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Tokyo Commodity Exchange February 2012 Average Daily Volume Up 4.7% From January 2012

Date 07/03/2012

Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) announced today that February 2012trading volume averaged 112,767 contracts per day, up 4.7% from January 2012, down 4.5% from February 2011. All products except Gold Standard, which is the most traded at TOCOM, increased from January 2012: Gold mini up 39.8% to 17,144 contracts; Crude oil and oil products up 17.2% to 19,846 contracts. Gold Standard was down 9.7% to 48,849 contracts.

VIX Futures Open Interest Hits New Record: Over 280,000 Contracts

Date 06/03/2012

CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that open interest in CBOE Volatility Index (VIX index) futures reached new all-time highs on Monday, March 5 and Thursday, March 1. On March 5, open interest hit 282,314 contracts, exceeding a 256,870-contract record on March 1.

CME Group, BM&FBOVESPA, And S&P Indices Announce Agreement For Cross-Listing Of Global Benchmark Equity Index, Commodity And Energy Futures - IBOVESPA Futures To Be Listed On CME Globex Trading Platform; S&P 500 Index, Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) and MiniSsized Soybean Futures On BVMF PUMA Trading System

Date 06/03/2012

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and BM&FBOVESPA (BVMF), the largest equity and futures exchange in Latin America, today announced a cross-listing and cross-licensing agreement involving S&P 500 Index and Bovespa Index (IBOVESPA) futures.  BVMF will also license CME Group's Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Mini-sized Soybean and NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) futures settlement prices.  The agreement also provides the companies the opportunity to license additional products in the future.

Thomson Reuters Global Equities Monthly Market Share Data Updated To Reflect February 2012 Activity

Date 06/03/2012

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Testimony Before The Subcommittee On Financial Services And General Government Committee On Appropriations - United States House Of Representatives By Chairman Mary L. Schapiro, U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission

Date 06/03/2012

Chairwoman Emerson, Ranking Member Serrano, Members of the Subcommittee:

Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget request for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). I welcome this opportunity to provide additional information on how the SEC would make effective use of the $1.566 billion that is requested for the coming fiscal year.

European Supervisory Authorities Publish Today A Joint Discussion Paper On Draft Regulatory Technical Standards Foreseen By The European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)

Date 06/03/2012

BA, EIOPA and ESMA (the ESAs) invite market participants and all interested stakeholders to provide their feedback on planned regulatory technical standards covering risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives not cleared by central counterparties. The EMIR Regulation (“the Regulation”) on OTC Derivatives, CCPs and trade repositories introduces provisions to improve transparency and reduce the risks associated with the OTC derivatives market and establishes common rules for central counterparties (CCPs) and for trade repositories (TRs). The Regulation acknowledges that not all OTC derivatives would meet the necessary requirements to be centrally cleared. For this reason, it introduces provisions on risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives not cleared by a CCP.

TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – February 2012, Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange

Date 06/03/2012

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for February 2012.

Toronto Stock Exchange welcomed 15 new issuers in February 2012, up from the previous month which listed 8, but down from February 2011 which had 21 new listings. Of the new listings, 8 were exchange traded funds and 5 were from the mining sector. There were 10 IPOs in February 2012, up from 5 in January 2012, but down compared to February 2011 when there were 18. Total financings raised increased 53% from January 2012 and were up 43% compared to the same month a year earlier. On a year-to-date basis, total financings raised exceeded 2011 figures by 85%.

FTSE MIB Index Quarterly Review March 2012

Date 06/03/2012

The FTSE Italia Index Policy Committee has approved the following changes to the FTSE MIB Index which will become effective after the close of business on Friday, 16 March 2012 (i.e. appearing at the start of trading on Monday, 19 March 2012):

Ongoing Regulatory Reform In The Global Capital Markets - Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission Annual Conference Of The Institute of International Bankers Washington, D.C., March 5, 2012

Date 06/03/2012

Thank you for that very nice introduction. I am very pleased to be here today.

Before I continue, I need to provide the standard disclaimer that my comments today are my own, and do not necessarily represent the positions of the Commission or my fellow Commissioners.

Tehran Stock Exchange Bulletin February 2012

Date 06/03/2012

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