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OneChicago Holiday Notice – Good Friday 2013

Date 18/03/2013

OneChicago (OCX) will be closed on Friday, March 29, 2013 in observance of the upcoming Holiday, Good Friday, which is consistent with U.S. equity markets. OneChicago will be open on Monday, April 1, 2013.

“The New Prospectors” - Speech Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton To The National Grain And Feed Association’s, 117th Annual Convention, San Francisco, California

Date 18/03/2013

Introduction:  The Gold Rush

Hi-ya! Thanks to Todd Kemp for the invitation to be with you in San Francisco, the great Dianne Feinstein's city.  Nancy Pelosi's town.  And a state that boasts many superb government servants like Senator Barbara Boxer and your earlier speaker Congressman Jim Costa.

CalPERS Leaders Call Federal Indictments Against Former Officials "Another Step On The Road Toward Justice"

Date 18/03/2013

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today applauded the indictments handed down against the pension fund’s former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Fred Buenrostro and former member of the CalPERS Board Alfred Villalobos.

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.