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Thai Futures Exchange Affirms Derivatives Trading To Operate Normally

Date 07/11/2013

The Thailand Futures Exchange PCL (TFEX) announces that its derivatives trading system is ready to operate as usual today. The exchange has monitored the system closely in order to ensure that trading will run without interruption.     

KVH First Nonmarket-Member To Offer JPX Co-Location Service (OPEN) - Further Completes full-Suite Offering For Co-Location, Proximity And Low Latency Connectivity

Date 07/11/2013

KVH Co. Ltd., Asia’s leading information delivery platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan today announced that it will begin offering the Japan Exchange Group (JPX) Co-Location service (OPEN) (hereinafter referred to as “JPX(OPEN)”) to access Osaka Securities Exchange’s (OSE) derivatives trading system (J-GATE) in a low latency environment. This new offering, a first for a nonmarket-member in Japan, enables KVH to provide international and Japanese institutional investors with high performance colocation services to OSE’s J-Gate trading system, reducing the speed from client to matching engine down to 2.4 microseconds.

OSE DJIA Futures Open Interest Exceeds One Thousand Contracts

Date 07/11/2013

The open interest of OSE DJIA Futures stood at 1,004 contracts（flash number） as of November 6, exceeding 1,000 mark for the first time since the May 28 2012 launch.

Bermuda Stock Exchange Will Be Closed For Remembrance Day Holiday

Date 07/11/2013

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (“BSX”) advises that the BSX will be closed on Monday, 11 November, 2013, in observance of the Remembrance Day Public Holiday. The BSX will re-open on Tuesday, 12 November, 2013.

Twitter: IPO Of 70,000,000 Shares AT Price Of USD26 Per Share

Date 06/11/2013

Twitter has priced its IPO of 70,000,000 shares of common stock at USD26 per share.

Oklahoma Firefighters Pension And Retirement System Adopts NASDAQ Global Index Family As Preferred Benchmarks - Significant Cost Savings And High Index Quality Cited By The Pension System

Date 06/11/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System has adopted the NASDAQ Global Index Family to serve as preferred benchmarks for its equity investments.

ISDA Statement On Letter From Major Resolution Authorities

Date 06/11/2013

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today issued the following statement:

“ISDA supports efforts to create a more robust financial system and reduce systemic risk.  Toward that end, we have, over the course of 2013, discussed with policymakers and OTC derivatives market participants issues related to the early termination of OTC derivatives contracts following the commencement of an insolvency or resolution action. We have developed and shared papers that explore several alternatives for achieving a suspension of early termination rights in such situations."

FINRA Fines TD Ameritrade Clearing And SG Americas Securities A Total Of $1.8 Million For Required Options Positions Reporting And Supervisory Violations

Date 06/11/2013

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc. $1,150,000 and SG Americas Securities, Inc. $675,000 for failing to report or accurately report certain large options positions and for related supervisory deficiencies.

TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – October 2013 - Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange

Date 06/11/2013

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for October 2013.

A Transformed Marketplace – Remarks Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler's Before The FIA 2013 Futures & Options Expo

Date 06/11/2013

Thank you, Walt, for that kind introduction. I also would like to thank the Futures Industry Association (FIA) for the invitation – I’m honored that you’ve invited me to speak each of these last five years.