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CBOE Holdings Reports August 2012 Consolidated Trading Volume Of Over 91 Million Contracts - ADV Of Nearly 4 Million Contracts

Date 04/09/2012

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that August 2012 consolidated trading volume for options contracts on the Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options Exchange^SM (C2^SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) totaled over 91 million contracts. 

SEC Charges California Man For Illegal Tips To Hedge Fund Manager

Date 04/09/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a California man with illegally tipping a hedge fund manager with inside information about Nvidia Corporation’s quarterly earnings that he learned from his friend who worked at the company.

CBOE Futures Exchange: August VIX Futures Trading Volume Rises 5% From August 2011 - Year-To-Date VIX Futures Average Daily Volume 58% Ahead Of Same Period One Year Ago

Date 04/09/2012

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) today announced that trading volume in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (the VIX® Index) during August 2012 totaled nearly two million contracts, five percent ahead of August 2011 and nearly even with July 2012.

KCBT HRW Wheat Futures & Exchange Volume Third Largest For Month Of August

Date 04/09/2012

The Kansas City Board of Trade HRW wheat futures and exchange volume traded during the month of August was the third largest in the history of the exchange for the calendar month of August.

Platts: Iron Ore Swaps Volumes Smash Previous Records As Spot Price Collapses In August

Date 04/09/2012

TSI-based iron ore swaps and options trading volumes in August soared past previous records.

ISE Reports Business Activity For August 2012

Date 04/09/2012

FINRA Vice Chairman Stephen Luparello Leaving To Join WilmerHale

Date 04/09/2012

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that FINRA Vice Chairman Stephen Luparello, who has been at FINRA and one of its predecessor organizations, NASD, for more than 16 years, is leaving to join the WilmerHale law firm in Washington, D.C. Luparello's last day at FINRA will be October 7.

SEC Charges China-Based Company And Top Executive With Inflating Financial Results Through Phony Sales

Date 04/09/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a China-based company and its chief executive with fraud for recording fake sales of a weight loss product to inflate revenues in the company’s financial statements by millions of dollars.

BOX Options Exchange Price Improvement Activity For August

Date 04/09/2012

In the month of August, price improved contracts onBOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 260,924 per day.  Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction (“PIP”) averaged $144,962 per day, while total savings to investors this month were $3.3 MM. With this, BOX has saved investors over $398 MM since its inception in 2004. Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the monthof August was 527,405 contracts.

Eurozone Crisis Tops First Day Back - European Parliament Committee On Economic And Monetary Affairs

Date 04/09/2012

Bank supervision, wider economic governance and the European Central Bank's role in stemming the Eurozone crisis dominated discussions with ECB President Mario Draghi and Commissioners Michel Barnier and Olli Rehn on Monday in Parliament.