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LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear Clears OTC Interest Rate Swaps For Friesland Bank Through ABN AMRO Clearing - First Client To Clear OTC IRS Transactions In The Netherlands

Date 19/07/2011

Friesland Bank, ABN AMRO Clearing Bank N.V. (ABN AMRO Clearing) and LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH.Clearnet), today announced that Friesland Bank has signed up to LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear service to clear OTC interest rate swap (IRS) transactions through ABN AMRO Clearing. Friesland Bank is the first Dutch client to benefit from SwapClear’s proven risk management experience.

ICE Clear Credit Successfully Transitions Under Dodd-Fran - Clears Trades

Date 19/07/2011

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that ICE Clear Credit, formerly known as ICE Trust, cleared its first trades as a CFTC-regulated Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) and SEC-regulated Securities Clearing Agency (SCA).

Deutsche Börse: Ten New db X-trackers ETFs Launched On Xetra - ETFs Cover MSCI World Sector Indices

Date 19/07/2011

Ten new ETFs issued by db X-trackers have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Tuesday.

Osaka Securities Exchange: Partial Revisions Of Trading Hours For Derivatives Trading

Date 19/07/2011

OSE extends the trading hours of night session (previously called evening session) until 3:00 on the next day, implemented from today (July 19, 2011), as originally announced in the "Partial Amendment in Related Rules and Regulations concerning Partial Revision of Trading Hours for Derivatives Trading, etc." on May 17, 2011.

Tokyo Grain Exchange: Rice Futures Launch Date And Contract Months

Date 19/07/2011

The Launch date for Rice futures will be on August 8, 2011 starting from the Day Session.

TriOptima Continues Strong Compression Activities In 1H 2011 -triReduce Service Eliminates Interest Rate Swaps With A Notional Value Of $22.1 Trillion And CDS With A Notional Value Of $3.2 Trillion

Date 19/07/2011

TriOptima announced that in the first six months of 2011 its triReduce early termination service had eliminated interest rate swaps with a notional value of $22.1 trillion, including cleared swaps in LCH.Clearnet Swapclear. Credit default swaps with a notional value of $3.2 trillion were also compressed during this time period. 

Chi-X Europe Growth Continued In H1 2011 - H2 2011 Makes A Strong Start

Date 19/07/2011

Highlights

• · Value traded increased by 16% versus previous half and was almost equal to the total amount traded in the whole of 2009
• · Chi-X Europe maintained position as 2^nd largest equity exchange in Europe in H2 2011
• · Strong start to H2 2011. Market share records achieved in Italian and Norwegian stocks

ECC Launches Clearing For Hungarian Power Futures

Date 19/07/2011

Today, European Commodity Clearing AG (ECC) successfully launched clearing for the Hungarian derivatives market of the Hungarian Power Exchange (HUPX).

TG OPTIMA Launches Investment Optimizer™ - Industry First Product Bridges The Gap Between Portfolio Management And Trade Execution

Date 19/07/2011

TG OPTIMA, Inc., a leading provider of investment strategy solutions today announced the launch of Investment Optimizer™, a next generation quantitative investment optimization platform.

HKEx: Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report

Date 19/07/2011

The report includes all Exchange Participant firms that had paid Transaction Levy, Investor Compensation Levy (if applicable) and Trading Fee to the Exchange.