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CFTC Special Announcement On Commitment Of Traders, Cotton On Call, And Bank Participant Reports

Date 01/10/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will not produce public reports such as the cotton on call, Commitment of Traders and the Bank Participation Report during a government shutdown.

SEC Halts Texas-Based Scheme Targeting Foreign Investors Seeking U.S. Residency Through EB-5 Visa Program - SEC, USCIS Issue Joint Alert To Caution Investors About Fraudulent EB-5 Investment Schemes

Date 01/10/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against a husband and wife in Texas for stealing funds from foreign investors under the guise of an investment opportunity to create U.S. jobs and a path to U.S. residency.

CME: Dairy And Livestock Customer Letter On U.S. Government Shutdown

Date 01/10/2013

Dairy and Livestock Customer Letter (PDF 28 KB)

SEC Awards More Than $14 Million To Whistleblower

Date 01/10/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $14 million to a whistleblower whose information led to an SEC enforcement action that recovered substantial investor funds.  Payments to whistleblowers are made from a separate fund previously established by the Dodd-Frank Act and do not come from the agency’s annual appropriations or reduce amounts paid to harmed investors. 

Trading On Warsaw Stock Exchange: September 2013

Date 01/10/2013

• The value of session trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 20.4 billion in September 2013, an increase of 35.6% year on year; the average value of trading per session was nearly PLN 1.0 billion.
• The incremental value of total trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 193.7 billion year to date, an increase of 24.9% year on year.
• The total volume of trading in index futures was 997.5 thousand contracts in September 2013, an increase of 13.9% year on year.
• September was a record-breaking month this year in terms of the volume of forward transactions in electricity, which was 21.7 TWh.
• The incremental volume of spot and forward transactions in electricity reached 128.2 TWh year to date, an increase by 73.0% year on year.
• The aggregate volume of spot and forward transactions in natural gas was 106.4 GWh in September 2013 while the incremental volume was 686.9 GWh year to date.

MGEX: September 2013 Volume Up Over 50 Percent From September 2012

Date 01/10/2013

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced September 2013 volume up 55 percent from September 2012. Total Exchange volume was reported at 135,876 contracts traded. Total Exchange open interest was reported at 52,885 contracts, a 13 percent increase from September 2012. September 2013 also makes the record monthly electronic volume top 25 with 105,963 electronic contracts traded.

Key Figures For SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland: September 2013

Date 01/10/2013

Compared with the corresponding period last year, there was an overall increase of 7.1% in the number of transactions conducted on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland in the first nine months of the year, while trading turnover was up 11.0%. In all, 2,732,910 trades were conducted in September, equating to a month-on-month increase of 0.5%. Conversely, turnover was down by 2.4% to CHF 73.2 billion.

Average Daily Volume Of 9.1 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In September - Dividend Derivatives With New All-Time High In Monthly Traded Volume

Date 01/10/2013

In September 2013, the international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 9.1 million contracts (September 2012: 10.2 million). Of those, 6.7 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (September 2012: 7.5 million), and 2.4 million contracts (September 2012: 2.7 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE). In total, 140.4 million contracts were traded at Eurex Exchange and 48.1 million at ISE.

CBOE Introduces Short-Term Volatility Index - VXST Measures Short-Term Volatility, Complements VIX - VXST Weeklys Futures And Options To Follow

Date 01/10/2013

Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated® (CBOE®) today announced at the CBOE Risk Management Conference Europe in Sintra, Portugal that it has created a new benchmark volatility index — the CBOE S&P 500 Short-Term Volatility Index (ticker symbol: VXSTSM).  CBOE began disseminating values for the new Short-Term Volatility Index today.

Turnover At Deutsche Börse’s Cash Markets At 96.9 Billion Euros In September

Date 01/10/2013

Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate stood at €96.9 billion in September (September 2012: €98.9 billion). Of the €96.9 billion, €88.8 billion were attributable to Xetra (September 2012: €91.1 billion). €4.2 billion were attributable to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (September 2012: €4.7 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €4.0 billion in September (September 2012: €3.1 billion).