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Volume In S&P 500 Index Options Sets New Single Day Trading Record On Monday - CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) Reached New Intraday And Closing Highs

Date 07/10/2008

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that on Monday, October 6, several records were established at the Exchange as trading in S&P 500 Index (SPX) options soared to a new all-time high and the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) reached record levels both intra-day and at the close of trading.
SEC Roundtable On More Transparent Disclosure To Address Lessons Of Current Credit Crisis

Date 07/10/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agenda for Wednesday’s roundtable on providing more transparency to investors that will include discussion of lessons from the current credit crisis. Among other issues, panelists will address better ways to explain complex financial instruments to investors and the marketplace, and will propose ways to provide investors with more transparent, useful, and timely access to high-quality information. The roundtable is part of the SEC’s 2
UK’s Government Acts To Ensure Financial Stability

Date 07/10/2008

The Department for Business today laid an Order in Parliament to enable Ministers to intervene and make decisions on mergers that may impact on the UK's financial stability.
RTS Board Results: September 2008

Date 07/10/2008

For the period of September 01st –30th, 2008 the total trading volume in the RTS Board system equaled $31,2 mln. Most popular stocks were ordinary shares of Mostotrest (MSTT), PJSC "TNK-BP Holding" ordinary shares (TNBP), JSC "Holding MRSK" ordinary shares (MRKH).
CME Group And Citadel To Launch The First Integrated Credit Default Swaps Trading Platform And Central Counterparty Facility, Linked To CME Clearing - Joint Venture Will Facilitate Clearing For Existing Swap Contracts Within 30 Days

Date 07/10/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, and Citadel Investment Group, L.L.C., a leading alternative investment and technology firm, today announced they have executed a non-binding term sheet to launch a joint venture company within 30 days, which will be the first electronic trading platform that is fully integrated with a central counterparty clearing facility for Credit Default Swaps (CDS). CME Clearing, the world's largest derivatives clearing house, will be

FORTS Trading Results: September 2008

Date 07/10/2008

Over the period September 1st – September 30th the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) reached 860,5 billion rubles or 21,1 million contracts, including 67,2 bln. roubles in the evening trading session. At the end of the month the total open interest reached 128,0 billon rubles in money terms or 2,7 million contacts.
ICE Millions FX Futures Contracts To Launch November 6 On ICE Futures U.S.

Date 07/10/2008

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global futures exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that ICE Futures U.S.(TM) will launch a suite of million-currency-unit foreign exchange (FX) futures contracts on November 6, 2008. The new futures contracts, known as ICE Millions and first announced on September 24, combine the benefits of futures and OTC products, bringing additional transactional efficiencies and risk management tools to the FX marketpl
London Metal Exchange Appoints Deputy Chief Executive

Date 07/10/2008

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has today appointed Diarmuid O’Hegarty as Deputy Chief Executive of the Exchange.
Securities & Investment Institute Appoints Richard Charnock FSI And Frank Moxon FSI As Board Members

Date 07/10/2008

The Securities & Investment Institute (SII) is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Charnock FSI and Frank Moxon FSI to its Board.
Russian Trading System: The Procedure On Suspension Of Trading And Market Reopening Amended By The FFMS

Date 07/10/2008

As of October 07th, 2008 the following instructions of the FFMS are implemented: if the opening value or the current value of the corresponding technical index goes up or down by more than 5% as compared to its closing value of the previous day, trading shall be suspended for at least 1 hour; if the opening value or the current value of the corresponding technical index changes either way by more than 10% on its closing value of the previous day, trading shall be stopped till the end of the f