FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

News Centre

News

NZX Tops Up Global "Bucket Of Milk"

Date 17/02/2011

Tomorrow marks the launch of the latest additions to NZX's Dairy Futures suite.
CFTC Obtains Asset Freeze Against Keith Simmons, Deanna Salazar, Bryan Coats, Jonathan Davey And Their Companies, Charged In $35 Million Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme - Defendants Charged With Solicitation Fraud And Misappropriation Of Customer Funds

Date 16/02/2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it obtained a federal court order freezing the assets held by defendants Keith F. Simmons of West Jefferson, N.C., Bryan Coatsof Clayton, N.C., Jonathan Davey of Newark, Ohio, and numerous corporate entities controlled by them. The order also prohibits the destruction of books and records and schedules a hearing on the CFTC’s motion for a preliminary injunction for February 23, 2011. Previously, on January 19, 2011, the court issued a consent order freezing the assets of defendants Deanna Salazar and Life Plus Group, LLC and relief defendantLawrence Salazar.
DTCC: Continued Cooperation Between Global Regulators And Market Participants Key To Enhancing Transparency In The OTC Derivatives Market

Date 16/02/2011

Donald F. Donahue, chairman and chief executive officer of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), yesterday called continued cooperation between global regulators and market participants essential to enhancing transparency in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market.
MGEX Posts Second Highest Total Daily Exchange Volume In 130 Year Histor

Date 16/02/2011

MGEX, A Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced preliminary total Exchange volume reached 20,358 futures and options contracts, the second highest daily Exchange volume in the
history of MGEX. Only April 25, 2005 experienced a more active trading day with 23,630 contracts trading.
FIF Capacity Statistics For January 2011: Six New Record Peaks: TotalView-Aggregated, TotalView ITCH 3.2, BONO From NASDAQ, Direct Edge EDGA, NYSE ArcaBook Equities And SIAC OPRA

Date 16/02/2011

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that NASDAQ TotalView-Aggregated was up 166% to a record 122,337 mps over the 5 second interval

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke - Implementation Of The Dodd-Frank Act - Before The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

Date 16/02/2011

Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Shelby, and other members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify about the Federal Reserve's implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank Act). The Dodd-Frank Act addresses critical gaps and weaknesses in the U.S. regulatory framework, many of which were revealed by the recent financial crisis. The Federal Reserve is committed to working with the other U.S financial regulatory agencies to implement the act effectively and expeditiously. We are also cooperating with our international counterparts to further strengthen financial regulation, to ensure a level playing field across countries, and to enhance international supervisory cooperation. And we have revamped the supervisory function at the Federal Reserve to allow us to better meet the objectives of the act.
DTCC Set To Launch Service To Automate Matching Of Broker-To-Broker Ex-Clearing Trades -- Service Will Also Offer Real-Time Access to Track, Manage And Resolve Fails

Date 16/02/2011

RECAPS processing of these transactions, which includes re-pricing, re-netting and allotting, will take place initially on a monthly basis instead of the current quarterly schedule. A new daily maintenance function will check the obligations stored in OW for CNS eligibility and will make adjustments for certain corporate actions. In addition, Member firms will no longer have to resubmit certain open obligations to RECAPS because OW will process RECAPS on all matched fails in OW aged greater than two days.
CBOE, C2, CFE, And CBSX Trading Schedule For Presidents' Day Holiday

Date 16/02/2011

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced the trading schedule for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), C2 Options Exchange, (C2), CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE), and CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX) in observance of the Presidents' Day holiday.
Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange And Montreal Exchange Closed For Family Day

Date 16/02/2011

Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange and Montreal Exchange will be closed for the Family Day holiday on Monday, February 21. Natural Gas Exchange (NGX) will remain open for trading from 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. (MST).
Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee, January 25-26, 2011

Date 16/02/2011

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on January 25-26, 2011. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the January 25-26, 2011 meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.