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Tokyo Commodity Exchange Officially Approved To Launch Agricultural Product And Sugar Market On February 12, 2013

Date 18/01/2013

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc, (TOCOM) announced today that the launch of the Agricultural Product and Sugar Market has been approved by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, as well as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. This approval has prompted the Exchange to set an official opening date of the new market for February 12, 2013. The products to be listed include: corn, soybeans, azuki (red beans) and raw sugar. The contract specifications will match those of the Tokyo Grain Exchange, except for a few amendments such as trading hours (9:00-15:30 and 17:00-4:00 JST).

E*TRADE Financial Appoints Paul T. Idzik Chief Executive Officer - Interim CEO Frank J. Petrilli To Continue As Chairman

Date 17/01/2013

ISDA: Real-Time Reporting FAQ

Date 17/01/2013

The start of real-time reporting of interest rate and credit swaps has raised some questions regarding the information that needs to be real time reported with respect to swaps allocated after execution. This document intends to provide guidance around some of the issues raised.

Program Trading Averaged 25.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan. 7-11

Date 17/01/2013

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE's orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Jan. 7-11.

MGEX Announces AJC Webinar Series

Date 17/01/2013

MGEX, a Designated Contract  Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), will host a number of upcoming Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) webinars featuring Kevin Barley, a futures broker and past chairman of the Juice Products Association Futures  Committee. The first webinar  in the series will be held Tuesday, January 29 at 2 p.m. central  time and the second will be held Thursday, February 28 at 2 p.m. central time. 

Scila Proposes Methods For Surveillance Of Algorithmic Trading

Date 17/01/2013

Being one of the leading providers of trade surveillance software to trading venues, regulators and market participants, Scila closely follows regulatory development around the world. Scila not only updates its software according to regulatory development, Scila also analyses, and sometimes, comment on specific regulation that is about to become reality for Scila's customers.

Platts: Asia LNG Spot Prices For February - Delivered Cargoes Gain 11% In January On High Winter Demand - Year-Over-Year LNG Prices Up 9% On January 2012 Levels Due To Cold Wave

Date 17/01/2013

Asia liquefied natural gas (LNG) spot prices for month-ahead delivery gained 11% from December to January, rising to $17.348 per million British thermal units (/MMBtu) on the back of high winter demand, according to the latest monthly Platts Japan/Korea Marker (JKM) data.

FIF Capacity Statistics For December 2012

Date 17/01/2013

Five new record peaks: NASDAQ TotalView – Aggregated, Deutsche Börse CEF Core Scoach, NYSE Amex Options, Deutsche Börse CEF Core Total and BATS Options MCASTPITCH AGG

FESE: The Impact Of MAD, MiFID And EMIR On The Integrity Of Financial Markets

Date 17/01/2013

Speech by Judith Hardt to The Institute for Global Financial Integrity finance lunch on 17th January. 

The Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Publishes A Recommendation On The Incidence Of Changes To The Date Of The End Of The Reporting Period

Date 17/01/2013

A key concern of the AMF is to ensure that the market is supplied with timely information that is easy to understand and comparable over time. In its Recommendation n° 2013-01 it therefore encourages issuers to provide pro-forma information over a twelve-month period whenever they have modified their date of the end of the reporting period.