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FINRA: Industry Communications Related To Hurricane Sandy

Date 01/11/2012

In light of the hurricane advisories in effect for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, FINRA is encouraging member firms with offices in the affected areas to prepare to implement business continuity plans. Please review the Business Continuity Plan page and the following advisories.

Total VIX Futures Volume Reaches New All-Time High In October - Second Consecutive Record Month Of Total Volume For VIX Futures And Exchange-Wide Trading

Date 01/11/2012

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE^®) announced today that total monthly volume in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index^®(VIX^®) reached an all-time high for a second consecutive month in October 2012.  The record trading activity in VIX futures also drove total volume at CFE to a new all-time high. 

ISE Reports Business Activity for October 2012

Date 01/11/2012

TSX Block List Leaders - October 2012

Date 01/11/2012

Block Trade Summaries

Block trades are large trades with a volume of 10,000 shares or more and a value of $100,000 or more. The TSX Block List Leaders lists shows the top ten brokers chosen by their customers to execute these significant block trades on Toronto Stock Exchange. For a full list of block trades for all brokers, get our Broker Block Summary.

BM&FBOVESPA Market Holiday - All Souls’ Day

Date 01/11/2012

Friday (November 02) is national public holiday in Brazil and there will be no trading on BM&FBOVESPA. 

Platts Completes Acquisition Of Kingsman, Broadening Biofuels Capabilities And Expanding Into Agriculture

Date 01/11/2012

Platts, a leading global provider of energy, petrochemical and metals information and a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (NYSE:  MHP), today completed its acquisition of Kingsman SA, a privately-held, Switzerland-based provider of price information and analytics for the global sugar and biofuels markets.  The acquisition, whose purchase price was not disclosed, was announced on October 11.  

OCC Announces Average Daily Cleared Contract Volume Down 17% in October, Futures and Securities Lending Activity Up 31%

Date 01/11/2012

OCC announced average daily cleared contract volume in October was 15,598,902 contracts, a 17 percent decline from October 2011. Total cleared contract volume reached 327,576,945 contracts for the month, representing a 17 percent decline from the October 2011 volume of 393,461,669 contracts. OCC’s year-to-date total contract volume is down 14 percent with 3,385,778,300 contracts in 2012.

CFTC’s Division Of Clearing And Risk Issues Staff Interpretation Regarding Part 22

Date 01/11/2012

The staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk today issued an interpretation regarding Part 22, under which Futures Commission Merchants and Derivatives Clearing Organizations must legally segregate each Cleared Swaps Customer’s collateral, but are permitted to operationally commingle the collateral of their Cleared Swaps Customers. The interpretation, in question and answer format, provides clarification regarding operational issues arising during preparation for the implementation of Part 22.

The Options Industry Council Announces Options Trading Volume Declined 17% In October

Date 01/11/2012

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 324,329,913 total options contracts were traded in October which is 17.05 percent less than the 390,982,436 contracts traded in October 2011.

FSB Releases Reports On Progress In Implementing The SIFI Framework

Date 01/11/2012

The FSB is releasing three documents on latest steps in implementing the FSB’s policy framework for addressing the systemic and moral hazard risks associated with systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs).