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Component Changes Made To Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index

Date 19/05/2010

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index.
Statement Of Richard Shilts, Director, Division Of Market Oversight On Meeting Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission To Discuss: Futures And Binary Options Based On Box Office Receipts

Date 19/05/2010

The purpose of this hearing is to provide the Commission with additional information related to pending contract approval requests submitted by two separate exchanges -- Media Derivatives Inc., which I’ll refer to as MDEX, and Cantor Futures Exchange. The settlement prices of the contracts submitted for approval are based on the level of box office receipts from theaters for particular movies (the contracts are often referred to as “movie futures” or “box office receipt futures”).
FIF Capacity Statistics For April 2010 - New Record Peaks For NASDAQ TotalView ITCH 3.1, BX TotalView ITCH 3.1, BONO, ITTO, CME MDP FIX/FAST, SIAC CQS And NYSE ArcaBook Equities - Growth in european exchanges - Deutsche Börse CEF Ultra+Eurex And Ultra+Xe

Date 19/05/2010

This month’s bulletin from the Financial Information Forum (FIF) finds that NASDAQ TotalView ITCH 3.1 and BX TotalView ITCH 3.1 were up 57% and 50% with new record peaks of 306,860 mps and 83,324 mps
Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Jill E. Sommers, Meeting Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission To Discuss: Futures And Binary Options Based On Box Office Receipts

Date 19/05/2010

Last month the Commission approved the applications of Media Derivatives, Inc. (MDEX) and Cantor Futures Exchange L.P. (Cantor) to become designated contract markets (DCMs), conditioned on a requirement that the exchanges will submit all new classes or categories of media related contracts for approval instead of the self certification process. We imposed this condition due to concerns regarding the nature of the contracts MDEX and Cantor initially intended to list for trading, which are base
Speech By SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro: Remarks At CFA Institute 2010 Annual Conference

Date 19/05/2010

Good morning, it's a pleasure to be here today, if only electronically. I apologize for not being with you in person but, unfortunately, work related to our investigation into the causes of the market disruption nearly two weeks ago is keeping me here in Washington.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Michael V. Dunn On Meeting Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission To Discuss: Futures And Binary Options Based On Box Office Receipts

Date 19/05/2010

Predicting the success or failure of a futures contract is possibly more difficult than predicting whether or not a motion picture will be successful. Most new futures contracts fail - an estimated 70-80% cannot attract and sustain a profitable level of trading volume. Despite the fact that creating a successful and sustainable futures contract appears to be against all odds, exchanges are continually working to bring new products to the market in hopes of finding a successful contract.
Pax World Lists ESG Shares® North America Sustainability Index ETFOon NYSE Arca

Date 19/05/2010

NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, NYSE Arca, began trading the ESG Shares® North America Sustainability Index ETF (Ticker: NASI). The ETF is advised by Pax World Management LLC.
CFTC Files Anti-Fraud Action Against Jeffrey Shalhoub And Jeff Shalhoub Investments For Operating A Futures Ponzi Scheme

Date 19/05/2010

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged Jeffrey Shalhoub of Staten Island, N.Y., and his company, Jeff Shalhoub Investments (JSI) of Long Island City, N.Y., with operating a commodity futures Ponzi scheme.
IndexIQ Lists IQ Taiwan Small Cap ETF On NYSE Arca

Date 19/05/2010

NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NYSE Arca, today began trading IQ Taiwan Small Cap ETF (Ticker: TWON).The ETF is sponsored by IndexIQ.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 19/05/2010

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: On May 18, 2010, Sears Canada Inc. (TSX:SCC) announced the payment of a special dividend of $3.50 per share. The ex-date for this payment is Thursday, May 27, 2010. It is anticipated that the value of the special dividend will be over 4% of the last traded board-lot price of Sears Canada on Wednesday, May 26, 2010. On that date, the last traded board-lot p