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Kansas City Board Of Trade Sets Initial Margin Ratio At 1.00

Date 07/11/2011

The Kansas City Board of Trade today will set customer initial to maintenance ratios to 1.00, setting the initial margin upcharge to zero. This will be in effect from today forward until further notice. This change is intended to be temporary.

SIFMA President And CEO Tim Ryan's Remarks As Prepared For SIFMA’s Annual Meeting

Date 07/11/2011

Good morning. I’m Tim Ryan, president and CEO of SIFMA. I’d like to thank Vikram Pandit once again for his insightful comments during our breakfast session this morning.

Kansas City Board Of Trade Transfers Positions And Collateral - MF Global

Date 07/11/2011

The Kansas City Board of Trade on Friday successfully transferred MF Global U.S. customer positions and today is dispersing the KCBT Clearing Corporation-held collateral to qualified clearing firms as approved by the Trustee and bankruptcy court.

TMX Group Equity Exchanges Lead The World In Number Of New Listings

Date 07/11/2011

TMX Group Inc. today announced that, as of September 30,Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture together had more new listings in 2011 than any other exchange group in the world. The ranking is part of a recently-released statistics report from the World Federation of Exchanges.

Athens Exchange Monthly Statistical Bulletin October 2011.

Date 07/11/2011

Click here to download the Athens Exchange monthly statistical bulletin for October 2011.

London Metal Exchange Announces Record Open Interest

Date 07/11/2011

The London Metal Exchange (LME) market open interest surged to 2.67 million lots on 3 November 2011, reaching a new record for the Exchange. The previous record was set in December 2008 with 2.57 million lots of open interest.

IntercontinentalExchange Submits Swap Data Repository Registration To CFTC - ICE Trade Vault Prepares Energy And Commodities Data Repository For 2012 Launch

Date 07/11/2011

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that it has applied to register its ICE Trade Vault service as a swap data repository (SDR) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

SIFMA Chairman John Taft’s Remarks As Prepared For SIFMA’s Annual Meeting

Date 07/11/2011

Thank, you Jerry. I’d like to echo Tim’s thoughts on Jerry Del Messieras he assumes the role of Chairman of SIFMA’s Board.

NASDAQ OMX Commodities And Nord Pool Exchange And Clearing Market Report - October 2011

Date 07/11/2011

Highlights physical markets October 2011:

POWER:

• Nord Pool Spot market share of Nordic consumption was 71.7 per cent in October.
• The total Nordic preliminary consumption for October was 31.3 TWh compared to 27.6 TWh in September.
• Volumes traded were 24.4 TWh in October compared to 22 TWh in September 2011.
• The average system price for October was 27.96 EUR/MWh compared to 28.94 EUR/MWh in September 2011. 
• The value of turnover in the physical market for October was EUR 0.81 billion.

ICE Futures Europe To Launch ICE Brent NX Crude Futures And Options On 5 December 2011

Date 07/11/2011

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced that ICE Futures Europe will introduce ICE Brent NX (New Expiry) Crude Futures and Options contracts.  The contracts will be available for trading with a first trade date of 5 December 2011.