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BOX Options Exchange Price Improvement Activity For August

Date 09/09/2015

In the month of August, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 260,476 per day. Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction, PIP, averaged $632,761 per day, while total savings to investors in August was $13.29M. With this, BOX has saved investors over $664M since its inception in 2004. Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of August was 455,340 contracts.

McGraw Hill Financial Announces Realignment Of Businesses And Leadership Changes

Date 08/09/2015

McGraw Hill Financial (NYSE: MHFI) (the "Company") today announced a series of leadership changes across the Company.  Following the successful completion of the SNL Financial acquisition on September 1, 2015, the Company's S&P Capital IQ business will be combined with SNL Financial under the leadership of Mike Chinn, former President and CEO of SNL Financial, who has been named President of the combined entity, effective immediately. 

Platts Pre-Report Survey Of Analysts Results: UNICA Sugarcane Crush - Advance Estimates Suggest A 2H August Cane Crush Of 48.27 Million Mt In Brazil's Center-South - Likely 45.17% Sugar Mix For 2H August 2015: Analysts

Date 08/09/2015

• Cane crush: 48.27 million metric tons (mt)
• Cane yield (ATR*):  145.68 kilograms per metric ton
• Sugar production: 3.031 million mt
• Total ethanol production: 2.283 billion liters (ltr)
• Hydrous ethanol production:  1.301 billion ltr
• Anhydrous ethanol production: 948.24 million ltr
• Sugar mix: 45.17 %
• Ethanol mix:  54.83%

BATS Reports Record U.S. Options Market Share Of 10.9% In August - BZX Options Remains Market Leader In Single-Leg Options With 17.3% Market Share - Company On Schedule To Launch EDGX Options On November 2nd

Date 08/09/2015

BATS Global Markets today reported August volume, market share, and monthly highlights for its U.S. options business, which recorded its best month ever with 10.9% market share vs. 5.3% a year ago.  

CFTC Orders Forex Capital Markets, LLC To Pay More Than $843,000 For Supervision And Record-Production Violations And For Violating A Previous Commission Order

Date 08/09/2015

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed and simultaneously settled charges against Forex Capital Markets, LLC (FXCM), a registered Futures Commission Merchant, for failing to diligently supervise its officers’, employees’, and agents’ handling of accounts held at FXCM in the name of a fraudulent foreign currency exchange pool, Revelation Forex Fund, LP (RFF). RFF was operated by Kevin G. White (White) and two entities he controlled (the White Entities).

BATS Global Markets Reports Record U.S. Equity And Options Market Share In August - European Equities Market Share Reaches 25.0% Remains On Track To Launch Hotspot London Matching Engine September 14 th

Date 08/09/2015

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported August data and highlights including record market share in both its U.S. equities and U.S. options businesses. 

Finansinspektionen: Decision Regarding The Countercyclical Buffer Rate

Date 08/09/2015

Finansinspektionen (FI) shall, in accordance with the Capital Buffers Act (2014:966), set a countercyclical buffer guide and a countercyclical buffer rate for each quarter.

Smeeta Ramarathnam Named Deputy Director In The Office Of Credit Ratings

Date 08/09/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Smeeta Ramarathnam has been named Deputy Director in the Office of Credit Ratings.  She begins her new role later this month.

CME Group Managing Director John Peschier To Present At UBS Conference 2015

Date 08/09/2015

CME Group announced today that Managing Director, Investor Relations John Peschier will present at the UBS Best of Americas Conference 2015, in London, on Thursday, September 10, 2015, at 10:50 a.m. (London Time).

TABB Group Hires Terry Roche As Principal, Head Of FinTech Research, Expanding Firm’s Technology Coverage Beyond Data & Analytics - Industry Veteran Brings More than 30 Years’ Experience Building And Managing Technology For Thomson Reuters, Reuters, HSBC, Salomon Brothers, Republic Bank Of NY And Telerate

Date 08/09/2015

TABB Group has brought on Terry Roche, an industry veteran with 30 years’ experience in capital markets technology and operations, as principal, head of fintech research. Based in New York, he will be expanding the research and consulting firm’s fintech practice beyond its data and analytics coverage.