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IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde Welcomes Additional Pledges To Increase IMF Resources, Bringing Total Commitments To US$456 Billion

Date 19/06/2012

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement in Los Cabos, Mexico during the G-20 Leaders’ Summit:

“A number of IMF member countries have announced pledges to boost IMF resources, completing the effort launched jointly at our Spring Meetings in April 2012 by the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) and G-20 (see Press Release No. 12/147). Countries large and small have rallied to our call for action, and more may join. I salute them and their commitment to multilateralism. As a result, total pledges have risen to US$456 billion, almost doubling our lending capacity."

NASDAQ OMX Holds Second Quarter 2012 Investor Conference Call

Date 19/06/2012

NASDAQ OMX (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has scheduled its Second Quarter 2012 results announcement for Wednesday, July 25, 2012.
G20 Summit: Statement By President Barroso After The G20 Discussions On The Global Economy And The European Debt Crisis

Date 19/06/2012

Firstly, G20 leaders, after very good, frank and open discussion, will recognise the extremely important efforts that Europe has been making to deal with the financial crisis. It was very good to understand the questions and to work cooperatively for the solution of this global financial crisis including the European part of it.
CBOE Plans Process To Trade SPX Variance Strips - Allows Trading Of A Portfolio Of SPX Options In A Single Transaction

Date 19/06/2012

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced that it plans to introduce, starting July 27, a process for trading SPX Variance Strips -- a portfolio of S&P 500 Index options (SPX) intended to replicate S&P 500 implied variance exposure -- in a single transaction.
Equity Options Exercise Totals BRL 5.05 Billion On BM&FBOVESPA

Date 19/06/2012

The exercise of equity options contracts today in the BOVESPA segment totaled BRL 5.05 billion, of which BRL 2.64 billion in call options and BRL 2.41 billion in put options.

New Single-Day Volume Record Set On Monday At CBOE Futures Exchange - Volume In VIX Futures Also Reaches New High

Date 19/06/2012

CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) announced that Monday, June 18 was the most active trading day in CFE history. Volume totaled 160,552 contracts traded throughout its full suite of products. Today's record volume surpassed the previous high of 152,133 contracts set on August 5, 2011. In addition, trading volume in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (the VIX Index) also established a new single-day record today as 159,744 contracts traded, eclipsing the previous record of 152,067 contracts, also on August 5, 2011.
European Parliament Economic And Monetary Committee: Credit Rating Agency Reform: Sovereign Debt Ratings To Be Regulated

Date 19/06/2012

Draft credit rating agency reform legislation designed to regulate sovereign debt ratings, reduce reliance on agency ratings and restrict the scope for conflicts of interest, was voted in the Economic and Monetary Committee on Tuesday.
The CFTC Announces The Departure Of Chief Economist Andrei Kirilenko To The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology - Chairman Gensler, Commissioner O’Malia Praise The Chief Economist - Dr. Kirilenko Plans End-Of-Year Departure

Date 19/06/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Chief Economist Andrei Kirilenko will depart the Commission at the end of 2012 to become Professor of the Practice of Finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management.
SIX To Provide Access To TARGET2-Securities European Settlement Platform For Swiss Financial Center

Date 19/06/2012

The SIX Board of Directors agreed to sign the ECB’s Framework Agreement concerning Europe’s envisaged centralized settlement platform. In signing the agreement, SIX, through SIX Securities Services, will become the first non-EU central securities depository to offer access to the TARGET2-Securities (T2S) platform.
SIFMA Releases 2012, 2013 Economic Forecast

Date 19/06/2012

SIFMA’s Economic Advisory Roundtable today released its economic outlook for the second half of 2012 and predictions for 2013, forecasting that the economy will grow at a rate of 2.1 percent in full-year 2012 and 2.1 percent in 2013.