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Statement By CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia To Opening Meeting To Discuss Swap Execution Facility Rules, Swap Block Rules, Made Available To Trade Determination And Disruptive Trade Guidance

Date 16/05/2013

Mr. Chairman, thank you for calling this meeting to finalize the critical suite of rules regarding swap execution. Adoption of these rules will bring the Commission in compliance with three of the four principles agreed to by the G-20 nations who finalized the Pittsburgh Communique on September 25, 2009.

EU Emissions Trading System: Emissions Trading: 2012 Saw Continuing Decline In Emissions But Growing Surplus Of Allowances

Date 16/05/2013

Emissions of greenhouse gases from installations participating in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) decreased by 2% last year, according to the information recorded in the Union Registry.

Statement Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler To Open Commission Meeting For Consideration Of Rules Implementing The Dodd-Frank Act

Date 16/05/2013

Good morning. This meeting will come to order. This is a public meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). I’d like to welcome members of the public, market participants and members of the media, as well as those listening to the meeting on the phone or watching the webcast.

Changes In The Composition Of The ATHEX Indices

Date 16/05/2013

Due to the transfer of the trading of the shares of the company «S & B INDUSTRIAL MINERALS S.A.» to the «Low Dispersion» Category of the Athens Exchange, the shares of the company will be removed from all ΑΤΗΕΧ Indices.

“Better Bend than Break” Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Before The CFTC Public Meeting On Dodd-Frank Rulemaking, Washington, DC

Date 16/05/2013

This set of three trading rules—SEF, MAT, and Block—have, to put it mildly, been a long time coming.  What is in front of us today has parts I like, parts I don’t like—that’s what compromise means.  As Churchill said, “The English never draw a line without blurring it.”

Changes In The Composition Of The ATHEX INDEX Hellenic Mid - Small Cap Index

Date 16/05/2013

Due to the transfer of the trading of the shares of the company «S & B INDUSTRIAL MINERALS S.A.» to the «Low Dispersion» Category of the Athens Exchange, the shares of the company will be removed from the Index.

CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Statements Of Support

Date 16/05/2013

Block Rule for Swaps

I support the final block rule for swaps, which is critical to promoting transparency in this once opaque market. With this rule, the public will benefit from seeing the price and volume of the majority of swaps transactions in real time – as soon as technologically practicable – after a trade is executed. Further, with this rule the public will benefit from the competition that will arise as buyers and sellers must transact on transparent trading platforms.

Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Jill E. Sommers To Consider Final Trade Execution Rules And Anti-Disruptive Trading Practices Guidance Pursuant To The Dodd-Frank Act

Date 16/05/2013

Thank you Mr. Chairman. This is a momentous day for the Commission and market participants because we are finalizing long-awaited trade execution rules, and also for me personally because this is likely the last time I will participate in an open meeting to consider Dodd-Frank rules. It has been an incredible learning experience for me over the past three years, and although I think the Commission would have reached different conclusions on many of the foundational rules if we would have been consulted earlier in the process, I really appreciate all the time the staff has dedicated to this very challenging and often times overwhelming task we have been given.

Program Trading Averaged 23.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During May 6-10

Date 16/05/2013

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for May 6-10.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Mark P. Wetjen Before Open Meeting To Consider Trade Execution - Anti-Disruptive Trading Practices Guidance

Date 16/05/2013

Today’s releases promise to fundamentally restructure the over-the-counter markets (“OTC”) for swap trading, and increase pre-trade transparency and participation for many that were previously unable to access or compete for liquidity in the OTC marketplace.  This is a landmark achievement for the Commission.