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Survey Of Buy-Side Market Participants Shows Concern Over CFTC’s SEF Proposal

Date 01/03/2013

The buy-side members of SIFMA, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and with participation of the Managed Funds Association (MFA) today released summary of results from a member survey where over 84 percent of respondents indicated that the five request for quotes (RFQ) rule proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) would result in increased transaction costs.

TSX Block List Leaders By Volume And By Values - February 2013

Date 01/03/2013

Block Trade Summaries

Block trades are large trades with a volume of 10,000 shares or more and a value of $100,000 or more. The TSX Block List Leaders lists shows the top ten brokers chosen by their customers to execute these significant block trades on Toronto Stock Exchange. For a full list of block trades for all brokers, get our Broker Block Summary.

STOXX Announces Results Of Regular STOXX Eastern Europe 50 Index Semi-Annual Review And Component Changes Made In Euro STOXX 50 And STOXX Europe 50 Indices

Date 01/03/2013

STOXX Limited, the market-moving provider of innovative, substantial and global index concepts, today announced the results of the first of the two regular semi-annual reviews of the STOXX Eastern Europe 50 Index. Furthermore, component changes in the EURO STOXX 50 and STOXX Europe 50 indices due to the fast entry rule are also being announced. All changes become effective with the open of markets on March 18, 2013.

OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume Declined 8% In February

Date 01/03/2013

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in February reached 325,237,351 contracts, representing an 8 percent decrease from the February 2012 volume of 351,702,360 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date cleared contract volume is up 0.19 percent from 2012 with 690,265,229 contracts.

ISE Reports It Is The Largest Equity Options Exchange In February 2013

Date 01/03/2013

• ISE was the largest equity options exchange in February with market share of 18.1%, excluding dividend trades.
• Dividend trades made up 4.4% of industry volume in February 2013.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 01/03/2013

The current reports for the week of February 26, 2013 are now available.

The Options Industry Council Announces February Options Volume Down 8 Percent

Date 01/03/2013

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 320,943,312 total options contracts were traded in February, which represents an 8.16 percent decline compared to last year when 349,463,168 contracts were traded.

SEC Seeks Information To Assess Standards Of Conduct And Other Obligations Of Broker-Dealers And Investment Advisers

Date 01/03/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a request for data and other information to assist the agency in considering whether to make new rules about the standards of conduct and regulatory obligations for broker-dealers and investment advisers when they provide personalized investment advice about securities to retail customers.

CBOE Holdings Reports February 2013 Trading Volume - VIX Futures Set Second Consecutive Monthly Volume Record

Date 01/03/2013

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that February trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange^® (CBOE^®) and C2 Options Exchange^SM (C2^SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange^SM (CFE^®) totaled 83.14 million contracts. Average daily volume (ADV) in February was 4.38 million contracts, up three percent from 4.24 million contracts in January 2013 and down 15 percent from 5.14 million contracts in February 2012.

SEC: Steven Harris And Jay Hanson Reappointed To PCAOB

Date 01/03/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Public Company Accounting Oversight Board members Steven B. Harris and Jay D. Hanson have been reappointed for five-year terms.