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BOX Options Exchange August 2013 InBOX

Date 02/08/2013

This is the August issue of InBOX, your news source from inside the BOX Options Exchange. This monthly publication will provide convenient summaries of recent developments at BOX.

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2013 Article IV Consultation With Spain

Date 02/08/2013

CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review Of The Chicago Mercantile Exchange And The Chicago Board Of Trade

Date 02/08/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has notified the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) (collectively, the Exchanges) of the results of a rule enforcement review completed by the Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (Division). The review covered the target period from November 1, 2010 to October 31, 2011. The Division assessed the Exchanges’ compliance with Core Principles 4 and 5, pre- and post-Dodd–Frank Act, relating to the Exchanges’ market surveillance program. The Division’s findings and recommendations were limited to CME and CBOT and their respective products, and did not address the market surveillance program at any other CME Group exchange.

ASIC Submission To Senate Inquiry

Date 02/08/2013

ASIC today lodged an initial submission to the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into the performance of the regulator.

ICAP Electronic Broking: July 2013 Volumes

Date 02/08/2013

Electronic Broking: July 2013 Volumes

Moscow Exchange Indices Monthly Review: July 2013

Date 02/08/2013

Monthly review: July 2013 (pdf, 647 Кb)

ICE Reports July Daily Futures Volume - $1.8 Trillion In CDS Cleared By Buyside And $43 Trillion In Total CDS Cleared To Date

Date 02/08/2013

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today reported futures volume for July 2013. ICE's average daily volume (ADV) for futures and options was 3,001,782 contracts, a decrease of 2% from the prior July. Total volume in July 2013 was 66 million contracts.

Moscow Exchange Launches Securities Incentive Program

Date 02/08/2013

On August 1, 2013 Moscow Exchange launched an incentive program for its Securities market trading members operating in the mode T+2. The program is aimed at boosting securities liquidity and enhancing broker activity.

CME Group Volume Averaged 10.9 Million Contracts Per Day In July 2013, Up 4 Percent From July 2012

Date 02/08/2013

• Interest rate volume up 28 percent
• Treasury futures and options volumes up 17 and 88 percent, respectively
•  Eurodollars futures and options volumes up 39 and 6 percent, respectively
• Equity index volume up 18 percent
• Metals volume up 16 percent
• Energy volume up 10 percent 

Japan’s Financial Services Agency: Memorandums Of Cooperation With Austrian Financial Market Authority And Cyprus Securities And Exchange Commission

Date 02/08/2013

On July 31, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) signed Memorandums of Cooperation (MoCs) (PDF:86KB) with each of the Austrian Financial Market Authority (Finanzmarktaufsicht) and the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission related to the supervision of funds and fund managers conducting their business on a cross-border basis.