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European Investment Bank Opens Selection Of Exchanges And Clearing Banks For NER 300 Initiatives

Date 19/07/2011

The European Investment Bank (EIB) today announces its intention to select carbon exchanges and clearing banks for monetisation of 300 million EU Allowances (EUAs) from the New Entrants Reserve (NER) for phase 3 of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The process will select exchanges, including examination of their ability to manage auctions, and banks acting as general clearing members of those exchanges. This leaves open a final decision on how and when carbon allowances will be monetised.

MICEX And RTS Start Joint Annual Report Competition

Date 19/07/2011

On July 18, 2011 MICEX Stock Exchange and RTS Stock Exchange started to accept applications on participating in the 14th Annual Report Competition.

GreenX To Launch California Carbon Futures Contract

Date 19/07/2011

Green Exchange LLC (GreenX) today unveiled details of its California Carbon Allowance (CCA) futures contract.  The contract will serve as a compliance and risk management tool for market participants operating within the California Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The California carbon market, set to become North America’s largest emissions program, aims to reduce state-wide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear Clears OTC Interest Rate Swaps For Friesland Bank Through ABN AMRO Clearing - First Client To Clear OTC IRS Transactions In The Netherlands

Date 19/07/2011

Friesland Bank, ABN AMRO Clearing Bank N.V. (ABN AMRO Clearing) and LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH.Clearnet), today announced that Friesland Bank has signed up to LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear service to clear OTC interest rate swap (IRS) transactions through ABN AMRO Clearing. Friesland Bank is the first Dutch client to benefit from SwapClear’s proven risk management experience.

ICE Clear Credit Successfully Transitions Under Dodd-Fran - Clears Trades

Date 19/07/2011

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that ICE Clear Credit, formerly known as ICE Trust, cleared its first trades as a CFTC-regulated Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) and SEC-regulated Securities Clearing Agency (SCA).

Deutsche Börse: Ten New db X-trackers ETFs Launched On Xetra - ETFs Cover MSCI World Sector Indices

Date 19/07/2011

Ten new ETFs issued by db X-trackers have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Tuesday.

Osaka Securities Exchange: Partial Revisions Of Trading Hours For Derivatives Trading

Date 19/07/2011

OSE extends the trading hours of night session (previously called evening session) until 3:00 on the next day, implemented from today (July 19, 2011), as originally announced in the "Partial Amendment in Related Rules and Regulations concerning Partial Revision of Trading Hours for Derivatives Trading, etc." on May 17, 2011.

Tokyo Grain Exchange: Rice Futures Launch Date And Contract Months

Date 19/07/2011

The Launch date for Rice futures will be on August 8, 2011 starting from the Day Session.

TriOptima Continues Strong Compression Activities In 1H 2011 -triReduce Service Eliminates Interest Rate Swaps With A Notional Value Of $22.1 Trillion And CDS With A Notional Value Of $3.2 Trillion

Date 19/07/2011

TriOptima announced that in the first six months of 2011 its triReduce early termination service had eliminated interest rate swaps with a notional value of $22.1 trillion, including cleared swaps in LCH.Clearnet Swapclear. Credit default swaps with a notional value of $3.2 trillion were also compressed during this time period. 

Chi-X Europe Growth Continued In H1 2011 - H2 2011 Makes A Strong Start

Date 19/07/2011

Highlights

• · Value traded increased by 16% versus previous half and was almost equal to the total amount traded in the whole of 2009
• · Chi-X Europe maintained position as 2^nd largest equity exchange in Europe in H2 2011
• · Strong start to H2 2011. Market share records achieved in Italian and Norwegian stocks