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Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee, December 13-14, 2016

Date 04/01/2017

The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on December 13-14, 2016. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.

CBOE Holdings Reports Trading Volume For December And Full Year 2016

Date 04/01/2017

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today reported December and full-year 2016 trading volume and average revenue per contract (RPC) data on its website under the Quotes & Data section. 

TASE Eases Matters For Medium And Small Sized Companies, And Has Extended The Target Date For Complying With The Float Rate For Stocks Included In The TA-90 And SME-60 Indices

Date 04/01/2017

Ahead of the launch of TASE's indices reform on Feb. 9, 2017: TASE eases matters for medium and small sized companies, and has extended the target date for complying with the float rate for stocks included in the TA-90 and SME-60 indices

Athens Exchange Group: Changes In The Composition Of ATHEX Indices

Date 04/01/2017

Due to the suspension of trading of the shares of the company «BANK OF CYPRUS PUBLIC COMPANY LTD», effective from January 10th 2017, the following changes will take place in the composition of the indices that the shares of the company participate.

Appointment Of Rafał Antczak As President Of The GPW Management Board

Date 04/01/2017

• Rafał Antczak was appointed President of GPW by the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting on 4 January 2017
  
• The General Meeting has decided to dismiss from the Exchange Management Board Małgorzata Zaleska

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Reports Bank Trading Revenue Fell In The Third Quarter 2016

Date 04/01/2017

Trading revenue of U.S. commercial banks and savings associations fell to $6.4 billion in the third quarter of 2016 from $7 billion in the previous quarter, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reported in its Quarterly Report on Bank Trading and Derivatives Activities.

Eurex: Monthly Report: Innovative Products Help Manage Volatility Through 2016

Date 04/01/2017

In 2016, Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange, saw increasing demand for its highly liquid benchmark product range as well as strong growth in a number of new product segments.

Dash And LiquidPoint To Merge To Create Dash Financial Technologies - New Independent Entity, Backed by GTCR, Creates Leading Trading Technology Solutions Provider

Date 04/01/2017

Dash Financial announced today that Dash and Convergex have signed a definitive agreement to merge Dash and LiquidPoint (Convergex’s Options Trading and Technology business), creating a leading financial technology company in the options and equities markets.  Dash Financial is a leading institutional trading technology, execution and analytics provider devoted to bringing unfettered transparency and superior performance to the U.S. options and equities markets.  LiquidPoint is a leader in advanced options technology and routing services with deep penetration into the sell-side and exchange communities.

CME Group Reached Record Average Daily Volume Of 15.6 Million Contracts In 2016, Up 12 Percent From 2015

Date 04/01/2017

• Annual average daily volume records reached in Interest Rates, Energy, Agricultural Commodities, Metals, Total Options and Electronic Options
• Fourth-quarter 2016 volume averaged 16.3 million contracts per day, up 24 percent, with quarterly average daily volume records in Interest Rates, Energy and Metals
• December 2016 volume averaged 15 million contracts per day, up 15 percent

Investor Activity On The Warsaw Stock Exchange Group’s Markets – December 2016

Date 04/01/2017

• Share turnover in the order book system¹ on the Main Market grew by 31.2% y/y 
• Average daily turnover of shares in the order book system on the Main Market was PLN 1 million
• Growth in turnover (by volume) of derivatives by 19.6% y/y
• Growth in turnover (by volume) of futures contracts on shares by 92.2% y/y, and the highest ever turnover in interest-rate futures: 2,200 contracts
• The value of issues quoted on Catalyst grew by 17.5%, and turnover of non-Treasury bonds in the order book system declined by 23.2% y/y
• Growth in combined turnover of gas by 54.8% y/y