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CME Group Volume Averaged A Record 17.6 Million Contracts Per Day In October 2014, Up 58 Percent From October 2013, And Included Double-Digit Growth In Interest Rate, Foreign Exchange, Equity Index And Agricultural Commodities Volumes

Date 04/11/2014

• Options average daily volume increased 65 percent, to record 3.5 million contracts
• Interest rate average daily volume rose 89 percent, driven by record Eurodollar futures volume
• Foreign exchange (FX) average daily volume rose 53 percent
• Equity index average daily volume rose 50 percent
• Agricultural commodities average daily volume rose 30 percent
• OTC interest rate swaps hit record $181 billion in average daily notional value cleared

Intercontinental Exchange Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results

Date 04/11/2014

• $2.15 Adjusted Diluted EPS from Continuing Operations
• $745 million Consolidated Revenues, Less Transaction-based Expenses
• $245 million Adjusted Net Income from Continuing Operations Attributable to ICE

PEGAS: New Record On German Natural Gas Spot Market

Date 04/11/2014

On Friday, 31 October 2014, a new daily record volume was achieved on the PEGAS natural gas spot market for the German market areas (GASPOOL and NCG). The volume amounted to 1,868,982 MWh, exceeding the previous record of 1,435,272 MWh which was recorded on 10 October 2014. All natural gas products of EEX and Powernext are available on the common gas trading platform PEGAS.

Thomson Reuters Survey Reveals Increased Cybersecurity Risk To Boardroom Communications - Annual Corporate Governance Survey From Thomson Reuters Accelus Reveals Company Boards Lack Security Structures To Protect Board Information

Date 04/11/2014

Thomson Reuters,the world’s leading source of intelligent informationfor businesses and professionals, released its board governance survey for 2014,which shows that despitea slight decline in the amount of board information being produced each year,corporate boards are increasingly exposed to cybersecurity risk. Boardscontinue to communicate through unsecure means, and have minimal measures inplace to prevent a security breach. The survey also shows that one in tenorganizations reported that a board member had either lost or had theircomputing device stolen in 2014, continuing the upward trend of reportedsensitive data breaches.

16 Companies Join London Stock Exchange’s ELITE

Date 04/11/2014

• Programme designed for CEOs of ambitious, high growth private companies
• First launched in April this year, with over 40 corporate advisory and investment partners
• 33 companies now part of the ELITE community in the UK

Metamako Builds Smarter Trading Networks With MetaMux

Date 04/11/2014

Metamako continues its leadership in ultra-low latency devices for exchanges and the trading community with the launch of MetaMux. MetaMux combines the features of an FPGA with Metamako’s 4 nanosecond MetaConnect switching technology to provide the ultimate deterministic speed for a range of critical trading and risk management applications. Orders sent by algorithmic traders, execution services and exchanges will reach their destinations in record time and will be delivered with a consistent latency, at a lower cost. Used for market access and network monitoring, MetaMux is considerably faster than conventional switches: a typical order entry through MetaMux takes only about 100 nanoseconds, more than twice as fast as traditional offerings.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Establishes Market Data Access Points In Chicago Via CQG's Continuum

Date 04/11/2014

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc., (TOCOM), Japan’s largest commodity futures exchange and one of the most prominent in Asia, announced today that it will provide its market data through futures order execution and analytics provider CQG, Inc.’s Continuum enterprise API division at two Illinois locations. CQG already brings TOCOM data to its customers, and now a customer can connect to TOCOM in the US via Continuum’s Quotes Direct product.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Reprimands And Fines Yue Siying

Date 04/11/2014

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded Ms Yue Siying and fined her $400,000 for negligence in handling a client’s trade orders.

Japan Exchange Group Trading Overview In October 2014

Date 04/11/2014

Japan Exchange Group released Trading Overview in October 2014.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil For October 2014 Contract

Date 04/11/2014

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for October 2014 contract is 58,850 yen.