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The Executives' Club Of Chicago Names Melissa L. Bean As President And Chief Executive Officer

Date 01/03/2011

The Executives' Club of Chicago announced today that it has named Melissa L. Bean as President and Chief Executive Officer. Bean will join the organization effective March 21, 2011.
MGEX Announces All Time Volume And Other Records Set In February

Date 01/03/2011

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced numerous records in February including setting a new all time monthly trading volume total, the highest in the 130 year history of the Exchange. February’s volume of 222,737 futures and options contracts were traded broke the previous record set in August 2007 by 6,144 contracts. The monthly trading total represents a 106 percent increase in trading volume over the same period a year ago.
CalPERS Appoints Chief Risk Officer

Date 01/03/2011

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System today announced the appointment of CalPERS executive Larry Jensen as Chief Risk Officer, a new position created to improve the pension fund’s overall risk management program.
CBOE Holdings Reports February 2011 Trading Volumes: CBOE Holdings Averages Five Million Options Contracts Per Day In February, Up 18% Over February 2010 - Down 5% From January 2011 - CFE/VIX Futures Again Post All-Time Record Monthly Volume

Date 01/03/2011

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced that February trading volume for options on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), the company's new alternative all-electronic market, combined, totaled 95.1 million contracts, an average daily volume (ADV) of 5.0 million contracts. Futures trading on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) in February set a new monthly volume record for the second straight month; nearly 790,000 contracts were traded, an ADV of 41,565 contracts.
Montréal Exchange Sets New Trading Volume Record

Date 01/03/2011

TMX Group Inc. today announced that Montréal Exchange (MX) established a new trading record for the month of February 2011. Average daily volume of 241,724 contracts for February 2011 compared to 167,638 contracts for February 2010, which is an increase of 44.2 per cent. MX’s trading volume for February 2011 reached 4,592,757 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 4,592,430 contracts established in May 2007.

Trading Reaches All-time Volume High For Second Consecutive Month At CBOE Futures Exchange - Record 789,734 Contracts Traded In February - Average Daily Volume Tops 40,000 Contracts For the First Time - 17th Consecutive Month Of Year-Over-Year Volume Increases

Date 01/03/2011

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that February 2011 was the most active trading month in CFE history. The record 789,734 contracts that changed hands during the month surpassed the previous high of 778,157 contracts in January 2011. February's volume exceeded the 188,236 contracts traded in February 2010 by 320 percent.
“Time For An Oil Change?” - Opening Statement Of Commissioner Bart Chilton Before The CFTC Technology Advisory Committee, Washington, D.C.

Date 01/03/2011

Thanks to all of you for your participation today. Thanks especially to Chairman O’Malia for leading this committee and his support of the need for technological advances at CFTC.
ROFEX Has Updated Its FIX Gateway

Date 01/03/2011

ROFEX has put into production the FIX Gateway 5.0 SP2, a new protocol version that has revolutionized international markets.
“Speed And Coordination” - Opening Statement Of Commissioner Scott O’Malia, Chairman CFTC – Technology Advisory Committee

Date 01/03/2011

Good Afternoon. I would like to welcome everyone to the third meeting of the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee. As you know, this meeting was originally scheduled for January 27^th. However, on the morning of the 26^th, Washington was in the crosshairs of a winter storm. I realized that while many of you could probably get here, the odds of getting out, even just a few hours later, would be slim if we got any kind of accumulation. So, in the interest of everyone’s busy schedules, not to mention your safety, I cancelled the meeting.
Federal Reserve Seeks Comment On Proposed Rules On Risk-Based Pricing Notices And Adverse Action Notices

Date 01/03/2011

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday proposed regulations regarding the credit score disclosure requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The statute requires creditors to disclose credit scores and related information to consumers in risk-based pricing and adverse action notices under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) if a credit score was used in setting the credit terms or taking adverse action.