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TABB Says Rising Global Derivatives Volumes Put Pressure On Financial Firms To Automate Post-Trade Allocation And Settlement Processes - Post-Trade Processing Grows More Complex As Institutional Investors Increase Derivatives Trading With Global Trading Volume Expanding At 21% CAGR Since 2003

Date 02/05/2012

The expanding role of listed derivatives in institutional investor trading strategies has placed significant pressure on financial institutions to automate their post-trade processes. These rising volumes and processing complexity are forcing firms to address inefficiencies in their existing manual processes. According to new TABB Group research published today, “Processing Complexity: Back Office Challenges of Listed Derivatives,” written by Andy Nybo, a principal and head of derivatives research, increasing use of derivatives in trading strategies will create greater complexity across front- and back-office processes.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Circular Regarding Adjustment Of Commission Charge Standard For Transaction

Date 02/05/2012

Federal Court In Illinois Orders Trading Point Of Financial Instruments Ltd. To Pay $140,000 Penalty For Acting As Unregistered Retail Forex Dealer - Trading Point Also Ordered To Cease Soliciting U.S. Customers And To Modify Website - Action Part Of CFTC’s Second Nationwide Sweep Against Forex Firms For Failure To Register Under The 2008 Farm Bill, The Dodd-Frank Act, And CFTC Regulations

Date 02/05/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court consent order requiring Trading Point of Financial Instruments Ltd. (Trading Point), of Limassol, Cyprus, to pay a $140,000 civil monetary penalty to settle CFTC charges. The order finds that Trading Point unlawfully solicited U.S. customers to engage in foreign currency (forex) transactions and operated as a Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer (RFED) without being registered with the CFTC.

Remarks By Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Sobel At The Woodrow Wilson Center On Mexico And The G-20 Leader’s Summit

Date 01/05/2012

 I thank the Woodrow Wilson Center for the opportunity to share our thoughts on Mexico’s G-20 agenda and the upcoming Summit.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 01/05/2012

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

• The shares of Longford Energy Inc. (TSXVN:LFD) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. Trading in the company will be transferred to NEX following the sale of substantially all its assets to Genel Energy plc (LSE:GENL).

ISDA 2012 Margin Survey Results: Collateralization Continues To Increase In OTC Derivatives Markets

Date 01/05/2012

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today released results from its 2012 ISDA Margin Survey at its 27th Annual General Meeting in Chicago.

CBOE Holdings, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results - Diluted EPS Of $0.37, Up 3 Percent

Date 01/05/2012

First Quarter GAAP Financial Highlights

• Operating Revenues of $121.4 Million, Down 2 Percent
• Net Income Allocated to Common Stockholders was $32.9 Million; Diluted EPS Up 3 Percent to $0.37
• Operating Margin Increases 90 Basis Points to 47.3 Percent
• Average Daily Trading Volume of 4.88 Million Contracts, Down 4 Percent Versus 1Q11 and Up 14 Percent Versus 4Q11
• Total Market Share Increased to 29.9 Percent for the Quarter, Up 3.2 Percentage Points from Fourth Quarter 2011

ISDA Publishes 2012 Operations Benchmarking Survey

Date 01/05/2012

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today released its 2012 Operations Benchmarking Survey at its 27th Annual General Meeting in Chicago.

CME Group To Expand CBOT Grain And Oilseed Trading Hours On CME

Date 01/05/2012

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will expand electronic trading hours in its CBOT grain and oilseed futures and options beginning Monday, May 14, 2012. This will expand market access to CBOT Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Soybean Meal,Soybean Oil, Oats and Rough Rice futures and options on CME Globex to 22 hours per day.

Statement Of Support Regarding Proposed Interpretative Statement The Confidentiality And Indemnification Provision In The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection – CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia

Date 01/05/2012

I concur in support of the Commission’s proposed interpretative statement (“Proposed Interpretative Statement”) regarding the confidentiality and indemnification provisions of Section 21(d) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”).