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CBOE Claims Two Top Awards From Futures And Options World: Exchange Of The Year, North America - U.S. Options Exchange Of The Year

Date 06/12/2012

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today was named "Exchange of the Year, North America," and "U.S. Options Exchange of the Year" at an awards ceremony during Futures and Options World magazine's Derivatives World London Conference.

MIAX Listing Alert: Reminder - CLF Begins Trading Tomorrow

Date 06/12/2012

CLF - Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. will begin trading on the MIAX Options Exchange tomorrow, Friday December 7th, 2012.

Direct Edge Regulatory Notice #12-10: Consolidated Audit Trail: SROs Publish RFP Concepts Document On CAT NMS Website

Date 06/12/2012

The national securities exchanges and FINRA (collectively the "SROs") are in the process of developing an RFP that will be published on the dedicated Consolidated Audit Trail NMS website (www.catnmsplan.com) inviting interested bidders to respond.

Remarks To The ALI CLE 2012 Conference On Investment Adviser Regulation: Legal And Compliance Forum On Institutional Advisory Services By Norm Champ, Director, Division Of Investment Management, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission

Date 06/12/2012

I. Introduction

Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. Before I begin, let me remind you that the views I express are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, any of the Commissioners, or any of my colleagues on the staff of the Commission.

Program Trading Averaged 40.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 26-30

Date 06/12/2012

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 Nov. 26-30.

IMF Releases 2011 Coordinated Direct Investment Survey Results

Date 06/12/2012

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today released preliminary results from its 2011 annual Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS). The CDIS is the Fund’s worldwide survey of bilateral foreign direct investment positions. The survey has been conducted annually since 2009. The results, published as an online database, comprise preliminary estimates of positions for end-2011 and revised estimates for 2009‒2010. The IMF will also post revised data for 2009 forward in mid-2013.The end-2011 survey includes data from 86 economies. New participants include Benin, Guatemala, Mali, and Venezuela.

KCBT Holiday Notice - Christmas Day And New Year's Day Holiday Hours - Schedule For Days Surrounding The Christmas And New Year's Day Holidays

Date 06/12/2012

In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observe the following trading hours on the days before and after the upcoming Christmas Day and New Year's Day holidays.

NYSE Euronext Announces Quarterly Review AEX-Index Family

Date 06/12/2012

NYSE Euronext announces the results of the quarterly review  for the AEX®, the AMX® and the AScX®.   The new composition of these indices  will be effective from Monday December 24th,  2012.

Platts: Petrochemical Prices Slip 2% In November On Weakened Demand

Date 06/12/2012

Prices in the  $3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market fell 2% to $1,323 per metric ton  (/mt) in November, according to the just-released monthly average of thePlatts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI), a benchmark basket of seven widely  used petrochemicals. This follows a drop of less than one percent in October to  an average price of $1,351/mt.

CFTC’s Division Of Swap Dealer And Intermediary Oversight Issues No-Action Letter On The Obligation Of Swap Dealers And Major Swap Participants To Provide The Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark For Certain Foreign Exchange Transactions

Date 06/12/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued a no-action letter that provides swap dealers and major swap participants with relief from the requirement to disclose the pre-trade mid-market mark to counterparties in certain foreign exchange (“forex”) transactions that are identified in the no-action letter (“Covered Forex Transactions”).