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Court Orders Jeffery A. Lowrance And His Company To Pay More Than $4.5 Million For Operating Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme - Court’s Order Permanently Bars Lowrance From Commodity-Related Activity

Date 04/11/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced it obtained a default judgment and permanent injunction against Jeffery Alan Lowrance, formerly of Houston, Texas, and his New Zealand company, First Capital Savings and Loan (First Capital). They are required to pay jointly and severally a $3.3 million civil monetary penalty and $1.2 million in restitution for a fraudulent off-exchange foreign currency (forex) scheme (see CFTC Press Release 6074-11, July 15, 2011).

TMX: Top 20 Largest - Consolidated Short Position Report – Highlights - October 31, 2011

Date 04/11/2011

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 October 31, 2011.

CFTC Statement Regarding Enforcement Investigation Of The Silver Markets

Date 04/11/2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued the following statement:

“In September of 2008, the Commission announced the existence of an enforcement investigation into the possibility of unlawful acts in silver markets. Since that time, the staff has analyzed over 100,000 documents and interviewed dozens of witnesses and obtained expert advice. It has been a long, detailed, and thorough investigation, and it continues in an appropriate and considered manner.”

CBOE Holdings Congratulates Mcgraw-Hill And CME Group On Joint Venture

Date 04/11/2011

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) issued today the following statement regarding the announced McGraw-Hill and CME Group Inc. joint venture:

"We congratulate our partner, McGraw-Hill, and our VIX Network Partner, CME Group Inc. on today's announced joint venture. We believe the creation of S&P/Dow Jones indexes is a net positive to the growth of the index option business and for options customers," said William J. Brodsky, CBOE Holdings Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

TSX Block List Leaders - October 2011

Date 04/11/2011

Block Trade Summaries

TSX Block List Leaders^TM

Block trades are large trades with a volume of 10,000 shares or more and a value of $100,000 or more. The TSX Block List Leaders lists shows the top ten brokers chosen by their customers to execute these significant block trades on Toronto Stock Exchange. The leaders are measured by volume and value of blocks traded.

TOM MTF statistics week 44

Date 04/11/2011

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 44 - 2011.

IMF Launches New Training Course To Promote Understanding Of The Linkages Between Macroeconomic Statistics

Date 04/11/2011

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed its first course on Linkages of Macroeconomic Accounts Statistics at the IMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute.

NASDAQ Welcomes Groupon To The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Date 04/11/2011

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today that the trading of Groupon, Inc., (Nasdaq:GRPN), a local e-commerce marketplace that connects merchants to consumers by offering goods and services at a discount, commenced on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on November 4, 2011.

CME Group Statement On Transfer Of MF Global Customer Accounts

Date 04/11/2011

On November 3, 2011, CME Group successfully transferred nearly 5,300 MF Global customer accounts and more than $410 million of CME Clearing-held collateral to other qualified clearing firms. CME Clearing continues to hold MF Global proprietary and customer collateral that will be distributed upon instructions from the Trustee and the bankruptcy court.

London Stock Exchange Group Monthly Market Report - October 2011

Date 04/11/2011

London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.L) sits at the heart of the world's financial community, offering international business unrivalled access to Europe's capital markets. In October a total of 32.1 million trades were carried out across the Group's electronic equity order books with a combined value of £181.2 billion (€208.2 billion), up 13 per cent on October 2010 (£160.9 billion).