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Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin 1 September, 2014, Issue 30

Date 03/09/2014

Last  week, Shenzhen  Component Index tumbled 2.7%  to 7841.7 points.SME  Index closed  at 5203.0  points after losing 1%. ChiNext Index was down 2.5% to 1424.5 points. Total turnover for stocks and funds on SZSwas US$114.2 billion, or a 23.9% decrease  from the week before.

DTCC’s Three SIFMU Subsidiaries, DTC, NSCC And FICC, Recognized With Aaa Long-Term And Prime-1 Short Term Issuer Ratings

Date 02/09/2014

Three core subsidiaries of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, have been recognized for their superior creditworthiness and risk management capabilities in meeting their clearing and settlement obligations. Moody’s Investor Services has assigned its highest issuer ratings to The Depository Trust Company (DTC), National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC), with each SIFMU having received Aaa long-term and Prime-1 short term issuer ratings.

FSR, SIFMA Urge Regulators To Eliminate Outdated, Unduly Burdensome Regulations - Joint Letter Details Cost And Resource-Saving Changes Needed On Fed's 10-Year Review

Date 02/09/2014

The Financial Services Roundtable (FSR) and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) submitted a comment letter to the federal banking regulators today requesting changes to a host of banking regulations that are outdated, unnecessary or unduly burdensome for financial services companies.

CBOE Holdings Reports August 2014 Trading Volume

Date 02/09/2014

• ADV Up 10% Year to Date, Up 2% from August 2013
• VIX Futures ADV Reaches Record Monthly High: Up 37% from Year Ago

ISE Holdings Reports Business Activity For August 2014

Date 02/09/2014

• ISE and ISE Gemini® combined represent 16.1% of equity options market share, excluding dividend trades.
• ISE and ISE Gemini reported a combined ADV of 2.2 million contracts.     
• Dividend trades made up 2.0% of industry volume in August 2014.

BOX Options Exchange Price Improvement Activity For August

Date 02/09/2014

In the month of August, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange averaged 282,085 per day.

CBOE Futures Exchange Reports August 2014 Is Busiest Month Ever - VIX Futures ADV Up 37% Over Year Ago

Date 02/09/2014

CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE^®) today reported that August 2014 was the busiest month all-time for average daily volume and total trading volume, both exchange-wide at CFE and for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX^® Index).  

OCC Finalizes Its Heightened Standards For Large Financial Institutions

Date 02/09/2014

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today published final guidelines to strengthen the governance and risk management practices of large financial institutions. The guidelines apply to insured national banks, insured federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks with $50 billion or more in average total consolidated assets. The guidelines also apply to an OCC-regulated institution with less than $50 billion in average total consolidated assets if that institution’s parent company controls at least one other covered institution.

OneChicago Announces August 2014 Trading Volume Increase Of 32% Year-Over-Year

Date 02/09/2014

• 2014 YTD volume surpasses 6.5 million as managed futures community diversifies holdings using single stock futures
• Average August block trade size was 541(54,100 share equivalent)

Vienna Stock Exchange - BUWOG: New Stock In The ATX

Date 02/09/2014

At today's meeting, the Index Committee has decided on changes in the composition of Austrian stock indices. All changes become effective as of 22 September 2014. In the Austrian leading index, ATX, Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG will be replaced by BUWOG AG. The latter company, specialised in Austrian and German residential real estate, has been listed on the prime market of the Vienna Stock Exchange since 28 April 2014. The development of the turnover and the free float capitalisation of the stock have been the key factors for the inclusion in the ATX.