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Options Industry Sets New Daily Volume Record With 39,530,495 Contracts Traded On Friday, August 5, 2011

Date 08/08/2011

OCC announced that a new daily options trading volume record was set on Friday, August 5, 2011 when 39,530,495 contracts were traded. This is 9.41 percent higher than the previous record of 36,132,133 contracts set on August 4, 2011.

CME Clearing Is Not Planning To Adjust Haircuts Following S&P Rating Change To U.S.

Date 08/08/2011

CME Clearing President Kim Taylor made the following statement regarding the recent S&P change to the U.S.'s AAA credit rating:

"CME Clearing has evaluated the market situation surrounding the U.S. downgrade and has determined that there is no current need for changes to our collateral haircuts or policies for accepting U.S. Treasuries as margin collateral. We will continue to monitor the liquidity environment and advise market participants if the environment changes."

ISE And Horizon Kinetics Launch Horizon Kinetics ISE Wealth Index

Date 08/08/2011

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) announced today that it has partnered with Horizon Kinetics LLC (Horizon Kinetics), an independently-owned and operated investment boutique, to launch the Horizon Kinetics ISE Wealth Index (Ticker: RCH). 

Dow Jones Indexes, UBS Investment Bank Launch Dow Jones-UBS Roll Select Commodity Index - New Index Designed To Mitigate Effects Of Contango On Index Performance

Date 08/08/2011

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and UBS Investment Bank today announced the launch of the Dow Jones-UBS Roll Select Commodity Index, a gauge that aims to mitigate the negative effects of contango on index returns.

U.S. And Chinese Regulators Meet In Beijing On Audit Oversight Cooperation

Date 08/08/2011

The Sino-U.S. Symposium on Audit Oversight was held in Beijing on July 11-12, 2011. In attendance were officials from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), and Chinese Ministry of Finance (MOF). The symposium, which was contemplated by the outcomes of the third U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), represented an important step toward Sino-U.S. cooperation on audit oversight of public companies. At the symposium, the officials briefed each other on their respective audit oversight system and inspection procedures. They also exchanged views on how to deepen cooperation on cross-border audit oversight.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 08/08/2011

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 10 August 2011, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below.

S&P, TMX Group Launch S&P/TSX Venture Select Index For The Canadian Market - S&P Licenses Blackrock To List ETF Based Upon The Index

Date 08/08/2011

Providing Canadian investors with a new and innovative approach to tracking the performance of smaller-cap Canadian Stocks trading on TSX Venture Exchange, S&P Indices and TMX Group Inc., owner of Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange, launched today the S&P/TSX Venture Select Index.

DTCC Statement On FICC Activities Following S&P Rating Change On U.S. Sovereign Debt - No Current Plans To Adjust Applicable Haircuts For GSD Clearing Fund, MBSD Participants Fund Collateral

Date 08/08/2011

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today issued the following statement regarding activities of its Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) subsidiary in light of Standard & Poor’s rating change on US sovereign debt:

FICC has no current plans to make any changes in our applicable valuations of securities (or haircuts) required for collateral for its Government Securities Division (GSD) Clearing Fund and its Mortgage-Backed Securities Division (MBSD) Participants Fund at this time. We continue to monitor market developments and volatility in the coming days to assess if we will need to make any changes in our processes FICC will operate under its normal schedule for input and reporting during the week of August 8.

RTS Trading Statistics July 2011 - RTS Volumes: Lightly Positive Mood Rules The Market

Date 08/08/2011

The Russian market was supported by growth in the American market, and a rise in the oil price.

HKEx Changes Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 08/08/2011

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 12 August 2011 (Friday), 24 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 50 existing designated securities will be removed from the list.  The total number of designated securities for short selling will be 724 after the revision.