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  • KCBT Closing In On Annual Trading Volume Record - Trading Volume In September Second Largest For Calendar Month

    Date 03/10/2011

    Active Kansas City Board of Trade trading volume during the month of September has put the exchange on track to break annual volume records within the next month.

  • mergermarket M&A Round-Up For Q1-Q3 2011

    Date 03/10/2011

    Q1-Q3 2011 League Tables of Financial Advisers to Global M&A

    • Global M&A up 21.5% in Q1-Q3 2011
    • US M&A continued to slide in Q3 2011
    • Emerging Market M&A down for three consecutive quarters
    • Private equity buyouts strongest since Q1-Q3 2008
    • Industrials & Chemicals top sector in Q3
    • European M&A stood at US$ 538.3bn, an increase of 26.9% compared to Q1-Q3 2010 (US$ 424.2bn). Q3 saw US$ 129.6bn-worth of deals, a 43.3% drop from to Q2 2011 (US$ 228.4bn).
    • Asia-Pacific M&A stood at US$ 255.5bn, up 4.9% from Q1-Q3 2010 (US$ 243.5bn). Q3 activity was up 16.8%, from US$ 78bn in Q2 2011 to US$ 91.1bn.

  • Forex Capital Markets LLC Ordered To Pay More Than $14.2 Million To Settle CFTC Charges Relating To Its Failure To Supervise Customer Accounts - Firm Also Sanctioned For Failing To Promptly Produce Certain Records To The CFTC’s Division Of Enforcement

    Date 03/10/2011

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges that Forex Capital Markets LLC (FXCM) failed to supervise diligently its personnel’s handling of more than 57,000 customer accounts that traded on FXCM’s forex trading platforms. FXCM is a registered retail foreign exchange dealer and futures commission merchant headquartered in New York, N.Y. The order also settles charges that FXCM failed to produce certain records promptly to the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement during its investigation.

  • BOX Price Improvement Activity Increases In September

    Date 03/10/2011

    In the month of September, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange LLC (“BOX”) averaged 284,869 per day, which represented a 21% increase over the same period last year. Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s Price Improvement Period (“PIP”) auction averaged over $180,000 per day, while total savings to investors this month were $3.8 million. With this, BOX has saved investors over $359 million since its inception in 2004. Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of September was 622,301 contracts, which represented a 57% increase over the same period last year.

  • Xignite Expands Senior Management To Put Customers First - Appoints Cameron Karr As VP Customer Success To Deliver Unparalleled Service In Financial Services Cloud Sector

    Date 03/10/2011

    Xignite, Inc., the leading financial market data cloud provider, announced that Cameron Karr has joined its management team as Vice President of Customer Success. Xignite has always set the highest possible standard for customer experience in the financial market data sector. Now, Karr is taking Xignite to the next level. The creation of this role is strategically timed while Xignite is experiencing record-setting growth and significant new customer acquisitions.