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April 2012 FIF Market Share And Market Dynamics Reports – Executive Summary

Date 10/05/2012

U.S. Equities Market Share

• Share volumes traded across Tape A, B, and C decreased 10% monthly and decreased 8%annually to approximately 130 billion shares.
• In April 2012, off-exchange trading accounted for 32% of the shares traded in NMS Equity Securities.
• Share volume in NYSE-listed securities decreased 11% monthly and 6% annually to 75 billion shares.
• NASDAQ-listed securities share volume decreased 8% monthly and 12% annually to 34 billion shares.

MGEX Announces Single-Click Spread Functionality Between MGEX And CBOT Wheat Contracts

Date 10/05/2012

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Organization, today  unveiled new functionality involving its Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) futures contract. At the request of market participants, MGEX collaborated with the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to introduce single-click trading functionality between the MGEX HRSW futures and  CBOT Soft  Red Winter Wheat (SRWW) futures contracts.

ISDA Japan Annual Collateral Survey 2012

Date 10/05/2012

Click here to download the summary results of the ISDA Japan Annual Collateral Survey 2012.

Bucharest Stock Exchange’s Net Profit Is Up By 26% In The First Quarter Of 20121

Date 10/05/2012

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) reported first-quarter 2012 net profit of RON 2.77 million,up 26% compared with the same quarter from 2011 and up 140% from fourth-quarter 2011 (Q1.2011: RON 2.20 million, Q4.2011: RON 1.15 million). The successful closing of the secondary public offer for 15% of the shares issued by the national company of electricity transmission, Transelectrica, was one of the main events which influenced BVB’s operating activity in the first quarter of 2012.

Opening Statement, Open Meeting To Consider One Final Rule On Core Principles And Other Requirements For Designated Contract Markets - CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia

Date 10/05/2012

Today, the Commission will consider one final rule on core principles and other requirements for designated contract markets (“DCMs”). First, I would like to thank Nadia Zakir and her team for their hard work in completing this significant rulemaking. I greatly appreciate the cooperation of the team and other Commission staff in accommodating my requests for changes to the final rulemaking.

Financial Stability Board: Formation Of The Enhanced Disclosure Task Force

Date 10/05/2012

The importance to market confidence of useful disclosure by financial institutions of their risk exposures and risk management practices has been underscored in recent years, and the FSB mentioned, in its press release on 20 March 2012, that it will facilitate the formation of a private-sector task force to develop principles for improved disclosures.

Open Commission Meeting For Consideration Of Rules Implementing The Dodd-Frank Act - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 10/05/2012

Good morning. This meeting will come to order. This is a public meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to consider a final rule under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). I’d like to welcome members of the public, market participants and members of the media, as well as those listening to the meeting on the phone or watching the webcast.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At The 48th Annual Conference On Bank Structure And Competition, Chicago, Illinois (Via Satellite) May 10, 2012 - Banks And Bank Lending: The State Of Play

Date 10/05/2012

I am pleased to speak this morning at what has become, over nearly 50 years, perhaps the most prestigious conference for bankers, academics, and bank supervisors in the United States. The first part of my remarks will highlight the significant progress that has been made over the past several years toward restoring the banking system to good health. I will also talk about some of the challenges banks face as they adapt to the post-crisis economic and regulatory environment. I will then review recent trends in credit conditions, noting that bank lending has generally been improving but remains restrained in some areas.

IMF Executive Board Approves FY13–15 Medium-Term Budget

Date 10/05/2012

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the IMF’s financial year (FY) 2013 administrative and capital budgets and endorsed indicative budgets for FY2014–15. The staff paper for the Board is publicly available on the IMF’s website.

SEC Charges Scotland-Based Firm For Improperly Boosting Hedge Fund Client At Expense Of U.S. Fund Investors

Date 10/05/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Scotland-based fund management group for fraudulently using one of its U.S. fund clients to rescue another client, a China-focused hedge fund struggling in the midst of the global financial crisis.