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MICEX-RTS: Initial Margin Requirement Increased For The Holidays Season

Date 07/03/2012

Beginning March 8, 2012 through March 10, 2012 the size of initial margin for the MICEX-RTS derivatives market, Standard sector of the securities market, RTS Money, derivatives markets of Saint-Petersburg Exchange and Moscow Energy Exchange will be increased, due to public holidays.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Statement On A Recent News Report On TOCOM And CME

Date 07/03/2012

With regard to the news article reporting this morning that TOCOM has decided on a policy to ask Chicago Mercantile Exchange for capital / business tie-up arrangement, the Exchange affirms that there is no such decision has been made.

TOPIX Index Futures Trading Hits A Record High On 6 March

Date 07/03/2012

As of 6 March, the trading volume of TOPIX index futures reached a record high of 615,859 contracts.
(The breakdown is: calendar spread : 339,204, and off-auction market : 219,430.)

Thomson Reuters Launches Social Media Sentiment Analysis Offering - Machine Readable News Service Now Delivers Analytics On Up To 50,000 News Sites And Four Million Social Media Sites To Enhance Trading Strategies

Date 07/03/2012

Thomson Reuters today announced an extension of its machine-readable news offering to include a sentiment scoring service for social media. The new capability will mine the expansive wealth of social media and blog content to deliver digestible analytics on selected companies and market segments, to help trading and investment firms identify and capitalize on new opportunities. 

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.