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The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Held A Joint Session With The Information And Communication Technology Chamber To Discuss The Advantages Of Listing On NILEX

Date 07/07/2012

EGX organized a joint session with the Information and Communication Technology Chamber at the Federation of The Egyptian Industries with the goal to inform the members of  IT companies Chamber about the advantages and benefits of listing on NILEX for SMEs which will contribute to the provision of funding to those companies through  listing and offering their shares and therefore to help them in achieving  growth in their capital, their employment volume  and their business scope.

CFTC’s Division Of Market Oversight Issues Letter To Market Participants Regarding Compliance With Large Trader Reporting System For Physical Commodity Swaps And Swaptions - Division To Provide Temporary No-Action Relief For Less Than Fully Compliant Reporting Of Positions Based On Ownership

Date 06/07/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) issued a letter to market participants providing temporary no-action relief for less than fully compliant reporting of positions based on ownership under the CFTC’s large trader reporting system for physical commodity swaps and swaptions. This temporary relief is intended to provide sufficient time for the industry to transition to fully compliant reporting for positions based on ownership by July 27, 2012. As a condition of this relief, market participants must submit, by July 30, 2012, fully compliant reports dating back to July 2, 2012.

MSCI Indices Q2 2012 Performance Results -Volatile Global Markets Generate Losses

Date 06/07/2012

• Global markets produced almost universally negative returns, eroding the semblance of recovery glimpsed in Q1 2012
• Only a handful of individual Emerging and Frontier Markets countries posted modest positive returns
• High volatility prevailed

Statement Of Support - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 06/07/2012

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler today issued the following statement:

BCBS And IOSCO Issue Consultative Paper On Margin Requirements For Non-Centrally-Cleared Derivatives

Date 06/07/2012

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have today published a consultative paper on margin requirements for non-centrally-cleared derivatives. The paper is available on the websites of the Bank for International Settlements and IOSCO.

CFTC Reopens Public Comment Period On Margin Requirements For Uncleared Swaps

Date 06/07/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) published in the Federal Register on April 28, 2011 a notice of proposed rulemaking that would establish initial and variation margin requirements for uncleared swaps. The comment period closed on July 11, 2011.

TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – June 2012

Date 06/07/2012

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for June 2012.

Program Trading Averaged 32.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During June 25-29

Date 06/07/2012

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms' executed volume from NYSE's orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for June 25-29.

BM&FBOVESPA: Institutional Investors Lead Participation In Volume Of Index Funds (ETFs) Traded On The Exchange In June

Date 06/07/2012

Institutional investors led with a 34.89% participation of the total volume of index funds (ETFs) traded on the Exchange in June, followed by financial institutions (32.47%), foreign investors (20.19%), individuals (11.60%) and public and private companies (0.84%).

BOX Options Exchange July 2012 InBOX

Date 06/07/2012

This is the July issue of InBOX, your news source from inside the BOX Options Exchange. This monthly publication will provide convenient summaries of recent developments at BOX.