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MF Global Announces Resignation Of Jon S. Corzine

Date 04/11/2011

The Board of Directors of MF Global Holdings Ltd. announced the resignation of Jon S. Corzine from all posts at MF Global. Mr. Corzine has confirmed that he will not seek severance payments in connection with his resignation.

ESMA Announces Vacancies For Two SNE Posts In The Area Of Credit Rating agencies

Date 04/11/2011

For further information, please see the section Vacancies

Russell Investments And Axioma Expand Factor Index Series - Russell's Family Of Indexes, Designed To Track And Manage Risk Exposure, Now Includes Developed International Markets.

Date 04/11/2011

Russell Investments, a leader and innovator in indexes, and Axioma, Inc., a leading provider of advanced tools for portfolio optimization and risk analysis, have extended their collaboration to include developed market ex-U.S. factor based indexes. Through five new Russell-Axioma factor indexes, international investors will now be able to better track and manage exposure to a range of investment risk factors within their portfolios of stocks outside the United States. The new indexes employ the same Russell rules-based index methodology as the U.S. factor based indexes, and are built from the underlying constituents of the Russell Developed ex-U.S. Large Cap Index.

Russell Launches Three International Equity "Factor" ETFs - Comprehensive Series Of Factor ETFs Now Features 13 U.S. And International Options

Date 04/11/2011

Russell Investments launched its first international equity factor exchange-traded funds (ETFs) today, designed to provide investors with focused exposure to fundamental risk factors within their portfolio's international equity allocation. The three new factor ETFs, which listed today on NYSE Arca, focus on some of the same factors as the existing set of 10 domestic factor ETFs: low beta, low volatility and high momentum.

UK's Financial Services Authority Appoints New Communications Director

Date 04/11/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has appointed Zitah McMillan as its new communications director. 

Irish Stock Exchange Statistics October 2011

Date 04/11/2011

Please click here for the October 2011 ISE monthly statistical report.

HKEx To Introduce Three New Stock Option Classes On 21 November

Date 04/11/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce three new stock option classes on Monday, 21 November: Anhui Conch Cement, Belle International and China National Building Material.

BSE Derivatives Trading Volume Rs. 901.79 Crores On 4th November

Date 04/11/2011

1. Volume: Rs. 901.79 Cr.
2. Participation: 121 broker members 
3. Trading Summary:

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - October 2011

Date 04/11/2011

Highlights

- Securities Market

• The average daily turnover for the first 10 months of 2011 was $73,063 million, an increase of 10 per cent when compared with $66,564 million for the same period last year. 
• The average daily turnover of derivative warrants for the first 10 months of 2011 was $11,272 million, an increase of 11 per cent when compared with $10,198 million for the same period last year. 

McGraw-Hill And CME Group To Partner In Index Services Business - Will Contribute Complementary S&P Indices And Dow Jones Indexes Businesses Into Joint Venture - S&P/Dow Jones Indices Will Be A Leading Global Index Company Providing New Products To Clients And Generating Growth For Shareholders Of Both Companies

Date 04/11/2011

McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP), one of the world's foremost financial information companies and owner of S&P Indices, and CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace and 90-percent owner of the CME Group/Dow Jones joint venture, announced today an agreement to establish a new joint venture in the rapidly growing index business.  Under the terms of the agreement, which has been approved by the Boards of both companies, McGraw-Hill will contribute its S&P Indices business and the CME Group/Dow Jones joint venture will contribute the Dow Jones Indexes business to create S&P/Dow Jones Indices, a global leader in index services with annual revenue of more than $400 million.  Approximately $6 trillion in assets are benchmarked against these leading indices.