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HKMEx Adds CIFCO As Broking Member - Completes Onboarding Of All Authorised Mainland Futures Firms In Hong Kong

Date 11/07/2012

The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx), China’s global marketplace, today announces the addition of China International Futures (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd (CIFCO HK) as a broking member, making it the first international exchange to have signed up all six mainland Chinese futures firms which are authorised to conduct business in Hong Kong.

PGNiG Sales & Trading Selects Trayport®’s Globalvision Trading Gateway To Drive Growth.

Date 11/07/2012

Trayport, a leading provider of energy trading solutions to traders, brokers and exchanges worldwide today announced that PGNiG Sales & Trading GmbH (PST) are now using GlobalVison Trading Gateway for energy trading.

NYSE Euronext Announces Trading Volumes For June 2012 And Other Metrics - Trading Volumes In June Lower Across Most Venues, Year-Over Year And Month-Over-Month - European Cash Trading Volumes In June Up 10% Vs. Prior Year; Up 4% Vs. May - Second Quarter 2012 Trading Volumes Mostly Higher Versus Weak First Quarter 2012 Levels

Date 11/07/2012

NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced trading volumes for its global  derivatives and cash equities exchanges for June  2012¹. Trading volumes in June 2012 were  mostly down year-over-year and month-over-month with the exception of European  cash trading, which increased 9.9% compared to the prior year and increased 3.5%  compared to May 2012. For the second quarter, trading volumes  increased from weak first quarter 2012 levels.

ICAP Plc : Interim Management Statement

Date 11/07/2012

ICAP plc (IAP.L), the world’s leading interdealer broker and provider of post trade risk and information services, is making this Interim Management Statement in relation to the period from 1 April 2012 to 11 July 2012 and the outlook for ICAP’s financial year ending 31 March 2013. It will be delivered to shareholders attending ICAP’s Annual General Meeting today.

Palestine Exchange (PEX) - Distributed Dividends Around USD 140 Million For The Year 2011 - PEX CEO Aweidah: The Return On Investment Is 6.97% In 2011

Date 11/07/2012

Ahmad Aweidah, CEO of the Palestine Exchange (PEX), announced that the amount of dividends distributed by companies listed on the PEX was USD 139,886,741 for the year 2011 in cash and stock dividends; amounting to USD 118,198,606 and USD 21,688,134 respectively.

JGB Futures To Celebrate 25 years On NYSE Liffe

Date 11/07/2012

The Japanese Government Bond ("JGB") futures market celebrates its 25th anniversary on NYSE Liffe on July 13, 2012.

Tokyo Stock Exchange ETF/ETN Monthly Report For Jun 2012

Date 11/07/2012

The trading value of the Bull/ Bear ETFs increased

• In June, even as the overall trading value of the ETF/ETN market decreased from the previous month, that of two ETFs, "Bull 2x ETF" (1568) and "TOPIX Bear -1x ETF" (1569) rose by 52.86% and 7.76% respectively.
• Among issues which showed an increase in trading value, "NEXT FUNDS NOMURA Crude Oil Long Index Linked Exchange Traded Fund" (1699) grew by 205.64% versus the previous month as the product drew attention when WTI crude oil futures momentarily dipped below US$80 per barrel in late June.
• Same as last month, ETF Securities' Natural Gas ETF (1689) ranks top in terms of 30 days' volatility

ISDA Commentary On EU Presidency Compromise Texts Of June 20 On MiFID2/MiFIR

Date 10/07/2012

ISDA  welcomes  publication  by the  Danish  Presidency  of a first  complete  Compromise  Text  onMiFID2/MIFIR,  dated 20 June 2012.   It remains our view that legislative  reform should support liquidity  in  the  interests  of  systemic  resilience;  should  protect  the  funding  requirements  ofcorporates and sovereigns; and should advance the principle of strong risk management.

Bob Diamond's Letter To Andrew Tyrie MP Chairman UK Treasury Select Committee

Date 10/07/2012

10 July 2012

Dear Mr Tyrie,

Having watched the committee's session today, I was dismayed that you and some of your fellow committee members appear to have suggested that I was less than candid with the committee last week. Any such suggestion would be totally unfair and unfounded.

SIFMA Statement On Final Rules On The Definitions Of "Swap" And “Security-Based Swaps"

Date 10/07/2012

SIFMA today released the following statement from President and CEO Tim Ryan after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission finalizing a joint CFTC-SEC rule that would define what would be a swap and security based swap for regulatory purposes (the SEC passed the rule by seriatim vote on July 6).