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Public Comments On SEC Regulatory Initiatives Under The Dodd-Frank Act

Date 19/06/2011

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act includes provisions that require the SEC to undertake various initiatives, including rulemaking and studies touching on many areas of financial regulation.

Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange Weekly Market Commentary - June 19, 2011

Date 19/06/2011

Welcome to the Weekly Market Commentary from DGCX, providing you with a snapshot of what’s happening in the energy, precious metal and currency futures markets. 

TABB Research Examines Electronic Alpha Capture And Its Impact On Commission Allocations - New Report Focuses On Buy Side And Sell Side Use Of Alpha Capture Systems, The Impact Of Systems’ Performance Metrics And Emergence Of An Elite Sell-Side Service Based On Pay-For-Performance

Date 18/06/2011

At a basic level, electronic alpha capture is poised to become a major workflow tool for every portfolio manager and broker-dealer to prioritize data points and opinions, pushing the most relevant ideas to the surface.

EFETnet And DTCC Selected By Industry To Develop Commodity Derivatives Trade Repository - Collaboration Combines EFETnet’s Strength In The Commodities Market With DTCC’s In OTC Derivatives Trade Repositories

Date 17/06/2011

EFETnet and DTCC Deriv/SERV LLC (DTCC), announced that the two at-cost, user governed industry cooperatives are collaborating with market participants in the commodities industry to establish a global Commodity Derivatives Trade Repository. The proposed new repository, which will be domiciled in Europe and jointly owned by DTCC and EFETnet, follows EFETnet and DTCC being selected by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.'s (ISDA) Commodities Steering Committee to work with the industry on the next stage of development for this new service.

BATS 1000 Index Flat On Week - Consumer Goods Sector Leads Gains, Up 1.3%

Date 17/06/2011

BATS Global Markets, a global stock market operator, reports the BATS 1000^SM Index (Ticker: BATSK) was mostly unchanged for the trading week ending June 17. The S&P 500 Index was also nearly flat on the week, up just 0.04%.

TMX Group Offers Condolences On The Passing Of Jacques O. Nadeau

Date 17/06/2011

TMX Group Inc. and Montreal Exchange today offered their sympathies on the passing of Jacques O. Nadeau. Mr. Nadeau served Montreal Exchange as a member of the Governing Committee from 1997 to 2000 and then as member of the Board of Directors from 2000 to 2006, acting as its Chairman from 2000 to 2004.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 17/06/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, June 17, 2011:

• iWeb Group Inc. (TSXVN:IWB) will be removed from the index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange following the completion of a going-private transaction.

ROFEX Launched Its Oil Futures Contract - ROFEX Launched Its New Oil Futures Contract That Can Be Traded In Its Financial Derivatives Division - This New Hedging Tool Is The Only One Of Its Kind In Latin America

Date 17/06/2011

On June 14, ROFEX launched the trading of oil futures contracts in a ceremony headed by Luis B. Ossola, the Market’s president, in the Amerian Buenos Aires Park Hotel. Alejandro Vanoli, president of the National Securities Commission (CNV), attended the event together with the economist Miguel Kiguel and ROFEX´s general manager, Diego Fernández, who made presentations.

LME Expands Steel Delivery To Italy

Date 17/06/2011

• Ravenna approved as point of good delivery for LME Steel Billet
• LME Steel Billet average daily volume in 2011 up 46% compared with 2010
• 352,044 lots of LME Steel Billet has traded since launch, the equivalent of 22.9 million tonnes and $11.1 billion 

Platts Diesel Price Benchmarks Selected By CME Clearing Europe

Date 17/06/2011

Platts physical price data have been selected as the basis for new diesel and ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) over-the-counter (OTC) contracts by CME Clearing Europe, a London-based subsidiary of CME Group. Platts is a leading global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider and a top publisher of benchmark price references.