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Overview Of Annual Reports Of 2010, 1Q Reports Of 2011 Of Shanghai Stock Exchange-Listed Companies

Date 03/05/2011

April 30, 2011 witnessed the completion of disclosure of annual reports of 2010 and 1st quarter reports of 2011. All 906 SSE-listed companies disclosed their annual reports of 2010 (Four of them were disclosed by way of prospectus) and 1st quarter reports of 2011 as scheduled.
Results Of 2010 Australian Share Ownership Study

Date 03/05/2011

Approximately 7.3 million people or 43% of the adult Australian population own shares, either directly (via shares or other listed investments) or indirectly (via unlisted managed funds), according to the latest Australian Share Ownership Study (Study) released today by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
Shanghai Stock Exchange High-End Equipment Manufacturing 60 index,SSE 180 Equal Weight Index,SSE 180 Sector Equal Weight Index To Be Launched

Date 03/05/2011

To further enhance the SSE and CSI index family as well as to provide new analysis tool and underlying instrument for investors, SSE High-End Equipment Manufacturing 60 index,SSE 180 Equal Weight Index,SSE 180 Sector Equal Weight Index are to be launched on May 24 2011 by SSE and CSI. The methodologies can be seen in www.sse.com.cn and www.csindex.com.cn.
Chi-X Australia Selects Access Networks & Communications As Its Alternate Data Centre Provider

Date 03/05/2011

Chi-X Australia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of alternative trading venue operator Chi-X Global Inc., today announced that it has selected Access Networks & Communications (Access Networks) as its alternate data centre provider. Chi-X Australia and Access Networks intend to offer participants access to the Chi-X Australia marketplace within the Global Switch Sydney facility. Combined with experience supporting clients and service providers in the financial services and trading community, Access Networks delivers products and services designed to support low latency and multiple exchange venue access out of its data centre within Global Switch’s Sydney facility.
SIFMA Appoints Matt McGinley As Managing Director For Federal Government Affairs

Date 02/05/2011

SIFMA today announced it has appointed Matt McGinley as managing director of federal government affairs. Mr. McGinley joins SIFMA from the office of Congressman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) where he served as chief of staff as well as chief of staff for the House Republican Policy Committee.

MGEX Announces April Trading Volume Record

Date 02/05/2011

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced April 2011 volume records. With 174,280 contracts traded in the month, April was a top 15 month for total volume in the Exchange’s 130 year history. April 28 saw 17,932 contracts trade, the eleventh-highest volume day in the history of MGEX. The same day saw trading of Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) options set a new daily volume record when 4,623 options contracts traded at MGEX. Electronic trading volume reached 144,577 last month, marking the best April electronic volume on record and the sixth-best electronic trading month in history.
ELX Announces Solid April Results With Strong Performances In 5 and 30-Year U.S. Treasury Futures And Record Average Open Interest In Eurodollar Futures

Date 02/05/2011

ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX), a leading electronic futures exchange, announced today that it continued to add new participants and see solid growth and strong performances in its futures products in the month of April. Highlights include the 30-year bond having its best performing market share month ever, the 5-year note having its best performing market share month of the year in April, and Eurodollar futures setting a record in combined average open interest (OI).
BM&FBOVESPA: Competitive Bidding Process To Select Market Makers For Options On The Stock Of OGX Petróleo E Gás And Itaú Unibanco Holding

Date 02/05/2011

BM&FBOVESPA held a public consultation into the rules for the selection, accreditation and performance of market makers for equity options, and after examining the suggestions and observations made by market participants it submitted the rules for analysis by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM), which approved them with the understanding that non-resident institutions may also participate, observing the relevant regulations.
SEC: Fee Rate Advisory #1 For Fiscal Year 2012

Date 02/05/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that, if a regular appropriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2012 is enacted on or before Oct. 1, 2011, the fees rates applicable to most securities transactions will decrease from $19.20 per million dollars to $15.10 per million dollars in fiscal year 2012. The new fee rates will go into effect on the later of Oct. 1, 2011 or 30 days after the appropriation is enacted. The assessment on security futures transactions will remain unchanged at $0.0042 for each round turn transaction.
NYSE Euronext Comments On Nasdaq/ICE Announcement That It Intends to Commence Exchange Offer On Same Terms That Have Been Unanimously Rejected

Date 02/05/2011

NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) notes that Nasdaq OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) and IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) have announced their intention to begin an unsolicited exchange offer some time in May to acquire all outstanding shares of NYSE Euronext. NYSE Euronext further notes that Nasdaq and ICE have announced that the terms of the offer will be the same as previously proposed. On April 21, 2011, NYSE Euronext’s Board of Directors unanimously rejected this proposal from Nasdaq OMX/ICE. NYSE Euronext’s financial advisers are Perella Weinberg Partners, BNP Paribas, Goldman, Sachs and Co., and Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. Its legal advisers are Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Stibbe N.V. and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP.