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CFTC: Federal Court Imposes Over $2.8 Million In Sanctions Against Florida Resident Martin H. Bedick And His Company, Angus Jackson, Inc., For Making False Statements

Date 01/02/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that the Honorable James I. Cohn of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued an order requiring defendants Martin H. Bedick, of Boca Raton, Fla., and his company, Angus Jackson, Inc., of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to pay a civil monetary penalty of more than $1.9 million and to disgorge $955,000 in ill-gotten gains as a result of making false statements to the National Futures Association (NFA) in violation of Section 9(a)(4) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) (see CFTC Press Release 6203-12, March 12, 2012). In addition, the court enjoined defendants from violating the CEA, as charged, and from engaging in any activities relating to commodity trading.

CBOE Holdings Reports January 2013 Trading Volume: - VIX Options And Futures Set All-Time Monthly Volume Records

Date 01/02/2013

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that January  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 89.02 million contracts. Average daily volume (ADV) in January was 4.24 million contracts, up eight percent from 3.93 million contracts in December 2012 and down seven percent from 4.56 million contracts in January 2012. 

MGEX Reports Year Over Year Volume And Open Interest Growth

Date 01/02/2013

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced volume and open interest for January2013. Total volume was reported at 96,630, a 3.6 percent increase from January 2012 and a 26.6 percent increase from December 2012. Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) and Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) futures accounted for 95,280 contracts traded while options accounted for 1,350 contracts traded.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 01/02/2013

The current reports for the week of January 29, 2013 are now available.

NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Celebrates 150 Years With A Bell Ceremony At The NASDAQ MarketSite To Close The Nordic Market At 11:30AM ET

Date 01/02/2013

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NASDAQ OMX Stockholm will celebrate its 150^th Anniversary with a remote Bell Ceremony at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square at the time of the Nordic Market Close.

ISE Reports Business Activity For January 2013

Date 01/02/2013

• ISE was the second largest equity options exchange in January with market share of 18.2%, excluding dividend trades.
• Dividend trades made up 3.0% of industry volume in January 2013.  

ISDA Response To ESMA Consultation Paper: ‘Guidelines For Establishing Consistent, Efficient And Effective Assessments Of Interoperability Arrangements’

Date 01/02/2013

This letter contains the response of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) to the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) Consultation Paper on Guidelines for establishing consistent, efficient and effective assessments of interoperability arrangements (the “CP”).

SIFMA Issues Quarterly Government Securities Issuance And Rates Forecast For 1Q 2013

Date 01/02/2013

SIFMA today issued its quarterly government securities issuance and rates forecast for the first quarter of 2013. The full report is available at the following link: http://www.sifma.org/govtforecast1q2013/

NYSE Euronext Lisbon Awards - Portuguese Stock Exchange Awards Capital Market Performance For The Second Year

Date 01/02/2013

Yesterday night the winning 20 organisations received the NYSE Euronext Lisbon Awards in recognition of their contribution to the development of the Portuguese capital markets during 2012. Issuers, brokers, investment banks, analysts, fund managers, law firms and academics were among the winners.

OCC Volume Across All Cleared Products Rose Significantly In January

Date 01/02/2013

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume in January reached 365,027,878 contracts. This represents an 8 percent increase from the January 2012 volume of 337,222,938 contracts. OCC’s options and futures volume was up significantly last month, making it the second highest January for OCC cleared contract volume on record behind January 2011. OCC’s stock loan program also reported a strong start to the year.