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ASX And SGX Working Together To Enhance Market Connectivity

Date 25/07/2012

ASX and Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced they would establish a presence in each other’s co-location data centre to enhance customer connectivity to their markets.

Thai Bourse Supports SMEs To Build Growth In Capital Market

Date 25/07/2012

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), together with the Thai Capital Market Centre, the Market for Alternative Investment (mai), and Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion (OSMEP), launch the “SET Company Visit for Inspiration” program to help small-and medium-sized companies (SMEs) joining the Thai capital market, leading to further upgrades and boosting their competitiveness at the international level.

ASX: Helping Australian Companies Raise Capital

Date 25/07/2012

As part of a range of initiatives to improve the competitiveness of Australia’s financial markets, ASX has finalised new listing rules to help make it easier for small to medium size companies to raise capital for investment.

Moody's Changes Outlook On The European Financial Stability Facility's (P)Aaa Tating To Negative

Date 24/07/2012

Moody's Investors Service has today changed the outlook on the provisional (P)Aaa long-term rating of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to negative from stable. The action follows the assignment of a negative outlook earlier this week on the Aaa debt ratings of three of the EFSF's guarantors: Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The provisional (P)Aaa long-term and (P)Prime-1 short-term ratings for the debt issuance programme of the EFSF remain unchanged. A provisional rating for a debt facility is an indication of the rating that the rating agency would likely assign to future draw-downs from the facility, pending the receipt of documentation detailing the terms of the debt issuance. Moody's also affirmed the Aaa ratings on all of the facility's outstanding drawn-downs.

NASDAQ Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date July 1

Date 24/07/2012

At the end of the settlement date of July 13, 2012, short interest in 2,212 NASDAQ Global Market^SM securities totaled 7,311,288,074 shares compared with 7,338,339,434 shares in 2,210 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of June 29, 2012. The mid-July short interest represents 4.82 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.09 days for the prior reporting period.

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

Date 24/07/2012

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of July 13, 2012.

CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight Issues Temporary No-Action Relief From The Aggregation Requirements Of The Commission’s Rule Regarding Position Limits For Futures and Swaps - No-Action Relief Provides Two Alternative Methods For Compliance

Date 24/07/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (DMO) today announced the issuance of temporary no-action relief in order to facilitate the Commission’s commitment to coordinate the May 30, 2012, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding aggregation (Aggregation Notice) with the implementation of position limits under Part 151 (Position Limits Rule). The no-action relief is expected to provide an orderly transition to the compliance dates for the Position Limits Rule.

NYSE MKT Issues Short Interest Report

Date 24/07/2012

NYSE MKT (formerly known as NYSE Amex) today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of July 13, 2012.

Statement Of Concurrence Regarding The Proposed Clearing Requirement Determination Under Section 2(h) Of The Commodity Exchange Act - CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia

Date 24/07/2012

I respectfully concur with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“Commission”) proposal to establish a clearing requirement for certain classes of credit default swaps and interest rate swaps pursuant to the Commission’s authority under new section

2(h)(1)(A) of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”).1 Centralized clearing is a vital part of the Dodd-Frank Act reforms and is expected to reduce counterparty credit risks, improve transparency and fairness around the setting of margin requirements, increase market liquidity, and reduce overall systemic risks.

MGEX To Present At Juice Products Association Fall Business Meeting

Date 24/07/2012

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), will hold a pre-meeting workshop, Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) Futures 101, in conjunction with the Juice Products Association (JPA) Fall Business Meeting. The MGEX event will be held Sunday, October 14, 2012 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., followed by the JPA Fall Business Meeting on October 15 and 16 at The InterContinental Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia.