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Knight Capital Group And GETCO Complete Merger

Date 01/07/2013

KCG Holdings, Inc. today announced the completion of the previously announced merger whereby Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) ("Knight") and GETCO Holding Company, LLC ("GETCO") have been combined as part of KCG Holdings, Inc., a new publicly traded holding company. The merger, which was announced on December 19, 2012, was approved by the respective stockholders and unitholders of both companies at special meetings held June 25, 2013.
June 2013 Is Busiest Month On Record For VIX Futures Trading At CBOE Futures Exchange

Date 01/07/2013

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) announced today that June 2013 was the most-active trading month for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) in exchange history. New records for total trading volume and average daily volume (ADV) were set during the month and for the second quarter of the year.
CBOE Holdings Records Highest Volume For Any Month In 2013 During June

Date 01/07/2013
- CBOE Holdings ADV Up 14% from a Year Ago, 10% from May
- VIX Futures Establish Another All-Time Monthly Record
The Options Industry Council Announces June Options Volume Up 11 Percent

Date 01/07/2013

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 361,180,257 total options contracts traded in June, which is up 10.86 percent compared to last year when 325,813,094 contracts were traded.

International Securities Exchange Reports Business Activity for June 2013

Date 01/07/2013

ISE was the second largest equity options exchange in June with a market share of 16.7%, excluding dividend trades.
Dividend trades made up 0.9% of industry volume in June 2013, the lowest monthly level on record since June 2010 when ISE started publishing daily statistics on the dividend trade practice.
For the month of June, Implied Order functionality accounted for 6.7% of all non-crossing, multi-legged contract volume executed on ISE.

OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume In June Rose 11%

Date 01/07/2013

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in June reached 367,660,030 contracts, an 11 percent increase from the June 2012 volume of 329,891,797 contracts. OCC’s average daily volume for the month was up 17 percent with 18,383,002 contracts. OCC ended the first half of the year with total cleared contract volume reaching 2,142,294,926 contracts, 2 percent higher than the first half volume of 2012.
BATS Announces Annual Changes To BATS 1000® Index - U.S. Equities Market Benchmark Celebrates Fourth Anniversary - Facebook Added To Index During Annual Reconstitution

Date 01/07/2013

BATS Global Markets today announced the results of the annual reconstitution of the BATS 1000® Index, a U.S. equities market benchmark, which became effective prior to market open today.
Timothy B. Henseler Named Director Of The SEC's Office Of Legislative And Intergovernmental Affairs

Date 01/07/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Timothy B. Henseler has been named as Director of the agency's Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, effective immediately.
NYSE Liffe U.S. Announces New Records For Mini MSCI Futures

Date 01/07/2013
- New Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly Records in Volume and Open Interest
- YTD 2013 mini MSCI ADV up 54% with OI up 38% from 2012
- Traded Over 1.3 Million Contracts for the First Time in June

Average Daily Volume Of 10.8 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In June

Date 01/07/2013

In June, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group achieved an average daily volume of 10.8 million contracts (June 2012: 11.0 million). Of those, almost 8.1 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (June 2012: 8.5 million), and 2.7 million contracts (June 2012: 2.5 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE). In total, 162.6 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 54.3 million at ISE.