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NASDAQ OMX Commemorates Six Months Of Ownership Of The NASDAQ Dividend Achievers Indexes - Nearly Thirty-Five Percent Growth In Assets Benchmarked To The Indexes Highlights Demand For Income-Generating Investment Products

Date 02/07/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today commemorates the six-month anniversary of the ownership of the NASDAQ Dividend and Income Index Family, which has seen assets under management (AUM) on products linked to the Family increase 34.7 percent, to $19.0 billion from $14.1 billion, since it was acquired from Mergent, Inc. in December 2012 and subsequently expanded with two additional indexes. Assets benchmarked to the NASDAQ Dividend and Income Index Family reached an all-time high of $19.4 billion on June 18, 2013 since NASDAQ OMX purchased the suite of indexes in December 2012.

ICE Reports Second Quarter Futures ADV Up 3% - Buyside CDS Clearing Surpasses $1.5 Trillion

Date 02/07/2013

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today reported futures volume for June and the second quarter of 2013. ICE's average daily volume (ADV) for futures and options for June 2013 was 3,465,509 contracts, a decrease of 4% from the prior June. Total volume in June 2013 was 69 million contracts. ADV for the second quarter 2013 was 3,544,688 contracts, an increase of 3% from the prior second quarter. All prior period contract volumes have been adjusted to include the transitioned futures contracts, which previously traded in ICE's OTC markets.

Iranian Delegates Visit Spain Capital Markets

Date 02/07/2013

A delegation of Tehran Stock Exchange and Iran Farabourse (SMEs Exchange) visited BME and Spain’s capital market authorities, 25-28 June 2013.

LME Posts New Monthly Trading Record For June

Date 02/07/2013

Trading at the London Metal Exchange (LME) reached record levels in June, up 28% on June 2012, taking volumes in the first half of the year to a new high.

CME Group Volume Averaged 16.9 Million Contracts Per Day In June 2013, Up 29 Percent From June 2012

Date 02/07/2013

• Interest rate average daily volume up 70 percent in June
• Record metals average daily volume up 27 percent in second quarter
• Record foreign exchange average daily volume up 13 percent in second quarter
• Energy open interest record set in both WTI and Brent futures during June
• OTC cleared interest rate swaps of $66 billion per day in June, up 64 percent from May

HKEx: Admission Of Sinopec Engineering To List Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 02/07/2013

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 9 July 2013 (Tuesday), Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd (Stock code: 2386) will be admitted to the list of designated securities eligible for short selling.

IOSCO Board Focuses On Behavioral Economics And Social Media - And Continues Its Forward-Looking And Proactive Work On Global Financial Regulatory Reform

Date 02/07/2013

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) met in Montreal to
advance its work on regulatory reform and seek new ways to enhance market integrity and efficiency, identify and reduce systemic risk, and strengthen investor protection.

Moscow Exchange's Bond Market Hit A Record High In H1 2013

Date 02/07/2013

In H1 2013 the average daily value traded on the Moscow Exchange's bond market reached its highest level since 2007.

Thomson Reuters Launches New Look Accelus Risk Manager And Delivers Unified Platform Approach For Governance, Risk & Compliance - Alignment Of Accelus Audit, Compliance And Risk Delivers Unified Approach For Essential GRC Content And Technology

Date 02/07/2013

Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced the development of a new user interface for Accelus Risk Manager (ARM), which will bring enhanced risk management and risk reporting capabilities to governance, risk and compliance functions within organisations. Accelus Risk Manager’s new look incorporates best practices in useability, and was designed in collaboration with clients, to promote increased engagement with risk management by the front-line business in organisations.

Trading On The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE): June 2013

Date 02/07/2013

• The value of total trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 25.2 billion in June 2013, an increase of 60.0% year on year.
• The average value of trading per session on the Main Market increased by 46.4% year on year to PLN 1.1 billion in June 2013.
• The total volume of trading in index futures increased by 3.0% year on year to 1.05 million contracts in June 2013; the incremental volume of trading in index futures year to date decreased by 14.5% from 5.1 million contracts in January-June 2012 to 4.3 million contracts in January-June 2013.
• The incremental volume of forward transactions in electricity year to date increased by 106.8% year on year.
• The monthly volume of trading in property rights decreased by 79.2% year on year from 6.1 TWh in June 2012 to 1.3 TWh in June 2013.
• The total volume of spot and forward transactions in natural gas was 82.9 GWh in June 2013 while the incremental volume was close to 465.4 GWh year to date in 2013.