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The Options Industry Council Announces New Study Finds Collar Strategies Outperform Buy And Hold

Date 23/09/2009

The results of a new study examining the use of options in a collar strategy (both active and passive implementations) on the PowerShares QQQ™ exchange-traded fund (ETF) show it provides superior returns to the traditional buy and hold strategy while reducing risk by almost 65%.
NYSE Euronext’s U.S. Options Penny Pilot Expansion Filing Adopted By The SEC - Adds 300 More Issues For A Total Of 363 Options Issues Trading In Pennies - Represents Approximately 85% Of The Volume In U.S. Options

Date 23/09/2009

NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced that its proposal for the expansion of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC ) Penny Pilot program, filed by NYSE Arca options, has been approved for market-wide implementation by the SEC . The approval will extend the proposed pilot through December 31, 2010, including four quarterly additions to the pilot consisting of 75 issues each.
Financial Services Industry Is A “National And International Asset” Says City Of London's Lord Mayor

Date 23/09/2009

Any changes to the regulatory structure must be designed to strengthen and help grow the financial services sector, not to first paralyse and then shrink it It is vital that we restore the public’s confidence in our banks and emphasise the massive contribution they make to the well-being of economies here and abroad The UK has a strategic interest in the formulation of high international s
ICE Futures Canada: Functionality Changes For Options - Effective October 2, 2009

Date 23/09/2009

Effective on Trade Date October 2, 2009, ICE Futures Canada will be upgrading its trading system. As part of this upgrade, certain aspects of trading related to options will be changing. These changes include:
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, Written Testimony, House Financial Services Committee, Financial Regulatory Reform

Date 23/09/2009

Chairman Frank, Ranking Member Bachus, members of the House Financial Services Committee, I am pleased to be back before you today as our Administration and this Congress work toward comprehensive reform of our financial regulatory system.

The Level 3 Committees – CESR, CEBS And CEIOPS - Welcome The New Institutional Arrangements On European Financial Supervision

Date 23/09/2009

The Level 3 Committees – CESR, CEBS and CEIOPS - welcome the legislative proposals published today by the European Commission on establishing a new institutional framework for financial supervision in the EU.
Dow Jones Indexes Commodity Outlook

Date 23/09/2009

The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Total Return Index is up 6.94% so far this year, as of September 21, 2009. Leading commodity analysts provided their market outlook for the remainder of 2009 and for the beginning of 2010 this morning at the third annual Dow Jones Indexes Commodity Outlook in Paris.
Patsystems Signs Contract With TA Futures Sdn Bhd

Date 23/09/2009

Patsystems is pleased to announce that it has signed a software license agreement with TA Futures Sdn Bhd, a licensed Futures Broker of the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Bhd and a Clearing Participant of the Malaysian Derivatives Clearing House (MDCH.)
ISE Introduces Dual Currency Conventions For ISE FX Options® Options On The Australian Dollar, British Pound, Euro And New Zealand Dollar Now Available In Both FX Industry Currency Conventions

Date 23/09/2009

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today announced that dual currency conventions are now available for four currency pairs in its portfolio of ISE FX Options. The "in US$" currency convention, typically used in the FX spot market, is now available alongside ISE's USD-based currency convention for options on the Australian dollar, British pound, Euro and New Zealand dollar. The ISE Spot EURUSD (Symbol: EUU), ISE Spot GBPUSD (Symbol: GBP), ISE Spot AUDUSD (Symbol: AUM)
CME Group Announces Latin American Fund Manager Incentive Program

Date 23/09/2009

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced a new Latin American Fund Manager Incentive Program (FMIP) that will enable registered Latin American-based funds to receive discounted trading fees for electronic trading of CME, CBOT and NYMEX products, scheduled to begin October 1.