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SEC Charges Former Investment Fund Employee With Insider Trading In Marvel Stock Prior To Disney Deal

Date 10/08/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a California man with insider trading for a 3000 percent profit based on confidential information that he learned from his girlfriend prior to Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of Marvel Entertainment.
Johannesburg Stock Exchange Announces New Equities Market Trading Record

Date 10/08/2011

Latest Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) trading figures indicate that a record number of trades were executed on the exchange today. The new trading record of 230,797 trades is valued at more than R29 billion.
Stanford University And The FINRA Foundation Launch Fraud Prevention Research Center

Date 10/08/2011

Stanford University's Center on Longevity and the FINRA Investor Education Foundation have joined together to launch the Research Center on the Prevention of Financial Fraud, an interdisciplinary resource for law enforcement, government and research groups studying financial fraud. Financial fraud, ranging from Ponzi schemes to online phishing scams and work from home schemes, swindles Americans out of billions of dollars each year. While emerging technologies continue to fuel the expansion and reach of financial fraud, this joint initiative will support and consolidate scientific research and connect this research to practical prevention and detection efforts.
SEC Charges Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. And Executive With Fraud In Sale Of Investments To Wisconsin School Districts

Date 10/08/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged St. Louis-based brokerage firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. and a former senior executive with defrauding five Wisconsin school districts by selling them unsuitably risky and complex investments funded largely with borrowed money.
CME Group Volume Reaches All-Time High On August 9

Date 10/08/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, reached a record high in single-day volume with 25,734,651 contracts traded across all asset classes on Tuesday, August 9, surpassing the previous record of 25,282,704 contracts on May 6, 2010.

HKMEx Announces Two Senior Management Appointments

Date 10/08/2011

The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (“HKMEx”), China’s international commodities marketplace, announces today that Jonathan Cowan has recently joined the Exchange as Managing Director, Europe, and Stephane Lannoy as Executive Director, Operations & Technology.
FESE European Equity Market Report - July 2011 Figures

Date 10/08/2011

The European Equity Market Report is a piece of analysis that allows for an accurate comparison of trading statistics across European trading venues.
RTS Group Weekly Market Results

Date 10/08/2011

Weekly Market Results: August 1-5, 2011 (pdf, 192 Кб)
Instinet Continues US Market Share Growth Momentum In July - Agency-Only Broker Grows US Equities Market Share To 4.3 Percent For The Month, Moving Into Top Rankings Of NYSE Program Trading Firms And NASDAQ Liquidity Providers; US Listed-Options Market Share Grows To 1.5 Percent

Date 10/08/2011

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, today announced that its US broker-dealer subsidiary, Instinet, LLC, saw its US market share continue its steady growth in July, reaching 4.3 percent* of the overall US equities market and 1.5 percent of the overall US listed-options market. In addition, the firm was ranked in the top five for NYSE agency program trading volume in three of the month’s four weeks, and was the seventh ranked liquidity provider for NASDAQ-listed securities traded on NASDAQ.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 10/08/2011

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 12 August 2011, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.