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Announcement Of Preliminary Results Of London Stock Exchange Group Plc For The Year Ended 31 March 2011

Date 13/05/2011

Highlights

• Good growth in total income - up 7 per cent to £674.9 million (2010: £628.3 million); 
  
  
• Adjusted operating profit¹ increased 22 per cent to £341.1 million (2010: £280.3 million); statutory operating profit increased 55 per cent to £283.0 million (2010: £182.3 million) and profit before tax rose 65 per cent to £238.2 million (2010: £144.3 million)
  
  
• Adjusted basic earnings per share¹ up 23 per cent to 73.7 pence (2010: 60.1 pence); basic earnings per share up 67 per cent to 56.4 pence (2010: 33.8 pence)
  
  
• Proposed final dividend up 12.5 per cent to 18.0 pence per share; total dividend for the year increased 9.8 per cent to 26.8 pence per share 
  
  
• Good growth in number of new issues, up 68 per cent to 185, with a more than trebling of money raised to £13.1 billion (2010: £3.9 billion)
  
  
• Millennium Exchange, the Group's new high performance trading system, successfully rolled out to Turquoise and the UK equities markets - delivering world leading consistent performance, 10 times faster than previous system
  
  
• Turquoise Derivatives pan-European equity derivatives trading service launched in the spring, following integration with the Group's London-based EDX derivatives exchange; FTSE 100 Index Futures to begin trading in June 2011
  
  
• Announced recommended merger with Canada's TMX Group, with work ongoing to secure necessary approvals

¹ before amortisation of purchased intangibles and non-recurring items

Taiwan Futures Exchange Monthly Newsletter- May 2011

Date 13/05/2011

Click here to download the TAIFEX May Newsletter. 

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Circuit Breakers (CB) For Silver

Date 13/05/2011

The CB Trigger Levels and CB Expansion Levels for Silver will be changed to JPY 4.0 from JPY 2.5, 
from the trading session with the trade date of May 17, 2011 (starting 5:00 pm May 16, 2011).

CFTC Settles Charges Against FX Trading, LLC For Failing To Maintain Minimum Net Capital Required For Futures Commission Merchants - Federal Court In New Jersey Orders FX Trading To Pay $110,000 Civil Monetary Penalty

Date 13/05/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that a federal court entered a consent order requiring FX Trading, LLC (FX Trading), of Iselin, N.J., to pay a $110,000 civil monetary penalty for failing to satisfy the minimum financial requirements for CFTC-registered futures commission merchants (FCMs). FX Trading has been registered with the CFTC as an FCM since October 14, 2005.

BM&FBOVESPA Announces Results For The First Quarter 2011 - BM&F Trading Volume Sets New Record, Driving Revenues; Traction From New Initiatives With High Frequency Trading (HFT) And Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Volumes Showing Double-Digit Growth In The Bovespa Segment

Date 12/05/2011

BM&FBOVESPA S.A. (BVMF3) today reported first quarter earnings, ending March 31, 2011. Performance in derivatives was driven by robust growth in interest-rate contract volumes, while equities posted double-digit growth in HFT and ETF volumes as these new products continue to gain traction. Adjusted operating expenses for the quarter are in line with the budget guidance range for the year as presented to the market, and declined 11.6% compared to 4Q10.

Historic Grain Exchange Buildings Awarded ENERGY STAR Certification

Date 12/05/2011

The historic Grain Exchange Buildings, owned and operated by Minneapolis Grain Exchange, Inc. (MGEX) and a staple in downtown Minneapolis since 1902, have earned the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR Certification. The rating signifies the Grain Exchange Buildings perform in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meet strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA.   

NYSE Technologies Announces Filtered Options Feed And TAQ Options Data Products -Allowing Customers To Reduce Quote Consumption But Retain Full Daily Quote Archives

Date 12/05/2011

NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext, today announced the launch of two new products designed to help firms better manage the growth in quote capacity requirements for U.S. options trading. The Filtered Options Feed helps market participants better define and isolate key quotes and market information while the TAQ Options service offers users a complete end-of-day file and access to a 6-year historical archive of all U.S. options quoting activity from Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA).

Testimony Before The U.S. Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, Washington, DC - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 12/05/2011

Good morning Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Shelby and members of the Committee. I thank you for inviting me to today’s hearing on monitoring systemic risk and promoting financial stability. I am pleased to testify alongside my fellow regulators.

Program Trading Averaged 28.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During May 2-6

Date 12/05/2011

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for May 2-6.

TMX Group’s SOLA® Derivative Trading Platform Goes Live On Turquoise Derivatives

Date 12/05/2011

TMX Group Inc. today announced that London Stock Exchange Group's pan-European derivatives market, Turquoise Derivatives, has successfully migrated to the TMX SOLA® trading system. SOLA, which was created by Montréal Exchange, is also the trading technology platform for Borsa Italiana's IDEM market as well as the Oslo Bors.