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IntercontinentalExchange Announces Strategic Investment With 12.4% Stake In Cetip S.A., Brazil's Leading Clearing House

Date 14/07/2011

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced that it will acquire 12.4% of the shares in Cetip, S.A. (BOVESPA: CTIP3). Cetip is a publicly traded company and is Brazil's largest clearing house, as well as the leading operator of registration and custodial services for securities, fixed-income bonds and OTC derivatives.

Program Trading Averaged 29.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 5-8

Date 14/07/2011

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for July 5-8.

Irish Stock Exchange Publishes Quarterly Statistical Report For Q2 2011

Date 14/07/2011

• Trade levels in equities and ETFs maintained at Q1 levels but turnover falls by 19.7%
• Irish companies trading on ISE markets raise €2,363m in Q2
• Trading activity in Irish Government securities during Q2 consistent with Q1
• Challenging conditions internationally continue to impact fund and debt securities listings 

NYSE Euronext Notified Of Preliminary Acceptance By Deutsche Boerse Shareholders Of Proposed Combination

Date 14/07/2011

NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) announced today that it has been notified by Deutsche Boerse AG (XETRA DB1) that, on a preliminary basis, more than 80% of Deutsche Boerse shareholders tendered their shares by July 13^th, 2011, surpassing the requisite 75% needed to approve our proposed combination. 

ISE Enhances Price Improvement Mechanism (PIM) To Accept Multi-Legged Options Orders - New Functionality Introduced As part Of Optimise™ Rollout

Date 14/07/2011

Bloomberg Launches Cloud Archiving For Microsoft Office 365 - Alliance Helps Firms Meet Record Retention & eDiscovery Guidelines

Date 14/07/2011

Bloomberg announced today that Bloomberg Vault, its electronic communications compliance offering, integrates with Microsoft Office 365. Bloomberg Vault gives financial services firms using Microsoft Office 365 a cloud-based solution for meeting global regulatory and risk management guidelines for electronic communications.

Preliminary Acceptance Rate Of The Exchange Offer Made By Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V. To The Shareholders Of Deutsche Börse AG Exceeds The Minimum Acceptance Threshold

Date 14/07/2011

Based on the declarations of acceptance booked and/or submitted so far by custodian banks for the offer from Alpha Beta Netherlands Holding N.V. to shareholders of Deutsche Börse AG in connection with the planned combination of Deutsche Börse with NYSE Euronext the minimum acceptance threshold of 75 percent has been exceeded (completion conditions pursuant to section 14.1 (a) of the offer document published on 4 May 2011). The preliminary acceptance rate currently stands at above 80 percent.

Innovative Aviation Fund Joins The London Stock Exchange’s Specialist Fund Market

Date 14/07/2011

• Doric Nimrod Air Two lists £145m initial market capitalisation
• Will become tenth fund on the market

Federal Court In Illinois Orders Joseph A. Dawson To Pay $2.1 Million Penalty For Commodity Pool Fraud And Misappropriation - Dawson Sentenced To 54 Months Of Imprisonment And Ordered To Pay $3.3 Million In Restitution In Criminal Proceeding For The Same Scheme

Date 14/07/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) yesterday announced that on July 5, 2011, Judge Virginia M. Kendall of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a supplemental consent order imposing a $2.1 million civil monetary penalty on Joseph A. Dawson of Fox Lake, Ill. The CFTC charged Dawson and his company, Dawson Trading LLC (Dawson Trading) of McHenry, Ill., with fraudulent solicitation and misappropriation of customer funds in a commodity pool scheme (see CFTC Press Release 5860-10, July 26, 2010).

Creditex Auction Platform Improving Liquidity On Odd Lot Corporate Debt; Weekly Events Promote Trading Within Specific Sectors

Date 14/07/2011

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced the successful launch of Creditex's odd lot auction (OLA) platform.  Introduced in May, the OLA platform is generating growing participation among broker-dealers that manage high-grade and high-yield corporate bonds.