Part 22, under which Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations must legally segregate each Cleared Swaps Customer’s collateral, but are permitted to operationally commingle the collateral of their Cleared Swaps Customers. The interpretation, in question and answer format, provides clarification regarding operational issues arising during preparation for the implementation of Part 22.

The Options Industry Council Announces Options Trading Volume Declined 17% In October

Date 01/11/2012

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 324,329,913 total options contracts were traded in October which is 17.05 percent less than the 390,982,436 contracts traded in October 2011.

FSB Releases Reports On Progress In Implementing The SIFI Framework

Date 01/11/2012

The FSB is releasing three documents on latest steps in implementing the FSB’s policy framework for addressing the systemic and moral hazard risks associated with systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs).

New IMF Executive Board Begins Two-Year Term

Date 01/11/2012

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) began a two-year term today following an election for the Board’s 19 elected seats. The full list of Executive Directors and the member countries who elected or appointed them can be found online here.

KCBT HRW Wheat Futures & Options Volume Increases In October

Date 01/11/2012

Kansas City Board of Trade HRW wheat futures and options volume and open interest increased during the month of October when compared to last month.

Lyxor Switches To FTSE For Its Global Real Estate Indices

Date 01/11/2012

Lyxor, a leader in innovative asset management and the third largest ETF provider in Europe (by AUM) , has chosen to replace the indices it uses as the basis for its Global Real Estate ETFs, switching to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Global Real Estate indices.  FTSE EPRA/NAREIT benchmarks are the leaders in the listed real estate sector globally.

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland: October 2012

Date 01/11/2012

A total of 2,629,544 trades were executed on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland in October, which represents an increase of 6.6% over the previous month. Trading turnover was at practically the same level as the previous month at CHF 71.0 billion.

Burgundy Monthly Report October 2012

Date 01/11/2012

Olof Neiglick, CEO of Burgundy, comments about the month:

“During October Burgundy had the Best Prices in XACT Bear 2 and reached a market share of 39.4 percent, according to LiquidMetrix battlemaps.

Deutsche Börse: Orderbook Turnover At 84 Billion Euros In October

Date 01/11/2012

Order book turnover on Xetra and the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading stood at €88.7 billion in October – a decrease by 19 percent year-on-year (October 2011: €109.5 billion). Of the €88.7 billion, €84.1 billion were attributable to Xetra – a decrease by 20 percent y-o-y (October 2011: €104.6 billion). €4.6 billion were attributable to the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading – a decrease by 7 percent y-o-y (October 2011: €5.0 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €2.6 billion in October.