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U.S. Treasury Receives Nearly $1 Billion Tarp Repayment From American International Group (AIG)

Date 01/11/2011

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it had received an additional repayment from American International Group (AIG) of $972 million. The payment was funded primarily through the scheduled release of escrowed proceeds from AIG’s sale of its American Life Insurance Co., or ALICO, subsidiary to MetLife, Inc. on November 1, 2010. The proceeds were used to pay back the U.S. taxpayers’ investment in AIG through the redemption of an equal portion of Treasury’s preferred equity interests in AIA Aurora LLC, a subsidiary of AIG. 

OneChicago Announces Trading Volumes For October 2011 - October 2011 Marks The One Year Anniversary Of The OCX.NoDivRisk Product Suite

Date 01/11/2011

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced that a total of 170,470 security futures contracts were traded in the month of October 2011.

BM&FBOVESPA: Public Holiday In Brazil

Date 01/11/2011

There will be no trading in the variable income, private fixed income and derivatives segments on Wednesday, 2nd November.

NYSE To Suspend Trading In MF Global Holdings Ltd.- Moves To Remove From The List

Date 01/11/2011

NYSE Regulation, Inc. (“NYSE Regulation”) announced today that it determined that the common stock of MF Global Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) – ticker symbol MF – should be suspended immediately.

ISE Publishes Quarterly Statistical Report For Q3 2011

Date 01/11/2011

• Trade levels in equities up 26.3% in Q3 compared to Q2
• Irish companies trading on ISE raise €7.7bn, in third quarter
• Turnover in Irish Government securities more than doubles in Q3 from Q2 levels

BATS Global Markets Reports 12.1% - U.S. Equities Market Share In October - BATS Europe Marks Third Anniversary And Receives Provisional Clearance - For Chi-X Europe Deal; U.S. Options Market Share Reaches 3.6% Vs. 0.8% A Year Ago

Date 01/11/2011

BATS Global Markets (BATS), a global operatorof stock and options markets, today reported its third consecutive month above 12% matched market share in U.S. equities reporting 12.1% vs. 9.0% one year ago. BATS Options and BATS Europe also recorded solid performances in October, reporting 3.6% and 5.1% matched market share, respectively.

The Options Industry Council Announces October Volume Increased 14 Percent

Date 01/11/2011

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 390,982,436 total options contracts changed hands in October, a 14.32 percent increase over October of last year when 342,006,211 contracts were traded.

Carbon Disclosure Project Invites Most Populated Cities To Report Water Information For First Time

Date 01/11/2011

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has invited 140 of the world’s most populated cities to report information on their greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies, as part of the second annual disclosure cycle of its CDP Cities program.  CDP is also asking cities, for the first time, to report on their water use and water risks alongside their carbon and climate change activities, due to the significant risk this finite resource poses to cities. 

OCC Announces Total Cleared Volume Rose 14% In October

Date 01/11/2011

OCC announced today that total cleared contract volume reached 393,461,669 contracts in October, representing a 14 percent increase over the October 2010 volume of 344,148,365 contracts. OCC year-to-date total contract volume is up 22 percent with 3,931,963,023 contracts in 2011.

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland: October 2011

Date 01/11/2011

A total of 3,260,529 transactions were conducted in October – a decline of 18.7%compared with the previous month. Some 34,137,915 transactions were conducted between January and October 2011. This corresponds to an increase of 16.1% year- on-year. The strongest growth was recorded in the ETFs segment (+51.5%), followed by the equities incl. funds, ETSFs and ETPs segment (+16.1%).