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OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume Declined 6% In The First Half Of 2012 While Securities Lending Volume Rose 15%

Date 02/07/2012

OCC announced that cleared contract volume reached 329,891,797 in June, representing a 12 percent decrease from the June 2011 volume of 376,877,261 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date total contract volume is down 6 percent with 2,100,988,040 contracts in 2012.

Platts: U.K. And Continental European Natural Gas Prices Diverge In June - Wholesale Power Prices See Double-Digit Declines Against 2011 Levels

Date 02/07/2012

U.K. and Continental European natural gas price trends diverged in June, with a year-on-year comparison showing U.K. gas down 5% while gas on the Continent was up 5%, according toPlatts, the global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider.

Red Rocks Capital Announces Quarterly Rebalancing To Global Listed Private Equity Index

Date 02/07/2012

Red Rocks Capital LLC, the nation's leading asset management firm specializing in listed private equity, today announced quarterly changes to the firm's Global Listed Private Equity Index(Bloomberg: GLPEXUTR:IND).

BATS Global Markets Reports June U.S. Equities Market Share Of 11.5% - European Record Market Share In Germany, Sweden And Denmark - BATS Records 11.5% U.S. Equities Market Share In June, Up From 11.0% One Year Ago; - U.S. Options Market Share Increases Sequentially; BATS Chi-X Europe Remains Largest European Equities Market Operator

Date 02/07/2012

BATS Global Markets (BATS), a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, today reported strong U.S. equities market share of 11.5% in June, up from 11.0% one year ago. BATS Options saw a strong month-over-month jump to 3.5% matched market share, up from 3.0% in May.

The McGraw-Hill Companies, CME Group Announce The Launch Of S&P Dow Jones Indices - New Company Has The Scale & Capital To Increase Product Innovation Across All Asset Classes, Fueling Greater Liquidity In The Global Markets - Alexander Matturri Named Chief Executive Officer

Date 02/07/2012

The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), one of the world's foremost financial information companies, and CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced today the launch of S&P Dow Jones Indices – the world’s largest provider of financial market indices. S&P Dow Jones Indices calculates over 830,000 indices, publishes benchmarks that provide the basis for 575 ETFs globally with $387 billion in assets invested, and serves as the DNA for $1.5 trillion of the world’s indexed assets.

TOPIX Futures Trading On NYSE Liffe Will Be Extended To Cover Asian Hours

Date 02/07/2012

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. ("TSE") today announced that the trading hours of TOPIX futures listed on the NYSE Liffe market will be extended to cover the Asian and Japanese hours on and from Monday 30 July 2012.

ISE Reports Business Activity For June 2012

Date 02/07/2012

• ISE was the second largest equity options exchange in June with market share of 18.1%, excluding dividend trades.
• Dividend trades made up 3.8% of industry volume in June 2012.

SEC Freezes Assets Of Missing Georgia-Based Investment Adviser

Date 02/07/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today obtained a court order to freeze the assets of a Georgia-based investment adviser who has apparently gone into hiding after orchestrating a $40 million investment fraud.

Statement By The UK's Chancellor Of The Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, On LIBOR

Date 02/07/2012

Mr Speaker, on Thursday I updated the House on the Financial Services Authority’s investigation into Barclays and the attempted manipulation of the LIBOR market in the years running up to and during the crisis.

The Options Industry Council Announces June Options Trading Volume Decreased 13%

Date 02/07/2012

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 325,813,094 total options contracts were traded in June, 12.63 percent less than the 372,928,893 contracts traded in June 2011.