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CME Group Announces Reduced Grain And Oilseed Trading Hours In Response To Customer Outreach - CME Globex And Floor Hours To Be Reduced For Both CBOT Grain And Oilseed And KCBT Markets

Date 05/03/2013

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will reduce grain and oilseed trading hours following comprehensive outreach to producers, commercial customers, traders and other industry participants who manage their risk in its markets. Pending CFTC review, trading in CBOT grain and oilseed and KCBT markets will be reduced from the current 21 hours, both on the floor and via its CME Globex electronic trading platform, for the Monday, April 8, 2013, trade date.

Watson Wheatley Adopts Bloomberg Open Symbology For i-Recs Tool - Securities Naming System Helps Enhance Trade Reconciliation & Risk Management Capabilities Of i-Recs

Date 05/03/2013

Watson Wheatley Financial Systems (WWFS) announced today it has adopted Bloomberg’s Open Symbology (BYSM) for its i-Recs Reconciliation Solution, a tool that helps asset managers match investment positions, balances, trades, cash flows and P&L between internal systems and external service providers for all asset classes.

Palestine Exchange (PEX) Monthly Newsletter "Tadawul" # 71

Date 05/03/2013

Please click here to download the PEX monthly Newsletter "Tadawul" #71 for the month of February 2013.

EEX Trading Results In February - Power Derivatives Volume Increase By 20 Percent

Date 05/03/2013

In February 2013, the total volume traded in power derivatives on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) amounted to 112.4 TWh, representing a 20 percent  increase  compared  to  February  2012.  The  Power  Derivatives  Market volume contained 41.5 TWh from OTC clearing.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: TOPIX Index Futures Trading Hits A Record High Today

Date 05/03/2013

As of today, the trading volume of TOPIX index futures reached a record high of 643,443 contracts.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Derivatives Market in February 2013

Date 05/03/2013

• The volume of trading in all derivatives was 944.1 thousand instruments in February 2013.
• The number of open interest was 234.6 thousand at the end of February 2013.

UK's Financial Services Authority Publishes Its Internal Audit Report On: Review Of The Extent Of Awareness Within The FSA Of Inappropriate LIBOR Submissions

Date 05/03/2013

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its Internal Audit Report (the Report) on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).

EDI Collaborates With Derivative Partners To Provide Independent Valuation - Exchange Data International (EDI) Team Up With Zurich Based Derivative Partners To Offer A Comprehensive Independent Structured Products Valuation Service

Date 05/03/2013

Exchange Data International (EDI), a well-established provider of Security Reference and Corporate Actions data, today announced its partnership with Derivative Partners, a leading provider of independent risk management and valuation services of structured products, to provide valuations for a wide range of structured products and complex derivative instruments.

SIX Financial Information Enhances StatPro Data Offering With Intraday Pricing Service

Date 05/03/2013

SIX Financial Information has teamed up with StatPro Group PLC (AIM:SOG), a global leader in portfolio analytics, to enhance data services for StatPro clients.

The Moscow Exchange's Derivatives Market Experiences A Liquidity Boost And Increase Of The Average Trade Size

Date 05/03/2013

On February 01, 2013 the Moscow Exchange announced the Clash of the Titans Competition on its Derivatives market. The competition aimed to boost liquidity on the market and improve the quality of the order book for derivatives on the Exchange"s indices. Leading clearing members (brokers) of the futures and options market took part in the competition.