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IMF Convenes Advisory Committee Meeting On Modernizing Government Finance Statistics

Date 18/05/2012

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) convened a meeting of the Government Finance Statistics Advisory Committee (GFSAC) during May 16-18, 2012 in Washington to continue discussions on a range of steps designed to update and modernize statistical methodologies globally.

TMX Group Top 20 Largest - Consolidated Short Position Report – Highlights - May 15, 2012

Date 18/05/2012

Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month. The report below covers the 2-week period ending May 15, 2012.

CFTC Approves Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Regulations On Aggregation For Position Limits For Futures And Swaps

Date 18/05/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that would modify the CFTC’s aggregation provisions for limits on speculative positions. The proposed rulemaking would permit any person with a greater than 10 percent ownership or equity interest in an entity to disaggregate the owned entity’s positions, provided there are protections and firewalls in place to ensure trading decisions are made independently of one another.

BM&FBOVESPA Registers Record Financial Volume And Number Of Trades In The BOVA11 ETF

Date 18/05/2012

BM&FBOVESPA registered an all-time record financial volume and number of trades today in the BOVA11 ETF, an index fund that tracks the performance of the BOVESPA Index (Ibovespa). There were 11,767 trades in 7,106,960  units, totaling financial volume of BRL 380.69 million. The previous record number of trades was 10,154 on May 17, 2012 and the previous record financial volume was BRL 309 million on May 04, 2012.

Concurring Statement Relating To The Commission’s Proposal On Aggregation Under Part 151, Position Limits For Futures And Swaps, CFTC Commissioner Jill E. Sommers

Date 18/05/2012

I support the Commission’s proposed rules that, among other things, expand the exemptions relating to information sharing restrictions, expand the circumstances under which market participants will not be required to aggregate positions, and reduce the reporting burdens on higher tier entities. I am pleased that we recognize that the final position limits rules issued on November 18, 2011 set forth an unworkable and overly restrictive approach to these issues.

MGEX Announces Revised Expanded Trading Hours

Date 18/05/2012

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Organization, today announced it has received CFTC approval to expand its trading hours. Effective May 20, 2012, the trading hours will be from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Central Time (CT), Sunday to Friday.

James McNamara Named Managing Executive Of SEC’s Division Of Trading And Markets

Date 18/05/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that James P. McNamara  has been named to the newly-created position of Managing Executive of the SEC’s  Division of Trading and Markets.

KCBT Changes To HRW Wheat Futures & Options Electronic Trading Hours Effective 5/21 Business Date

Date 18/05/2012

The Kansas City Board of Trade has received approval from the CFTC to expand electronic trading hours for the KCBT’s flagship hard red winter wheat futures and options contracts effective with the business date of May 21, which begins Sunday night, May 20 at 5:00 p.m.

TOM MTF Statistics Week 20 2012

Date 18/05/2012

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 20 - 2012. 

CME Group To Start Expanded CBOT Grain And Oilseed Trading Hours May 20

Date 18/05/2012

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it received CFTC approval to offer expanded electronic trading hours in its CBOT grain and oilseed futures and options beginning Sunday, May 20 for Monday, May 21 trade date. Hours will expand from the current 17 hours per day to 21 hours per day on CME Globex from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. CT Sunday to Friday.

Products included in the expanded hours are CBOT Corn, Mini-Sized Corn, Soybeans, Mini-Sized Soybeans, Wheat, Mini-Sized Wheat, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Rough Rice, Oats, and Ethanol futures and options plus all related calendar spread options and inter-commodity spread options.

Daily settlements will continue to be based on market activity at or around 1:15 p.m. CT each day. Additionally, open-outcry trading hours will continue to operate from 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. CT Monday to Friday.