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  • Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, At the UC Berkeley/UCLA Symposium: The Mortgage Meltdown, The Economy, And Public Policy, Berkeley, California, October 31, 2008, The Future Of Mortgage Finance In The United States

    Date 31/10/2008

    I appreciate the opportunity to speak at this symposium.  My remarks will focus on the mortgage securitization process, how it has been affected by the financial crisis, and how it may evolve in response to this crisis.  In the United States, as you know, mortgage securitization has been dominated by two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as by the combination of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Ginnie Mae.  By contrast, pri

  • Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Sets PTA Futures Trading Volume Record

    Date 31/10/2008

    On Oct. 30, 2008, the trading volume in the Pure Terephthalic Acid (PTA) futures contract on ZCE (Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange) peaked at 494086 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 480490 contracts set on Aug.5, 2008.

  • Launch Of The New FTSE/Athex Indices

    Date 31/10/2008

    The new FTSE/ATHEX Liquid Mid and FTSE/ATHEX-CSE Banking Index will be launched on Monday November 3, 2008 with starting price 2,000 index points.

  • Two Barclays Exchange Traded Notes List On NYSE Arca

    Date 31/10/2008

    NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced that its fully-owned subsidiary NYSE Arca today began trading two Barclays Exchange Traded Notes (“ETNs”) – iPath® CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index ETN (NYSE Arca: BWV) and Barclays GEMS IndexTM ETN (NYSE Arca: JEM) on a primary listed basis. The ETNs joined NYSE Arca as a transfer from NYSE Alternext US (formerly the American Stock Exchange).

  • MGEX Marks New Record In Electronic Volume

    Date 31/10/2008

    On the heels of announcing its migration to 100 percent electronic trading as of December 19, 2008, MGEX (Exchange) marked a new monthly record for electronic trading volume. Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) futures provided the majority of MGEX electronic volume during October, but the record was ultimately surpassed with trades in the Exchange’s Hard Red Winter Wheat Index futures contract as well as electronic trades of HRSW Options.