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FIA President And CEO Testifies Before Senate Agriculture Committee

Date 01/08/2012

• Outlines FIA Recommendations for Anti-Fraud Reforms
• Says Insurance Fund Idea Deserves Study
• Calls on Trustee to Accelerate Process for Returning PFG Customer Funds

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Weight Change For TMX Group Inc. In The S&P/TSX Composite Index

Date 01/08/2012

S&P Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

Maple Group Acquisition Corporation has completed the first stage of the proposed acquisition of TMX Group Inc. (TSX:X). Eighty percent of the shares of TMX Group will be acquired for $CDN50.00 cash per share and the bid will be extended until after the close of trading on Friday, August 10, 2012. As part of the transaction, the relative weight of TMX Group will decrease in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Completion and Equity Completion, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX Capped Financials and the S&P/TSX Composite Dividend Indices to reflect the 80% reduction in the number of shares. There will be no weight change effective in the S&P/TSX Composite Equal Weight Index or the S&P/TSX Composite Low Volatility Index. These changes will be effective after close on Friday, August 3, 2012. 

CBOE Holdings Reports July 2012 Trading Volume Of 87.2 Million Contracts - 4.15 Million ADV

Date 01/08/2012

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today reported that July 2012 trading volume for options on the Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options Exchange^SM (C2^SM), combined, totaled 87.20 million contracts.  

CBOE Futures Exchange: July VIX Futures Trading Volume Rises 64% From July 2011 - Year-To-Date Volume 80% Ahead Of Same Period One Year Ago

Date 01/08/2012

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) today announced that trading volume in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (the VIX® Index) during July 2012 totaled nearly two million contracts, well ahead of July 2011 and down from a record June 2012.

OneChicago Announces Trading Volumes For July 2012

Date 01/08/2012

• Block volume in the first seven months of 2012 surpassed more than 2.5 million contracts, exceeding all blocks activity in 2011
• July 2012 Exchange Futures for Physicals (EFPs) were up 55% from June 2012
• Open interest steadily increasing in 2012, up 28% as compared to December 2011

Maple Announces Completion Of Acquisitions Of CDS And Alpha

Date 01/08/2012

Maple Group Acquisition Corporation (“Maple”), to be renamed TMX Group Limited on August 10, 2012, today announced the completion of the acquisition by Maple of each of The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (“CDS”) and of Alpha Trading Systems Inc. and Alpha Trading Systems Limited Partnership (collectively, “Alpha”).

KCBT HRW Wheat Futures & Exchange Volume Second Largest For Month Of July

Date 01/08/2012

The Kansas City Board of Trade HRW wheat futures and exchange volume traded during the month of July was the second largest in the history of the exchange for the calendar month of July.

OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume Declined 12% In July While Securities Lending Volume Rose 19%

Date 01/08/2012

OCC announced that cleared contract volume reached 309,599,417 contracts in July, representing a 12 percent decrease from the July 2011 volume of 351,117,113 contracts. OCC's year-to-date total contract volume is down 7 percent with 2,410,587,457 contracts in 2012.

U.S. Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Date 01/08/2012

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June suggests that economic activity decelerated somewhat over the first half of this year. Growth in employment has been slow in recent months, and the unemployment rate remains elevated. Business fixed investment has continued to advance. Household spending has been rising at a somewhat slower pace than earlier in the year. Despite some further signs of improvement, the housing sector remains depressed. Inflation has declined since earlier this year, mainly reflecting lower prices of crude oil and gasoline, and longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.

ISE Reports Business Activity For July 2012

Date 01/08/2012