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New TABB Research On Competition In US Clearing Pinpoints Costs, Risks And Challenges Confronting Wall Street

Date 20/11/2008

According to new research from TABB Group, “Competition in US Clearing: Cost, Risk & Challenges,” which examines the growing importance of clearance in the U.S. markets, its impact on processing costs and the changing paradigm that may lead to the emergence of a more competitive business, the U.S. market is facing competition in the clearing business for the first time in nearly 40 years since the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) was formed in the early 1970s. Any new competit
CME Group To Launch 26 New Monthly PJM Electricity Futures Contracts On Clearport

Date 20/11/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced that it will launch 26 new PJM peak and off-peak electricity swap futures contracts on ClearPort(R), beginning December 7 for trade date December 8.
Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading Releases REDIPlus® Version 8.1

Date 20/11/2008

Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) announced today the release of the latest version of REDIPlus, Goldman Sachs’ proprietary, award-winning execution management system. The release of version 8.1 marks the second major release of 2008, and provides institutional clients with improved system performance and ergonomics, new algorithms, enhanced derivatives trading capabilities, and new ways to access SIGMA X dark liquidity.
ICE Millions FX And Russell 1000 Index Mini(R) Set Daily Volume Records - Nine Consecutive Days Of Growth For ICE Millions

Date 20/11/2008

ICE Futures U.S.(R), a leading regulated U.S. futures exchange for global agricultural, equity index and currency markets, reported record volume in its new ICE Millions foreign exchange futures contracts of 735 contracts, or 7,350 mini-equivalent contracts, on November 19. The exchange also announced a new daily volume record for the Russell 1000(R) Index Mini futures contracts of 2,161 contracts.
Rebalance Date Changes For The S&P/HKEx Index Series

Date 20/11/2008

Standard & Poor’s today announce changes to the quarterly rebalance dates for the S&P/HKEx LargeCap Index and the S&P/HKEx GEM Index. In an effort to standardize the way indices are maintained and rebalanced the S&P/HKEx index rebalance dates will changed so they align with the majority of S&P standard country and regional indices.

Testimony, Patrick M. Parkinson, Deputy Director, Division Of Research and Statistics, US Federal Reserve: Credit derivatives - Before The Committee On Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives

Date 20/11/2008

Chairman Peterson, Ranking Member Goodlatte, and members of the Committee, I appreciate this opportunity to provide an update on recent initiatives by policymakers to enhance the markets in which credit default swaps (CDS) and other over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trade and are settled. On October 15, I provided the Committee with a more extensive statement about the nature of OTC credit derivatives markets, prudential oversight of those markets, potential changes in market infrastructu
November 2008 Monthly Preliminary Performance Report Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Indexes

Date 20/11/2008

The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index was down -7.75% for the month of November. The Dow Jones-AIG Single Commodity Indexes for Zinc, Gold and Lean Hogs had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 4.67%, 2.28% and 1.34%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Unleaded Gas, Crude Oil and Lead, which were down -25.28%, -21.00% and -18.92% respectively, in November.
Equity Trading On RTS Suspended For An Hour

Date 20/11/2008

Due to the technical index going down by more than 5% as compared to its closing value, equity trading based on the indirect orders was halted for an hour at 1:35 pm Moscow time.
Tokyo Grain Exchange: Daily Price Limits For Raw Sugar Futures From Nov. 21, 2008

Date 20/11/2008

The daily price limits for raw sugar futures will remain at the same level, 1,500 yen.
NASDAQ Dubai Lists Derivatives On UAE Share Index And 21 Individual Shares

Date 20/11/2008

NASDAQ Dubai yesterday listed equity derivatives for the first time. The instruments, created by the exchange itself, consist of futures contracts on an index of UAE shares created by FTSE International, and futures contracts on 21 individual shares listed on UAE exchanges.