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Chartered Institute For Securities & Investment Signs MoU With Financial Markets Association

Date 11/11/2010

The CISI has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ACI – The Financial Markets Association, which is headquartered in Paris.

New Trading Records On FORTS

Date 11/11/2010

On November 10, 2010 at the end of the FORTS main trading session trading volume of gold futures contracts reached its highest level since 2006. By 6.45 PM MSK the total turnover of this instrument amounted to USD129,046,791 or RUB3,982,538,834.

New FTSE SET Indices To Boost Sector And Industry Analysis In Thai Market

Date 11/11/2010

FTSE Group (FTSE) and the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) today announced the launch of sixty-eight new Industry, Supersector and Sector indices. The indices enhance the existing FTSE SET Index Series and provide investors with the most comprehensive set of tools available for in-depth analysis of the Thailand market.

TOCOM Gold Prices Reached New Highs In 27 Years

Date 11/11/2010

Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc. December 2010 gold futures contract (Nearest contract month) and October 2011 gold futures contract (back contract month) temporarily reached each 3,725 yen/gram and 3,734 yen/gram respectively during today's day session. This is the highest price seen in the past 27 years and 9 months, (since February, 1983).

Deutsche Bank Goes Live With Sponsored Access On NASDAQ OMX Nordic

Date 11/11/2010

NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announces that Deutsche Bank will start offering low latency Sponsored Access to the NASDAQ OMX Nordic exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Iceland using NASDAQ OMX Nordic's newly enhanced Pre-Trade Risk Management service.

Growth down under powers FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index to rise of 7.5 per cent in October 2010 – ASX sets the pace with rise of 15.3%

Date 11/11/2010

Asian-based exchanges topped the FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index in October 2010. ASX and Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing experienced a 15.3 per cent and 11.8 per cent increase respectively and CME Group rose by 11.2%. Asian-based exchanges also propped up the bottom of the table with Singapore Exchange experiencing a fall of 0.9% and Philippine Stock Exchange falling by 1.7%.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Free Float, CSI EW 90, 300 SSE To Be Launched On Dec. 2

Date 11/11/2010

The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and China Securities Index Co., Ltd. (CSI) have recently announced that SSE Free Float Index (SSE Free Float), CSI Equal Weight 90 Index (CSI EW 90) and CSI 300 SSE Stocks Index (300 SSE) would be officially introduced on December 2, 2010.

Shanghai Stock Exchange Free Float Index , CSI Equal Weight 90 Index And CSI 300 SSE Stocks Index To Be Launched

Date 11/11/2010

To further enhance SSE and CSI Index families as well as to provide investors with the new underlying instrument, SSE and CSI together announced today that SSE Free Float Index, CSI Equal Weight 90 Index and CSI 300 SSE Stosks index will be launched on Dec 2th 2010. Regarding the methodologies and more details of the above indices, please refer to the official website of SSE ( www.sse.com.cn ) and the official website of CSI (

Korea Exchange: Trading Volume Of Mini-Gold Futures Set A New Record

Date 11/11/2010

Trading volume of Mini-gold Futures was 1,268 contracts on November 10, surpassing the previous record of 1,198 contracts set on November 2, 2010. Also, open interest set a new record of 915, the highest since its listing.

Statement On Support Of The Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 10/11/2010

Statements for the record on each rule: Whistleblowers I support the proposed rulemaking to establish a program for whistleblowers as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act.  Congress enacted these provisions to incentivize whistleblowers to come forward with new information about potential fraud in the financial markets.  The proposed rulemaking authorizes the Commission to provide a monetary award to whistleblowers when their original information resul