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BSX Breaks Record For ILS listings

Date 09/01/2012

The Bermuda Stock Exchange has issued a press release concerning the volume of catastrophe bonds and Insurance-Linked Securities (“ILS”) that the exchange now plays host to. At the end of 2011 the BSX has for the first time reached over $3 billion in listed cat bond and ILS securities on the exchange.

CBOE Stock Exchange Completes Acquisition Of National Stock Exchange

Date 09/01/2012

CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX) announced today that it completed the acquisition of all-electronic National Stock Exchange (NSX) on December 30. The acquisition, approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, allows CBSX to expand its footprint in the securities exchange space by wholly owning and operating a second separate exchange.

European Parliament: Pendulum Swings Firmly In Favour Of Eurozone Financial Transaction Tax

Date 09/01/2012

A very broad agreement in favour of an EU financial transaction tax emerged on Monday, at the start of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee's work on the legislative proposal. Spokespersons for Parliament's various political groups all advocated such a tax, at least throughout the Eurozone, and many deplored France's weekend hint that it could go it alone.

ESMA Publishes A Q&A On MAD Regarding Definition Of Inside Information On Dividends

Date 09/01/2012

ESMA publishes today a Q&A on the definition of inside information of the Market Abuse Directive (MAD), with regards to information relating to dividends by an issuer of financial instruments that would be likely to have a significant effect on the prices of related derivative financial instruments.

Athens Exchange Monthly Statistical Bulletin December 2011

Date 09/01/2012

Resignation Of FSB Vice-Chairman Philipp Hildebrand

Date 09/01/2012

The Vice-Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, Philipp Hildebrand, today resigned as Chairman of the Board of the Swiss National Bank, and consequently from his role as Vice-Chairman of the FSB.

Equiduct Trading Statistics 2011

Date 09/01/2012

Equiduct, the Pan-European trading platform today announced its trading statistics for 2011.

CFTC Orders Newedge USA, LLC, A Registered Futures Commission Merchant, To Pay $700,000 For Submitting Inaccurate Large Trader Reports To The CFTC And For Violating A Prior CFTC Order

Date 09/01/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it entered an order requiring Newedge USA, LLC (Newedge), a New York-based futures commission merchant, to pay a $700,000 civil monetary penalty for submitting inaccurate large trader reports to the CFTC and for violating a February 7, 2011, CFTC order directing Newedge to improve the accuracy and timeliness of its large trader reporting.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Derivatives Market In 2011

Date 09/01/2012

• The total volume of trading in all derivatives was 15.6 million instruments in 2011, an increase of 5.7% year on year.
• The number of open interest was 145.2 thousand instruments at the end of the year.

Mercado A Término De Buenos Aires (MATba) Reached New Record Volumes In 2011 And Ratified Its Leadership In Latina America

Date 09/01/2012

Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires (MATba) closed 2011 with a total volume of 20.535.456 tons, which constitutes a new record in the last 10 years and ratifies MATba as the leading Exchange in agricultural commodities in Latin America.