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ELX Reduces Minimum Block Trade Levels To 300 Contracts For The 5, 10 And 30 Year U.S. Treasury Futures

Date 11/01/2011

ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX), a leading electronic futures exchange, announced today that it has reduced minimum block trade levels to 300 contracts from 1,000 contracts for the 5, 10, and 30 year U.S. Treasury futures contracts as well as the Ultrabond. The new block trade sizes are effective immediately. The block trade size for the 2-year futures contract remains at 1,000 contracts.
Deutsche Börse AG Named Outstanding Data Provider By FISD - Annual Award Recognizes Strong Customer Service And Communication

Date 11/01/2011

The Financial Information Services Division (FISD) of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), has presented the 2010 Service Level and Communications Outstanding Data Provider Award to Deutsche Börse AG. The award was presented at the FISD General Meeting in New York on December 16.
Osaka Securities Exchange: SPAN Parameter Updated - January 17, 2011 - January 21, 2011

Date 11/01/2011

OSE has set up SPAN Parameter for calculating margin requirements as follows. This SPAN Parameter is used for calculating "SPAN Risk Parameter Files" which are distributed on a daily basis. OSE sets and publishes new Parameters on the first business day of each week, which are applicable from the first business day of the next week.
Shanghai Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Institute Of Chartered Secretaries MOU Inked

Date 11/01/2011

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS) in Shanghai yesterday, with an aim to better meet the demand of the increasingly developed securities market as well as jointly impel the professional growth of secretaries to directorate in China’s mainland. SSE Vice President Zhou Qinye and HKICS President April Chan attended the signing ceremony.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Forging The Communication And Exchange Platform For Frontier Research Of Securities Theory - Work Discussion Meeting And Award Ceremony For 2010 Excellent Thesis Hosted By “Securities Market Herald”

Date 11/01/2011

The “Securities Market Herald” under the SZSE Comprehensive Research Institute held the work discussion meeting and award ceremony for 2010 excellent thesis in Shenzhen. The special editors of the “Securities Market Herald” and authors of 2010 excellent thesis attended the meeting.

Urgent Question On Bonuses: Answer By The UK Chancellor Of The Exchequer

Date 11/01/2011

Mr Speaker, we inherited from the previous Government a failed system of banking regulation and a situation where billions of pounds had been provided to bail out bankers with nothing demanded in return.
SEC Charges Schwab Entities And Two Executives With Making Misleading Statements - Schwab Entities To Pay More Than $118 Million To Settle SEC Charges

Date 11/01/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Charles Schwab Investment Management (CSIM) and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (CS&Co.) with making misleading statements regarding the Schwab YieldPlus Fund and failing to establish, maintain and enforce policies and procedures to prevent the misuse of material, nonpublic information. The SEC also charged CSIM and Schwab Investments with deviating from the YieldPlus fund's concentration policy without obtaining the required shareholder
Mike Plunkett Appointed To Board Of Directors Of Firm58 - The Former President Of Instinet North America Brings Deep Financial Services Experience To The Software Provider's Executive Board

Date 11/01/2011

Firm58, Inc. (http://www.firm58.com), a leading financial management software company, announced today that Mike Plunkett, former president of Instinet North America, was appointed to Firm58's Board of Directors, effective December 16, 2010. Plunkett becomes the fifth member of the company's board.
Scoach Leads The European Market In 2010 As Well - Europe’s Largest Certificate Exchange Reports Consolidated Trading Volume Of EUR 48.3 Billion - Number Of Structured Products Hits Record high

Date 11/01/2011

Boasting a turnover of EUR 48.3 billion on its Zurich and Frankfurt trading platforms in 2010, Scoach remains the highest-volume exchange for structured products in Europe.
NYSE Liffe’s Milling Wheat Futures Added To RICI® Index

Date 11/01/2011

NYSE Euronext, today announced that its Milling Wheat Futures Contract has been added to the benchmark Rogers International Commodity Index® (RICI®) for the first time. The index gives NYSE Liffe’s Milling Wheat a weight of 1%. NYSE Liffe’s Milling Wheat Futures is the second NYSE Liffe contract to join the index. The Rapeseed Futures contract was added to the RICI® index in January last year.