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SwapClear Announces U.S. $34 Billion Cleared In Client Business In January 2012 - $28 Trillion In Total Notional Also Cleared In January - Clients Cleared In Seven Of The 17 Available Currencies

Date 06/02/2012

LCH.Clearnet Limited’s (LCH.Clearnet’s) market-leading interest rate swap (IRS) clearing service, SwapClear, today announced that in January it cleared U.S. $34 billion in total notional client business across seven of the 17 currencies currently available. These volumes bring the total client notional outstanding to $288 billion. During this period, SwapClear also cleared $28 trillion of total notional business.

NYSE Liffe U.S. Names Harvey Flax Business Manager, GCF Repo Index Futures

Date 06/02/2012

NYSE Liffe U.S., the innovative U.S. futures exchange of NYSE Euronext (NYX)  today announced that Harvey Flax has been appointed to the newly created  position of  Business Manager, GCF Repo IndexTM futures. Mr. Flax will be  responsible for leading the launch and development of the DTCC GCF Repo IndexTM  futures products trading exclusively on NYSE Liffe U.S. and cleared on  NYPC. Based in New York, he will report to Lynn Martin, Chief Operating Officer,  NYSE Liffe U.S.

BATS Exchange Receives SEC Approval For Innovative Market Maker Program - Competitive Liquidity Provider Program Designed To Incentivize Active Market Making For BATS-Listed Issuers

Date 06/02/2012

BATS Global Markets, a global operator of stock and options markets, today announced it had received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to implement its new Competitive Liquidity Provider (CLP) program.

SEC Charges Smith & Nephew PLC With Foreign Bribery

Date 06/02/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged London-based medical device company Smith & Nephew PLC with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) when its U.S. and German subsidiaries bribed public doctors in Greece for more than a decade to win business.

Vienna Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - January 2012

Date 06/02/2012

Vienna Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics Report Derivatives Markets - January 2012

Date 06/02/2012

ICAP Enters Australian Agricultural And Soft Commodities Broking Market

Date 06/02/2012

ICAP, the world’s leading interdealer broker, announces that it is entering the Australian agricultural and soft commodities market in February with a new team. The team of three brokers, led by Gary Booth, was formerly at MF Global.

ICE Chairman And CEO Named To 2012 Institutional Investor's All-America Executive Team

Date 06/02/2012

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, was honored in Institutional Investor's 2012 CEO and Investor Relations rankings.

Deutsche Börse: SPDR ETF On High-Yield Bonds Launched On Xetra

Date 06/02/2012

A further exchange-listed bond index fund issued by SPDR (State Street Global Advisors) has been tradable on Xetra^® since Monday.

Deutsche Börse Plans Resegmentation Of The Open Market - Move Increases Transparency In The Capital Market - Tightening Of The Entry Standard Rules

Date 06/02/2012

Deutsche Börse is planning a resegmentation of the Open Market. The First Quotation Board in its current form will be discontinued, the Entry Standard's rules are also being tightened. In future, aside from bonds, only equities which have a listing on another domestic or foreign stock-exchange-like trading venue recognised by Deutsche Börse will be included in the Quotation Board, as was the case in the former Second Quotation Board.