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Tokyo Stock Exchange: New "JPX JGB Futures Volatility Index"

Date 01/11/2013

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will start calculating and publishing a new index “JPX JGB Futures Volatility Index”, an index that shows the volatility of 10-year Japanese Government Bond Futures contracts, from November 1, 2013. 

Tokyo Financial Exchange Trading Volume In October 2013

Date 01/11/2013

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in October was 563,567 ( + 95.8% MoM / + 75.5% YoY) and its average daily volume was 25,617 . See the TABLE 1 for the composition of the trading volume. 

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil For October 2013 Contract

Date 01/11/2013

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for October 2013 contract is 65,660 yen.

Dalian Commodity Exchange: Notice On Conducting The Simulated Test Of The Egg Product Trading System

Date 01/11/2013

To simulate the smooth listing of the egg futures product, Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) has decided to conduct the networking test of the trading system from 10:00 am to 11:30 am on November 2 (Saturday). DCE requires the member units to arrange for the market representatives at the trading floor and the personnel related to the remote trading system and the settlement system to participate in the test in advance.

2014 Weights For The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Announced By S&P Dow Jones Indices And UBS Investment Bank

Date 31/10/2013

S&P Dow Jones Indices and UBS Investment Bank announced today new target weightings for the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index. There are no additions or deletions to the index as a result of the annual reconstitution. The 2014 target weights are scheduled to be effective in January 2014.

CFTC Seeks Public Comment On Certification From MarketAxess SEF Corporation To Implement Available-To-Trade Determinations For Certain Interest Rate And Credit Default Swaps

Date 31/10/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is requesting public comment on a certification from MarketAxess SEF Corporation (MarketAxess) to implement available-to-trade determinations for certain credit default swap contracts. MarketAxess submitted its available-to-trade determinations to the CFTC on a self-certified basis pursuant to CFTC regulations 37.10 and 40.6. If MarketAxess’s submission is deemed certified by operation of CFTC regulation 40.6, such swap contracts, whether listed or offered by MarketAxess or any other designated contract market (DCM) or swap execution facility (SEF), will be subject to the trade execution requirement under section 2(h)(8) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). All transactions involving swaps that are subject to the trade execution requirement generally must be executed on either a DCM or a SEF. In addition, to the extent that such transactions are executed on a SEF, they must be executed in accordance with the execution methods prescribed by CFTC regulation 37.9(a)(2).

Report On U.S. Portfolio Holdings Of Foreign Securities At End-Year 2012

Date 31/10/2013

The findings from the annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2012 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx.

DTCC Reports Jump In Third Quarter Cash Flows Into Annuity Products

Date 31/10/2013

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) Insurance & Retirement Services (I&RS) business unit has released its most recent findings on activity and trends in the market for annuity products, including a 7% increase in inflows and a 98% increase in net cash flows in the third quarter over the second quarter. The information is based on data, obtained from the millions of transactions processed by and entrusted to I&RS, available to subscribers of its online Analytic Reporting for Annuities information service.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Deletion From The S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index

Date 31/10/2013

S&P Dow Jones Canadian Index Services will make thefollowing changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX:BNS) has redeemed for $CDN25.00 cash per share all of the outstanding shares of its Non-cumulative Preferred Shares, Series 12 (TSX:BNS.PR.J). The shares of this issue will be removed from the S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index and the S&P/TSX  North  American  Preferred  Stock  Index  after  the  close  of  trading  on  Friday,November 1, 2013 at a price of $CDN25.00.

Mr. Yossi Beinart – New Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) CEO

Date 31/10/2013

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) Board of Directors approved today (October 31, 2013) the appointment of Mr. Yossi Beinart as TASE CEO. Mr Beinart replaces Ms. Ester Levanon, who is leaving her post at the end of the year.