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  • BOX Price Improvement Activity Increases In November

    Date 01/12/2011

    In the month of November, price improved contractson BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 289,373 per day, which represented an 8% increase over the same period last year.  Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction (“PIP”) averaged $183,071 per day, while total savings to investors this month were $3.8 MM. With this, BOX has saved investors over $367MM sinceits inception in 2004.  Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of November was 576,335 contracts, which represented a 38% increase over thesame period last year.

  • KCBT Extends Annual Volume Records For HRW Wheat Futures, Exchange

    Date 01/12/2011

    The Kansas City Board of Trade during the month of November continued to add to the annual trading volume records in the Hard Red Winter wheat futures contract and the exchange as a whole. The records were first set in October and exceeded the previous records set in 2010.

  • BM&FBOVESPA Opens Competitive Bidding Process For Market Makers For Options On The Stocks Of Cia Siderúrgica Nacional, PDG Realty S.A. And Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. - Institutions Have Until January 30, 2012 To Send Proposals

    Date 01/12/2011

    BM&FBOVESPA announces today the start of the process to select up to three market makers for options on the stocks of Cia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSNA3), PDG Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (PDGR3) and Cyrela Brazil Realty S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (CYRE3). This is the fourth and final stage of the bidding program to select market makers for equity options and BOVESPA Index options, developed by the Exchange. The institutions (including nonresident ones) that wish to participate have until January 30, 2012 to deliver their proposals and the winners will be announced on February 02, 2012.

  • Statement By IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde At The Conclusion Of Her Visit To Brazil

    Date 01/12/2011

    Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement today in Brasilia:

    “It is a great pleasure to be in Brazil for my first visit as Managing Director of the IMF. I had the privilege to meet President Dilma Rousseff, and had very productive meetings with Finance Minister Guido Mantega and Central Bank President Alexandre Tombini.

  • SEC, U.S. Attorney And FBI Announce 13 Charged In Connection With Securities Kickback Schemes - SEC Suspends Trading In Seven Companies

    Date 01/12/2011

    The Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced parallel cases filed in federal court against several corporate officers, lawyers and a stock promoter alleging they used kickbacks and other schemes to trigger investments in various thinly-traded stocks.