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Opening Statement, Chairman CFTC – Technology Advisory Committee, Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia

Date 14/07/2010

Today’s inaugural meeting of the CFTC – Technology Advisory Committee will address the necessity of applying appropriate risk management and best practices for high frequency and algorithmic trading.
Speech By SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro: Opening Statement At The SEC Open Meeting

Date 14/07/2010

Good Morning. This is an open meeting of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2010.
UBS AG Exchange Traded Access Security (E-TRACS) Linked To The Alerian Natural Gas Index To Begin Trading On NYSE Arca

Date 14/07/2010

NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NYSE Arca, today began trading the UBS AG Exchange Traded Access Security (E-TRACS) Linked to the performance of the Alerian Natural Gas Index (NYSE Arca: MLPG) due July 9, 2040. Issued by UBS AG, this exchange traded note is a senior unsecured medium-term note, which may issue a quarterly coupon during their term less the accrued fees.
Opening Statement Before The Technology Advisory Committee - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 14/07/2010

Good afternoon. Thank you Commissioner O’Malia for chairing today’s meeting of the Technology Advisory Committee. This is the Technology Advisory Committee’s first meeting since its charter was renewed this year. The futures marketplace has evolved substantially over the course of the last decade. We’ve gone from open outcry trading to predominantly electronic trading platforms. In fact, in today’s futures marketplace, roughly 90 percent of the market is traded electronically.
Enforcement Chief Counsel Joan McKown To Leave SEC

Date 14/07/2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Joan McKown, the longtime Chief Counsel of the Division of Enforcement, will depart the agency to become a partner in the Washington office of the law firm Jones Day.

NYSE Arca To Introduce New Collar To Safeguard Market Orders

Date 14/07/2010

NYSE Arca, a unit of NYSE Euronext (NYX), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to introduce a new price collar designed to safeguard the execution of market orders. The new price collar will be introduced on July 15, 2010 and is the latest in a series of steps implemented to improve market practices and structure since the "flash crash" of May 6, 2010.
DFSA Funds Regime Revised To Create More Competitive Financial Hub - DIFC-Based Fund Managers Can Now Manage Funds Outside Of The DIFC - Foreign Fund Managers Can Now Manage Funds In The DIFC

Date 14/07/2010

The Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (“DIFCA”) today welcomed a series of regulatory changes to the DIFC’s Collective Investment Funds regime (“the Funds Regime”). The changes were made following recommendations made by a panel of market practitioners (“The Panel”) and implemented by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (“DFSA”) on 11 July 2010.
FORTS: Inter-Month Spread Credits To Be Introduced For Positions In Silver Futures And Options

Date 14/07/2010

Starting from July 15, 2010 RTS Stock Exchange will provide an inter-month spread credit for opposite positions in futures and/or options on refined silver. When entering into such opposite positions (i.e. when selling a futures/option and simultaneously buying a different contract month), market participants will be required to only post Initial Margin on one of the contracts (whichever is the largest).
FIA And FIA PTG Support CFTC Co-Location Proposal

Date 14/07/2010

FIA and FIA PTG Back Fair and Transparent Access to Co-Location Facilities FIA and FIA PTG Support Disclosure of Latency Data on Quarterly Basis
FORTS: On July 14, 2010 On The Expiration Day Of The Front Month Option Contracts The Evening Trading Session Starts At 7:10pm MSK

Date 14/07/2010

Please, be advised that in accordance with the resolution of the RTS’s Board of Directors that was passed in compliance with the Derivatives Rules of RTS, Clause 6.2 the evening trading session on FORTS will start 10 minutes later today, i.e. at 7:10 pm MSK, as today is the expiration day of the front month option contracts.