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SGX Welcomes ZICO Holdings To Catalist

Date 11/11/2014

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed the listing of ZICO Holdings on Catalist, under the stock code of “40W”.  

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority: Directors Of SPI Companies Agree To Enforceable Undertakings

Date 11/11/2014

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) today confirmed that Murray Rex Alcock and Allister Ronald Knight (the Directors), of the various entities comprising the SPI group of companies (including SPI Property Fund Limited), have provided enforceable undertakings to the FMA. The Directors have undertaken not to participate in seeking or holding investment funds from the public for five years and to repay SPI Property Fund Limited investors.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 10/11/2014

Commitment reports (legacy futures only, legacy options and futures combined, disaggregated futures only, and disaggregated options and futures combined) dated 11/04/2014 for contract market CFTC ID #02339U – IFED COLORADO INTERSTATE - MAINLINE (BASIS) have been revised to include additional futures positions.

SIFMA President And CEO Kenneth E Bentsen Jr Remarks - SIFMA Annual Meeting 2014

Date 10/11/2014

Good morning and thank you for attending SIFMA’s 2014 Annual meeting. I’m Ken Bentsen,president and CEO, and I now declare SIFMA’s formal 2014 annual business meeting for membersopen.

October 2014: Strongest Month In Current Year - The Statistical Monthly Report Contains The Latest Trade And Turnover Figures For SIX Swiss Exchange

Date 10/11/2014

In October, SIX Swiss Exchange registered the highest monthly turnover in the current year. With CHF 122'882 million it surpasses the previous month by more than 28%. In the segment equities (incl. funds + ETPs), the increase was even higher, raising by over 33% to CHF 94'676 million. Compared to September, the number of transactions in October increased by 39.6% to a total of 4'339'182.

OCC Announces Tracy Raben As New Chief Human Resources Officer

Date 10/11/2014

OCC announced today that Tracy Raben has joined OCC as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. She will report to Mike McClain, President and Chief Operating Officer.

CME Group Announces Record Open Interest For NYMEX Brent Futures - Open Interest In NYMEX Brent (BZ) Futures Surpasses 150,000 For First Time

Date 10/11/2014

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced itsNYMEX Brent (BZ) crude oil futures contracts set an open interest record on Thursday, November 6, 2014. Open interest for NYMEX Brent set a record of 155,713 on November 6, surpassing the 150,000 contracts milestone for the first time ever. The previous open interest record of 149,955 contracts was set on November 5, 2014.

October 2014 FIF Market Dynamics Report – Executive Summary

Date 10/11/2014

OTC Market Share of NMS Securities

• In October 2014, off-exchange trading accounted for 35% of the shares traded in NMS Equity Securities, a decrease of 1.7% compared to last month.

Average Trade/Contract Size

• For NYSE Listed, average trade size was 187 shares, a 6.7% decrease over last month. On a year over year basis, average trade size decreased 22.3%.
• For NASDAQ Listed, average trade size was 195 shares, 5.8% decrease than last month. Average trade size decreased 23.3% on an annual basis.
• Average contract size for US Equity Options was 11 this month.

A New Qatari Stock Joins MSCI Emerging Market Index And Weights Of Other 4 Stocks Increased

Date 10/11/2014

In a statement reported by Reuters, MSCI announced that a Qatari listed company “Gulf International Services” will be added to the emerging market index. In its semiannual review announced last week, MSCI also increased the weights and removed the adjustment factor for 3 stocks in the UAE and 4 stocks in Qatar, citing relaxed foreign ownership restrictions.

CFTC Further Implements Trade Execution Requirement

Date 10/11/2014

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) Division of Market Oversight (Division) announced today further implementation of the trade execution requirement for certain interest rate and credit default swaps. The Division previously provided no-action relief for certain swaps required to be traded on a swap execution facility (SEF) or designated contract market (DCM) to the extent that those swaps were part of a package transaction. The Division has determined that further relief is appropriate to enable market participants the necessary time to fully comply with the trade execution requirement with respect to swap components of certain categories of package transactions.