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CME Group To Start Expanded CBOT Grain And Oilseed Trading Hours May 20

Date 18/05/2012

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it received CFTC approval to offer expanded electronic trading hours in its CBOT grain and oilseed futures and options beginning Sunday, May 20 for Monday, May 21 trade date. Hours will expand from the current 17 hours per day to 21 hours per day on CME Globex from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT Sunday to Friday.

Products included in the expanded hours are CBOT Corn, Mini-Sized Corn, Soybeans, Mini-Sized Soybeans, Wheat, Mini-Sized Wheat, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Rough Rice, Oats, and Ethanol futures and options plus all related calendar spread options and inter-commodity spread options.

Daily settlements will continue to be based on market activity at or around 1:15 p.m. CT each day. Additionally, open-outcry trading hours will continue to operate from 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. CT Monday to Friday.

Remarks At AICPA Council Spring Meeting By SEC Commissioner Troy A. Paredes

Date 18/05/2012

Thank you for the kind introduction. I am delighted to join you at this AICPA gathering, particularly because the AICPA is celebrating a special anniversary this year – its 125th. So let me start by congratulating the AICPA on reaching this significant milestone. More than that, let me acknowledge that the AICPA – indeed, that the profession as a whole – continues to make meaningful contributions to the policy discussions of the day that benefit the Commission as we work to shape a regulatory regime that advances the SEC’s mission to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. The SEC is better equipped to make informed judgments – to weigh the costs and benefits of our options – when we receive input from those on the ground like you who are impacted by our choices. With input from you and other interested parties – be it through the notice-and-comment process that is a hallmark of our rulemakings or otherwise – we as regulators can evaluate more critically the practical impacts and tradeoffs of choosing one regulatory course over another. Accordingly, as the AICPA plans for the future, I want to encourage your ongoing active engagement in the regulatory process by underscoring how useful it is when you share your perspectives and insights.

ICE Announces June 18 Launch Of New Energy Contracts

Date 18/05/2012

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced the launch of 33 new cleared OTC contracts for natural gas liquids (NGLs), North American power and oil and refined petroleum products. All of the new contracts will be available for the trade date of Monday, June 18, 2012, subject to regulatory non-objection.

ICAP Plc Agrees To Acquire PLUS Stock Exchange Plc

Date 18/05/2012

ICAP plc, the world’s leading interdealer broker, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire PLUS Stock Exchange plc ("PLUS"), the smaller company equity exchange for £1 in cash subject to PLUS Markets Group plc shareholder consent and FSA approvals.

DJ PLUS Markets Group PLC Proposed Sale Of PLUS-SX

Date 18/05/2012

The Board of PLUS Markets Group plc ("PLUS" or the "Group") announces that it has entered into an agreement with ICAP Holdings Limited ("ICAP"), whereby ICAP will acquire the entire issued share capital of the Group's wholly-owned subsidiary, PLUS Stock Exchange plc ("PLUS-SX"), the cash equities recognised investment exchange ("RIE") on a cash-free, debt-free basis for a nominal cash amount of GBP1 (the "Proposed Transaction").

CFTC Approves Final Rule On Swap Data Recordkeeping And Reporting Requirements For Pre-Dodd-Frank And Transition Swaps

Date 18/05/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a final rule on swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements for counterparties to pre-enactment swaps, those swaps executed prior to passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, and transition swaps, those entered into between the law’s enactment date and the applicable compliance date for swap data recordkeeping and reporting. The goal of the final rule for these swaps, collectively called historical swaps, is to specify what records must be kept and what data must be reported.  The rule is also designed to ensure that historical swap data is available to regulators through swap data repositories (SDRs).

Nordic Growth Market NGM AB: Facebook At NGM

Date 18/05/2012

Nordic Growth Market (NGM) is proud to offer investments from the very start in this year’s most discussed IPO, Facebook.

Remarks At The 37th International Organization Of Securities Commissions Annual Conference By SEC Commissioner Elisse B. Walter

Date 18/05/2012

Introduction

I would like to offer my thanks, and those of my colleagues at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, to Chairman Guo and the staff of the CSRC for hosting such an extraordinary event. We have many critical global issues on the agenda, and I know that your hospitality, and the exceptional music we heard last night, has honed the ability of all of us here to focus on our mission and to redouble our efforts to reach answers to the thorny questions before us.

CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Statement Of Supporting - SWAP Data Recordkeeping And Reporting Requirements: Pre-Enactment And Transition SWAPS

Date 18/05/2012

I support the final rule establishing swap data recordkeeping and reporting requirements for pre-enactment and transition swaps, collectively called “historical swaps.”  One of the main goals of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) is to bring transparency to the unregulated swaps market.  Starting this summer, light will shine for the first time on this market with the reporting both to the public and to regulators of nearly every swap transaction.

Decisions Taken By The Governing Council Of The European Central Bank - In Addition To Decisions Setting Interest Rates

Date 18/05/2012

Economic, monetary and financial situation

Central bank compliance with prohibitions on monetary financing and privileged access

On 3 May 2012, in accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which assigns the ECB the task of monitoring EU central banks’ compliance with the prohibitions specified in Articles 123 and 124 thereof and the related Regulations, the Governing Council approved the report covering the year 2011. Further information on this matter was also provided in a dedicated section of the ECB’s Annual Report 2011, which was published on 25 April 2012.