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Kathleen Griffin Named SEC's First Chief Compliance Officer

Date 01/04/2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Kathleen M. Griffin has been named the agency's first Chief Compliance Officer — the latest in a series of measures undertaken to strengthen the SEC's internal compliance program.
Kansas City Board Of Trade Posts Third-Largest March HRW Wheat Trading Volume

Date 01/04/2010

The Kansas City Board of Trade’s Hard Red Winter Wheat futures trading volume for the month of March was the third largest in the exchange’s history for the calendar month. A total of 273,549 HRW wheat futures contracts were traded during the month of March, behind only March 2006 and 2009 trading volumes of 363,605 contracts and 280,459 contracts, respectively.
Program Trading Averaged 24.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Mar. 22-26

Date 01/04/2010

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 Mar. 22-26.
OneChicago Reports March 2010 Volume, Up 65% From March 2009, Open Interest Up 419% from March 2009

Date 01/04/2010

OneChicago, LLC (“OCX”) today reported that 385,125 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in March 2010, an increase of 65% from March 2009. Year to date volume was 1,046,737, up 104% from 1st quarter 2009.
ICE Clear Canada: Entry Of Negotiated Options Strategy Trades With A Futures Leg

Date 01/04/2010

Negotiated Options Strategy (NOS) trades that include a futures leg must be entered into the clearing system with a trade type (STXD) code of "R".

MGEX Announces Continued Volume And Open Interest Growth In March

Date 01/04/2010

Continuing a pattern of strong year-over-year volume and open interest growth, MGEX (Exchange) today announced March 2010 total futures and options volume grew 20 percent over the same period last year to 92,397. Total open interest increased 57 percent over March 2009.
ELX Futures Reports Multiple Monthly And Quarterly Volume And Market Share Records For 2010

Date 01/04/2010

ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX Futures) announced today multiple volume and market share records in the month of March and the first quarter of 2010 for the combined five U.S. Treasury futures products. ELX set single quarter market share and volume records as well as reporting its highest average daily Open Interest, up 48.6% in the first quarter 2010 from the previous quarter.
MGEX Announces Continued Volume And Open Interest Growth In March

Date 01/04/2010

Continuing a pattern of strong year-over-year volume and open interest growth, MGEX (Exchange) today announced March 2010 total futures and options volume grew 20 percent over the same period last year to 92,397. Total open interest increased 57 percent over March 2009.
UK's Financial Services Authority Bans Independent Financial Adviser For Not Having Appropriate Systems And Controls In Place

Date 01/04/2010

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned Martyn Powsney, the former director of Powsney & Co Ltd, an IFA firm based near Manchester, from holding positions of significant influence in any FSA authorised firm. Pownsey, who failed to put in place systems and controls to ensure that customers received suitable advice and failed to take sufficient remedial action, was found to be not fit and proper to run an authorised firm.
Key figures SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland March 2010

Date 01/04/2010

Cumulative turnover on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland in March 2010 amounted to CHF 111.9 billion, practically unchanged from the previous month. The number of transactions executed during March edged up by 0.2% versus February to reach a total of 2,933,798. Turnover in the Structured Products and Warrants segment demonstrated a very strong trend: it rose in March to CHF 3.5 billion, a 10.1% increase over the previous month. The number of trades in ETFs also surged – in fact by +1