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CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 28/06/2013

The updated current reports for the week of June 25, 2013 are now available.

Direct Edge Trading Notice #13-29: EdgeRisk Ports Now Available

Date 28/06/2013

As announced in Direct Edge Trading Notice #13-19, EdgeRisk PortsSM is a new risk mitigation service offering Members and non-Member service bureaus dedicated logical test ports to evaluate the readiness of their systems that connect to EDGA Exchange (EDGA®) and EDGX Exchange (EDGX®).  

CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight Issues Time-Limited No-Action Relief Permitting Part 45 And Part 46 Reporting Counterparties To Mask Legal Entity Identifiers, Other Enumerated Identifiers And Other Identifying Terms, And Permitting Part 20 Reporting Entities To Mask Identifying Information, In Certain Enumerated Jurisdictions

Date 28/06/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) issued a letter providing reporting parties under Parts 20, 45 and 46 of the Commission’s regulations with time-limited no-action relief from requirements to report certain identifying information regarding their counterparties in specific jurisdictions. The Division’s no-action letter addresses Legal Entity Identifiers, other identifying swap data fields pursuant to Parts 45 and 46 and large swap trader counterparty identification information pursuant to Part 20. To avail themselves of the relief, reporting parties must first meet specific criteria set forth in the no-action letter, and must also comply with certain conditions attached to the relief. The no-action letter permits reporting parties to fulfill their reporting obligations while acknowledging privacy, secrecy and blocking laws in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions, provided that specific conditions are met. The relief expires no later than June 30, 2014.

CME Group Announces Daily Volume Record In Short-Dated New Crop Corn Options

Date 28/06/2013

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced it reached a daily volume record for its Short-Dated New Crop Corn Options yesterday, June 27, of 35,355 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 24,388 contracts on June 18.

OneChicago Holiday Notice – Independence Day July 4th

Date 28/06/2013

In observance of the Independence Day Holiday, July 4th, OneChicago (OCX) will follow the schedule below, which is consistent with U.S. equity markets.

SIFMA Commends Rep. Price, Senator Roberts On Protecting U.S. From Foreign FTTs

Date 28/06/2013

SIFMA today released the following statement from Judd Gregg, CEO, after Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) and Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) introduced legislation in their respective chambers that would make clear that foreign governments have no ability or right to tax private securities transactions within the United States.

NASDAQ OMX Holds Second Quarter 2013 Investor Conference Call

Date 28/06/2013

NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has scheduled its Second Quarter 2013 results announcement for Wednesday, July 24, 2013.

Hellenic Exchanges S.A. Group Restructuring

Date 28/06/2013

With a view to improving the Group’s organizational structure, in line with international industry practices and upcoming requirements resulting from the  implementation of the EMIR Regulation and the European Committee’s Regulation concerning improvements in securities’ settlement within the European Union and the Central Securities Depositories – CSDs Directive, the Boards of Directors of Hellenic Exchanges Group companies “Hellenic Exchanges S.A. Holding, Clearing, Settlement and Registry”, “Athens Exchange S.A.”, “Thessaloniki Stock Exchange Centre S.A.” and the “Athens Exchange Clearing House S.A.” took the decisions relevant to the restructuring of the Group.

Thomson Reuters/University Of Michigan: Consumer Confidence Remains At A High Level

Date 28/06/2013

Rising household wealth rather than resurgent jobs and wages was mainly responsible for the recent gains in consumer confidence. The June strength was concentrated among households with income above $75,000,with their confidence rising to its highest level since mid 2007. In contrast to the healthy gains in stocks and home values enjoyed by upper income households, lower income households were more likely to report income declines and no increases in their household wealth. To be sure, the June falloff in confidence among lower income households was not large, and more importantly, all income groups anticipated continued modest gains in the overall economy as well as continued slow declines in the national unemployment rate. 

NYSE Euronext Is The Leader In Global Capital Raising During The First Half Of 2013

Date 28/06/2013

• The global leader in IPOs with 72 transactions raising $28.5 billion in total global proceeds.
• The global leader in follow-on financings with 262 transactions raising $106 billion in total global proceeds.
• 14 new technology listings accounted for a record 64% of all new technology offerings and 58% capital raised in the sector. 
• NYSE leads the market in completed or announced transfers from other U.S. exchanges with two top NASDAQ-100 Index companies Perrigo and Oracle.
• In Europe, Euronext saw 23 new listings with €926 million ($1.2 billion) raised in proceeds from seven IPOs, and launched EnterNext®, the Marketplace for SMEs.