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BM&FBOVESPA Announces February 2010 Market Performance

Date 09/03/2010

This month’s highlights: The daily average of contracts in the derivatives market (BM&F segment) set a new record of 2,183,679 contracts, compared to the previous record of 2,172,046 contracts registered in March 2008; The daily average of trades in the BM&F segment set a new record of 62,994 trades, compared to the previous record of 51,329 trades registered in October 2009; The daily average of contracts traded via DMA (Direct Market Access) in the BM&F segment set
R.J. O’Brien Opens Houston Office To Spearhead Energy Business

Date 09/03/2010

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the largest independent futures brokerage firm in the United States, today announced that it has just opened a Houston office to spearhead the firm’s energy brokerage business and hired two experienced brokers to head the team. Steffen van Keppel and Tod Mitchell have joined RJO, both as Senior Vice President, Energy.
Enhancing Financial Inclusiveness: CGAP, Deutsche Bank, Grameen-Jameel And Islamic Development Bank Partner To Launch ‘Islamic Microfinance Challenge 2010’

Date 09/03/2010

CGAP, Deutsche Bank, Grameen-Jameel and Islamic Development Bank have joined forces to challenge the Islamic microfinance industry to develop new ideas for business models in the Islamic Microfinance Challenge 2010: Innovating Sustainable, Scalable, and Market-Driven Models. Islamic microfinance has gained some traction over the past few years, with a swift rise in the number of institutions offering microfinance products in
International Securities Exchange: William A. Porter To Receive Prestigious Options Industry Award

Date 09/03/2010

The International Securities Exchange (ISE), E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) and The Options Industry Council (OIC) today announced that financial industry pioneer William A. Porter will be honored by the OIC with the Joseph P. Sullivan Options Industry Achievement Award in recognition of his overall contributions to the options industry.
ICE Trust Marks One-Year Anniversary For North American CDS Clearing - Expanded Set Of Initiatives In First Half 2010 - $6.4 Trillion Cleared By ICE On A Global Basis

Date 09/03/2010

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today marked the one-year anniversary of the launch of ICE Trust U.S. (ICE Trust), the world's leading clearing house for credit default swaps (CDS). ICE Trust began clearing North American CDS indexes (CDX) on March 9, 2009. Through March 5, 2010, ICE Trust cleared $4.3 trillion in gross notional value on more than 55 thousand transa

Russell And NASDAQ OMX To Launch RussellTick - NASDAQ OMX To Disseminate All Russell Index Values

Date 09/03/2010

Russell Investments and The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that NASDAQ OMX(R) has been selected as the primary source of real-time index values for all of Russell's equity indexes via RussellTick(TM), a new proprietary data service. Developed by NASDAQ OMX, RussellTick will offer investors and traders worldwide real-time access to Russell Index values, including the industry-leading U.S. small-cap Russell 2000(R) Index and U.S. broad-market Russell 3000(R) Index
European Parliament Economic Affairs Committee: Regulating The Derivatives Markets

Date 09/03/2010

The over-the-counter trade in derivatives must become much more transparent and better controlled, say Members of the EP Economic Affairs Committee. They argue that the risk element in derivatives should be expressed more clearly in their price, while a clear distinction should be made between the use of derivatives by companies and their use by financial institutions.
CESR Publishes An Update On The Assessment Of The Proposals For MiFID Pre-Trade Transparency Waivers

Date 09/03/2010

The MiFID compliance of these functionalities has been assessed at CESR level on the basis of the new joint process that CESR launched in February 2009. The table(Ref. CESR/09-324) includes information on a new assessments made at CESR level regarding an application for a waiver to be granted on the basis of the MiFID Implementing Regulation that CESR considered not to be compliant with MiFID.
Tokyo Financial Exchange: Concerning The Temporary Suspension Of Overnight Interest Rate Futures

Date 09/03/2010

TFX will change the contract specification of Over-Night Call Rate Futures and Spot-Next Repo Rate Futures (hereinafter collectively called Overnight Interest Rate Futures), as we mentioned in the news file dated 27 January 2010 .
Tokyo Stock Exchange: 14 Foreign Commodity ETFs To Be Listed (ETF Securities Limited)

Date 09/03/2010

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) approved today the listing of 14 foreign commodity ETFs. These foreign ETFs are managed by ETF Securities Limited and their main market is the London Stock Exchange. The 14 ETFs are scheduled to be listed on Friday, March 19, 2010.