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Updated Newsletter of the Athens Exchange ETFs For The First Trimester Of 2012

Date 19/04/2012

Click here to download the first quarter 2012 ATHEX ETF newsletter.
US. Agencies - Volcker Rule Conformance Period Clarified

Date 19/04/2012

The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of a statement clarifying that an entity covered by section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the so-called Volcker Rule, has the full two-year period provided by the statute to fully conform its activities and investments, unless the Board extends the conformance period. Section 619 generally requires banking entities to conform their activities and investments to the prohibitions and restrictions included in the statute on proprietary trading activities and on hedge fund and private equity fund activities and investments.
SEC Names Diane C. Blizzard As Associate Director For Regulatory Policy And Investment Adviser Regulation

Date 19/04/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Diane C. Blizzard has been named Associate Director for Regulatory Policy and Investment Adviser Regulation in the Division of Investment Management. As Associate Director, Ms. Blizzard will supervise two offices that develop recommendations for rulemaking and other policy initiatives under the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act.
Connie Hedegaard: "First Annual Report On The EU ETS To Focus On Timing Of Auctions"

Date 19/04/2012

At the informal meeting of Environment and Climate ministers in Horsens (Denmark), Commissioner Hedegaard participated in the lunch discussion on the future of the EU Emissions Trading System.
NYSE Liffe U.S. Surpasses $1 Billion In BIC Trading Value - Delivers Greater Flexibility And Control In Accessing Block Liquidity In Mini MSCI Futures - Rapid Customer Adoption And Steady Growth Since Launch

Date 19/04/2012

NYSE Liffe U.S., the innovative U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced that it has surpassed $1 billion in notional value of Block Trades at Index Close or “BIC” trades. NYSE Liffe U.S. launched BIC trading in September 2011 as an innovative way to provide customers the ability to manage the tracking impact of executing large orders relative to the underlying index level by explicitly tying the transaction price to the closing level of the underlying index. Since that time, activity in BIC trades has steadily increased with $381 million transacted in mini MSCI EAFE Index futures and $263 million in mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index futures since March 1 alone.

NASDAQ Welcomes Splunk Inc. To The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Date 19/04/2012

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that the trading of Splunk® Inc. (Nasdaq:SPLK) commenced on the NASDAQ Global Select Market® on Thursday, April 19, 2012 under the ticker symbol SPLK.
Program Trading Averaged 29.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Apr. 9-13

Date 19/04/2012

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 Apr. 9-13.
SEC Charges Ox Trading, Optionsxpress, And Former CFO With Registration Violations

Date 19/04/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Chicago-based securities dealer affiliated with online brokerage firm optionsXpress with violating the registration provisions of the securities laws when it continued trading operations after delisting from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and deregistering with the SEC, apparently to avoid an audit.
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Monthly Statistical Report March 2012

Date 19/04/2012

Total number of listed companies on the main market amounted to 213 at the end of March 2012. Meanwhile, the number of listed companies on Nilex reached 20 at the end of March 2012.
EEX Carries Out Fifth Dutch Primary Market Auction

Date 19/04/2012

Today, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) carried out the fifth primary market auction of European emission allowances (EUA) on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation and the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment.