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Preliminary Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2010

Date 28/02/2011

Preliminary data from a survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at end-June 2010 are released today on the U.S. Treasury web site at (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx). A revised table on Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities, where estimates through end-December 2010 are based in part on survey data, is also released at (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/ticsec2.aspx, on line 1 of Part A). Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the preliminary data, will be reported on April 29, 2011. The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The next survey will be for end-June 2011 and preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28, 2012.
CFTC Charges Florida Resident David L. Ortiz And his Companies, Goyep International, Inc. And Royal Returns, Inc., With Defrauding Customers In An Off-Exchange Foreign Currency Scam - Federal Court Freezes Defendants’ Assets And Protects Books And Records.

Date 28/02/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that it filed an anti-fraud enforcement action against defendants David L. Ortiz of Vero Beach, Fla., and his companies,Goyep International, Inc., of Vero Beach, Fla., and Royal Returns, Inc., of Hollywood, Fla., charging them with operating a fraudulent off-exchange foreign currency (forex) scheme that accepted funds totaling at least $420,000 from at least 10 customers. None of the defendants has ever been registered with the CFTC.
CBOE And CFE To Begin Trading CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index (GVZ) Futures And Options - New Tradable Products Expand Volatility Franchise

Date 28/02/2011

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced plans to launch futures and options on the CBOE Gold ETF Volatility Index (Ticker - GVZ). Pending regulatory approval, CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) will begin trading GVZ futures onFriday, March 25, and CBOE will introduce GVZ options a few weeks later.
MGEX Records Top Monthly Trading Volume In 130 Year History

Date 28/02/2011

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced a preliminary all time monthly trading volume record of 222,737 futures and options contracts traded. The new total surpasses the previous record of 216,593 contracts traded set in August 2007. The new record makes February 2011 the highest volume trading month in the 130 year history of MGEX.
CBOE Holdings Announces Plans For S&P 500 Index Options on C2

Date 28/02/2011

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) announced plans today to list on C2, the company's new alternative exchange, an electronically-traded version of its flagship S&P 500 Index option (SPX), which it is calling "SPXpm." The Company submitted a rule filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today and plans to list SPXpm upon SEC approval.

MEFF Will Now Allow Registry Of Flexible Futures And Options Contracts

Date 28/02/2011

Starting today, MEFF will allow members to register "Flexible contracts”, i.e., non-standard futures and options contracts for all underlyings currently listed on MEFF, whether they are on the IBEX 35® or on any listed equities.
Cimatron Announces Approval Of Dual Listing On The TASE - Trading On The TASE Will Start On Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Date 28/02/2011

Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ: CIMT), a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM solutions for the toolmaking and manufacturing industries, today announced that the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (“TASE”) has approved the dual listing of Cimatron’s ordinary shares on the TASE beginning when trading commences on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, under the ticker symbol CIMT. Cimatron’s ordinary shares will continue to be listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market in the United States, and Cimatron will remain subject to the rules and regulations of NASDAQ and of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority - Finansinspektionen: Assessment Of NASDAQ OMX Derivatives Markets As A Central Counterparty, 2010

Date 28/02/2011

Finansinspektionen and Riksbanken have jointly assessed Nasdaq OMX Derivatives Markets. The assessment focuses on Nasdaq OMX Derivatives Markets' clearing of derivatives transactions.
SEC Charges Military Body Armor Supplier And Former Outside Directors With Accounting Fraud

Date 28/02/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a major supplier of body armor to the U.S. military and law enforcement agencies for engaging in a massive accounting fraud. The agency separately charged three of the company’s former outside directors and audit committee members for their complicity in the scheme.
CME Group To Offer Significant Cross-Margining Efficiencies Between Interest Rate Futures Positions And U.S. Treasury Securities

Date 28/02/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced the creation of a new clearing membership class for interest rate futures allowing for significant margin offsets between CME Group Interest Rate futures and U.S. Treasury securities. The Financial Instruments Clearing Membership (FICM), which is expected to be offered by the end of the first quarter, will provide margin offsets of up to 65 percent to qualified firms that trade both U.S. Treasury securities and CME Group Interest Rate futures products.