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Warsaw Stock Exchange Derivatives Market In 2011

Date 09/01/2012

• The total volume of trading in all derivatives was 15.6 million instruments in 2011, an increase of 5.7% year on year.
• The number of open interest was 145.2 thousand instruments at the end of the year.

Mercado A Término De Buenos Aires (MATba) Reached New Record Volumes In 2011 And Ratified Its Leadership In Latina America

Date 09/01/2012

Mercado a Término de Buenos Aires (MATba) closed 2011 with a total volume of 20.535.456 tons, which constitutes a new record in the last 10 years and ratifies MATba as the leading Exchange in agricultural commodities in Latin America.

Burgundy Joins The NYSE Technologies Global SFTI® Network

Date 09/01/2012

Burgundy, a trading platform for Nordic securities, today announces their availability via NYSE Technologies’ global SFTI (Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure®) network. The addition of Burgundy as a trading destination on the SFTI backbone enables customers already connected to the backbone to easily receive Burgundy data and trade on their platform without the need to build or connect to a new infrastructure.

Deutsche Boerse: Seven New Deutsche Bank ETFs Launched On Xetra - New Funds Track Bond And Credit Derivative Indices

Date 09/01/2012

Seven new exchange traded funds issued by db X-trackers II, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, have been tradable in the XTF segment on Xetra since Monday.

Bonds.com Extends Trading Hours Signals Fundamental Shift In Bond Market Structure

Date 09/01/2012

Bonds.com Group, Inc. (OTC.BB:BDCG, "Bonds.com") announced today that it is undertaking a strategic initiative to transform the market structure for the trading of U.S. Corporates.

New Executive Director Roles At Securities Commission Malaysia

Date 09/01/2012

Encik Nik Mohd Hasyudeen Yusoff and Ms Foo Lee Mei have been appointed to the Management Committee of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) as Executive Directors effective 1 January 2012.  They will continue to remain Executive Chairman, Audit Oversight Board (AOB) and General Counsel of the SC respectively.

UK’s Financial Services Authority Appoints New Board Chairman For Financial Services Compensation Scheme

Date 09/01/2012

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today  announced the appointment of Lawrence Churchill CBE as the new Chairman of the  Board of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for three years. He  will take up his appointment on 1 April 2012, succeeding David Hall CBE.

Burgundy Monthly Report December 2011

Date 09/01/2012

In December:

• The average daily turnover was EUR 116.4 (105.5) million, an increase of 10.3 percent. The total turnover was EUR 2,444.0 (2,320.8) million, an increase of 5.3 percent.
• The average number of trades per day was 17,709 (18,561), a decrease of 4.6 percent. The total number of trades was 371,898 (408,338) a decrease of 8.9 percent.
• The trading participant with the highest turnover was SEB with a turnover of EUR 922.8 (783.5) million.
• The most traded instrument was H&M B, with a turnover of EUR 189.5 (148.6) million, an increase of 27.5 percent.

Taiwan Futures Exchange Monthly Newsletter - January 2012

Date 09/01/2012

Record Year for TAIFEX Trading Volume

Turnover on the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) reached an all-time high of 182,995,171 contracts in 2011, up 30.9% from 2010. Meanwhile, the average daily volume for 2011 was 740,871 contracts, an increase of 33.02% from the previous year. TAIEX options, TAIEX futures and mini-TAIEX futures were major contributors to the impressive performance, with year-on-year growth of 31.46%, 20.84% and 37.68%, respectively.

HKEx Announces Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Date 09/01/2012

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the following holiday risk management arrangements.