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BM&F Market Segment Sets New Trading Record Via DMA: 31,259 Trades

Date 19/05/2009

BM&FBOVESPA set a new Direct Market Access (DMA) trading record today, May 19, on the BM&F market segment: 31,259 trades. The previous record of 30,629 trades was set on May 13. A total of 229,000 contracts were traded today, in comparison to 327,000 traded on May 13.
CFTC Extends Public Comment Period On Concept Release Regarding Review Of Exemptions For Swap Dealers

Date 19/05/2009

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is extending the public comment period on the concept release regarding review of exemptions for swap dealers.
BM&FBOVESPA: Co-Location – Beginning Of Activity

Date 19/05/2009

On May 18, 2009, BM&FBOVESPA (the “Company”) announced to its participants, through the Circular Letter 028/2009, the foreseen date to the beginning of the trading activity through Co-Location for both BM&F and Bovespa segments.
Chicago Climate Exchange Sets New Record Trading Day

Date 19/05/2009

Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. (CCX®) announced today that it reached a new record with 38,643 Carbon Financial Instrument® (CFI®) contracts traded (representing 3,864,300 metric tons of CO2 equivalent), making May 19, 2009 the highest trading day in the history of CCX. Trading occurred in all vintages from 2003 through 2010. The previous record day was reached on May 13, 2008 when 36,626 CFI contracts traded.
Hellenic Exchanges S.A. Holding: 1st Repetitive General Meeting Of HELEX

Date 19/05/2009

Hellenic Exchanges S.A. Holding, Clearing, Settlement And Registry announces that at today's 1st Repetitive General Meeting of shareholders of the Company, due to a lack of the required quorum, by the Law and the Company's Articles of Association, the discussion of the following items of the Daily Agenda was postponed: Item 1: Reduction of the share capital in the amount of 6,396,250 euro through the reduction of the total number of shares from 70,485,563 to 65,368,563 common registe

SEC Announces $843 Million Fair Fund Distribution To Harmed AIG Investors

Date 19/05/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that a federal court has approved the distribution of more than $843 million to harmed investors in the American International Group, Inc. from a Fair Fund that the SEC established after the company’s settlement of an SEC enforcement action for accounting fraud.
Monetary Authority Of Singapore: Civil Penalty Enforcement Action For Insider Trading

Date 19/05/2009

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has taken civil penalty enforcement action against Ms Chua Yang Joo for insider trading under Section 218(2)(a) of the Securities and Futures Act (SFA).
FIA Statement On Senate Confirmation Of Gary Gensler As CFTC Chairman

Date 19/05/2009

John Damgard, president of the Futures Industry Association, today issued the following statement in response to the Senate’s confirmation of Gary Gensler as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes

Date 19/05/2009

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that APN News & Media Limited (Australia, Media, APN.AU) will be removed from the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend indexes.
ICE Announces New CDS Clearing Member And CDX Product Additions - Total Cleared Volume Surpasses $585 Billion - European CDS Clearing Operationally Ready

Date 19/05/2009

IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced that The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) has been approved as a clearing member by the Board of ICE Trust(TM), the industry's leading clearing house for credit default swaps (CDS). Operational as of May 18, RBS joins 10 initial clearing members of ICE Trust, and is the first new member since the clearing house launched in