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CBOE 2011 Market Statistics

Date 27/07/2012

Details of CBOE trading activity, listed by individual security with contract volume and average daily volume. Also provides historical trading activity.

US Repo Fact Sheet 2012

Date 27/07/2012

About the Report

An annual update and overview to the U.S. repo market.

Summary

The $5 trillion daily turnover in the repurchase, or repo, market is a vital, but not always well understood, part of the U.S. financial system. The repo market represents a liquid, efficient, tested and safe way for firms to participate in a short-term financing arrangement, providing funding for their day-to-day business. Repurchase agreements, or repos, are a sale of financial assets combined with a promise to repurchase those assets in the future (in many cases, the repurchase is agreed for the following business day). These arrangements have the economic characteristics of a secured loan - cash vs. collateral - and are used by short-term institutional cash investors as a secured money market instrument and by dealers as a way to finance long positions in securities.

BATS 1000 Index Rallies More Than 239 Points

Date 27/07/2012

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) jumped 239.44 points, or 1.6%, this week to close at 15,555.54 as of 4 p.m. ET today.

SEC Freezes Assets of Insider Traders In Nexen Acquisition

Date 27/07/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today obtained an emergency court order to freeze the assets of traders using trading accounts in Hong Kong and Singapore to reap more than $13 million in illegal profits by trading in advance of this week’s public announcement that China-based CNOOC Ltd. agreed to acquire Canada-based Nexen Inc.

CalPERS CEO Issues Statement On Retirement Crisis Report And Plan - Says Defined Benefit Plans Are An Important Cornerstone Of Retirement Security

Date 27/07/2012

Anne Stausboll, Chief Executive Officer for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today issued the following statement regarding the report issued by U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Earlier today Senator Harkin released the report, “A Retirement Crisis and a Plan to Solve It.”

SIFMA Issues Quarterly Government Securities Issuance And Rates Forecast For 3Q 2012

Date 27/07/2012

SIFMA today issued its quarterly government securities issuance and rates forecast for the third quarter of 2012. The full report is available at the following link: http://www.sifma.org/govtforecast3q2012/  

ESMA Publishes Response To The European Commission Green Paper On Shadow Banking

Date 27/07/2012

ESMA has published its response to the European Commission's Green Paper on shadow banking.

MGEX Highlights USDA Sampling And Testing In New Apple Juice Concentrate Contract

Date 27/07/2012

MGEX,  a  Designated  Contract  Market  (DCM)  and  Derivatives  Clearing Organization (DCO), is pleased to report the involvement of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the sampling and testing of Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) for the new MGEX AJC futures and options contract set to launch on Monday, August 13, 2012.

TOM MTF Statistics Week 30 2012

Date 27/07/2012

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 30 - 2012. 

U.S. Treasury Department Announces $248.5 Million In Proceeds From Pricing Of Auctions Of Preferred Stock And Subordinated Debt Positions Of Twelve Financial Institutions - Auctions Part Of Treasury’s Continued Efforts To Wind Down TARP’s Bank Programs - Proceeds Deliver Additional Profit For Taxpayers On TARP’s Bank Programs

Date 27/07/2012

As part of the strategy it outlined in May for winding down its remaining Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bank investments, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it priced auctions of preferred stock and subordinated debt positions (the “CPP Securities”) in the following twelve institutions at the following prices: