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SEC Freezes Assets Of Missing Georgia-Based Investment Adviser

Date 02/07/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today obtained a court order to freeze the assets of a Georgia-based investment adviser who has apparently gone into hiding after orchestrating a $40 million investment fraud.

Statement By The UK's Chancellor Of The Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, On LIBOR

Date 02/07/2012

Mr Speaker, on Thursday I updated the House on the Financial Services Authority’s investigation into Barclays and the attempted manipulation of the LIBOR market in the years running up to and during the crisis.

The Options Industry Council Announces June Options Trading Volume Decreased 13%

Date 02/07/2012

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 325,813,094 total options contracts were traded in June, 12.63 percent less than the 372,928,893 contracts traded in June 2011.

MGEX Boasts 27 Percent Volume Increase In June

Date 02/07/2012

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Organization, today announced total June 2012 futures and options trading volume for its flagship Hard Red Spring Wheat contract reached 111,963 contracts traded, a 27 percent increase in volume over May. HRSW futures trading gained 28 percent over May with 110,144 futures contracts trading during June. 

June Turnover Exceeds EUR 7 Billion At Boerse Stuttgart - Investors Showing Greater Caution - High Volume Of Trading In Corporate Bonds - Strong Growth In German Federal State Jumbos

Date 02/07/2012

According to the order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover in excess of EUR 7 billion in June 2012. Nevertheless, as in recent months, investors remained cautious in response to ongoing market uncertainty.

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland: June 2012

Date 02/07/2012

SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach together generated sales of CHF 79.4 billion in June 2012. This representsan increase of 5.1% compared with May. The following segments in particular achieved higher turnover: equities incl. funds, ETSFs and ETPs (+1.0%), bonds CHF (+22.5%), and structured products and warrants (+12.1%). By contrast, the number of transactions concluded fell by 7.9% to 2,713,887. This was mainly attributable to equities incl. funds, ETSFs and ETPs. In this segment, 8.7% fewer transactions were registered. On the other hand, a greater number of trades were recorded in the bonds CHF (+14.4%), ETFs (+2.1%) and structured products and warrants (+1.3%) segments.

ISE Files For Second Exchange License

Date 02/07/2012

• New options exchange to offer market structure and pricing flexibility
• Exchange will run on ISE’s existing Optimise™ technology platform
• Member firms will be able to use existing connectivity to ISE to access the second exchange
• Anticipated launch by the end of 2012

Deutsche Börse: 89 Billion Euros Turnover On Xetra In June

Date 02/07/2012

Order book turnover on Xetra and the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading stood at €93.8 billion in June – a decrease by 15 percent year-on-year (June 2011: €109.9 billion). Of the €93.8 billion, €89.2 billion were attributable to Xetra – a decrease by 15 percent y-o-y (June 2011: €105.3 billion). €4.6 billion were attributable to the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading, unchanged y-o-y (June 2011: €4.6 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €2.0 billion in June.

Average Daily Volume Of 11.0 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In June - Eurex Exchange: Equity Index Derivatives Segment With Best Monthly Result In 2012 - Eurex Repo: New Peaks In GC Pooling Market And Euro Repo Market

Date 02/07/2012

In June 2012, the international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 11,0 million contracts (June 2011: 11.4 million). Of those, 8.5 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (June 2011: 8.6 million), and 2.5 million contracts (June 2011: 2.8 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE). In total, 178.9 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 52.2 million at ISE.

Luxembourg Stock Exchange: Interim Revision Of The LuxX Index

Date 02/07/2012

The executive committee of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange has reviewed the composition of the LuxX index in the context of its regular index review, which took place after the end of the first half of 2012. Considering developments during the first half of the year, the executive committee has resolved not to change the composition of the LuxX.