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CFTC’s Division Of Clearing And Risk Issues Limited No-Action Relief From Required Clearing For Swaps Resulting From Multilateral Compression Exercises

Date 18/03/2013

The Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk (Division) today issued a no-action letter that provides relief from required clearing for a limited set of swaps that are generated as part of a multilateral portfolio compression exercise.
BM&FBOVESPA Announces Market Makers For Options On Stocks Of PDGR3, CSNA3 And CYRE3

Date 18/03/2013

BM&FBOVESPA announced today the winning institutions in the selection process for market makers for equity options on PDGR3, CSNA3 and CYRE3. The market maker obligation shall last twelve (12) months as of April 10, 2013.
SEC Obtains Asset Freeze Against Massachusetts-Based Investment Adviser Stealing Money From Clients

Date 18/03/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an asset freeze against a Massachusetts-based investment adviser charged with stealing money from clients who were given the false impression they were investing in a hedge fund.
Equity Options Exercise Totals BRL 3.24 Billion On BM&FBOVESPA

Date 18/03/2013

The equity options exercise today in the BOVESPA segment totaled BRL 3.24 billion, of which BRL 1.97 billion in call options and BRL 1.26 billion in put options.
NYSE Liffe U.S. And MSCI Extend Index Licensing Agreement - Continues NYSE Liffe U.S.’S Successful MSCI-Linked Futures Franchise -YTD 2013 Mini MSCI ADV Up 101% Over Q1 2012 With 280,000 In Open Interest - New Volume And OI Records In 2013

Date 18/03/2013

NYSE Liffe U.S., the innovative U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today announced that it has signed a license amendment with MSCI (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, to continue its success in expanding the coverage of its suite of domestic and international index futures products on MSCI equity indices through November 1, 2021. On the heels of a record-setting year in 2012 and continued momentum in 2013, the mini MSCI futures complex reached a single day record volume of 172,181 contracts on March 8^th. YTD through March 15, 2013, mini MSCI futures on NYSE Liffe U.S. are trading at an all-time record of 28,000 contracts daily, up 101% vs. Q1 2012 and up 45% vs. full year 2012. Open Interest in mini MSCI futures contracts also stands at 280,000, up 109% vs. end of Q1 2012 and up 20% since year-end 2012. With 26 Block trades at Index Close (BIC) trades in March 2013 alone, NYSE Liffe U.S. has surpassed $15 billion in notional value for BIC trading on 567 block transactions.

Republic Of Cyprus: Announcement By The Ministry Of Finance Bank Holiday Declaration

Date 18/03/2013

On the 16th of March 2013, a financial assistance agreement was reached between the Republic and the euro area Member States. To facilitate the implementation of this agreement, it was deemed necessary to declare the 19th and the 20th of March 2013 as a bank holiday. During the bank holiday, no baking transactions will be carried out with the public.
ISE Signs Licensing Agreement With KSM, The Largest Israeli ETF Issuer KSM ETF Will Track ISE Water Index

Date 18/03/2013

The International Securities Exchange (ISE), a leading U.S. options exchange, announced today a licensing agreement with KSM Sal Indices Certificates Ltd., the largest ETF issuer in Israel. The agreement licenses the ISE Water Index to KSM for its Water Fund. The ISE Water Index is recognized by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney's Global Investment Committee as the best investment idea for 2012, and has been named one of its top investment ideas for 2013.
Luxembourg Stock Exchange Selects SWIFT For New Fund Market Infrastructure

Date 18/03/2013

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has announced that it will use SWIFT in the development and rollout of its new market infrastructure for European investment funds.
NYSE Euronext Launches Mini Options - Providing Greater Flexibility, Access, And Alternative Trading Strategies In The Options Market

Date 18/03/2013

NYSE Euronext today announced the launch of mini options contracts on NYSE Arca and NYSE Amex, its U.S. options exchanges, in five actively traded securities and exchange-traded funds. For the first time, NYSE Arca and NYSE Amex options customers are now able to trade mini options with 10 share deliverables as opposed to the standard 100 deliverable contracts. Mini options will be available in Amazon Inc. (AMZN), Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG), SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), and the S&P 500 Index ETF (SPY) effective March 18.
Semi-Annual Changes To The NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index

Date 18/03/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Clean Edge, Inc. announced today the results of the semi-annual evaluation of the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index (Nasdaq:QGRD), which will become effective with the market open today.