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OCC Earns Honorable Mention In Ragan's PR Daily Awards In The Best Annual Report Category

Date 02/07/2013

OCC announced today that its 2011 annual report received an Honorable Mention in the Annual Report category for the Ragan’s PR Daily Awards.

IOSCO Meets With Stakeholders On The Global Financial Regulatory Reform Agenda

Date 02/07/2013

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) last Friday hosted a meeting in Madrid with 60 market participants from more than 20 countries, including some 30 international financial associations and investor groups.

FTSE AIM Italia: The New Index Dedicated To SMEs

Date 02/07/2013

•  First FTSE index dedicated to SMEs listed on AIM Italia – MAC
• Index includes all companies listed on the market
• First benchmarking tools for companies listed on AIM Italia
• Reflects growing investor interest for access to this maturing market

NASDAQ OMX Commemorates Six Months Of Ownership Of The NASDAQ Dividend Achievers Indexes - Nearly Thirty-Five Percent Growth In Assets Benchmarked To The Indexes Highlights Demand For Income-Generating Investment Products

Date 02/07/2013

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today commemorates the six-month anniversary of the ownership of the NASDAQ Dividend and Income Index Family, which has seen assets under management (AUM) on products linked to the Family increase 34.7 percent, to $19.0 billion from $14.1 billion, since it was acquired from Mergent, Inc. in December 2012 and subsequently expanded with two additional indexes. Assets benchmarked to the NASDAQ Dividend and Income Index Family reached an all-time high of $19.4 billion on June 18, 2013 since NASDAQ OMX purchased the suite of indexes in December 2012.

ICE Reports Second Quarter Futures ADV Up 3% - Buyside CDS Clearing Surpasses $1.5 Trillion

Date 02/07/2013

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today reported futures volume for June and the second quarter of 2013. ICE's average daily volume (ADV) for futures and options for June 2013 was 3,465,509 contracts, a decrease of 4% from the prior June. Total volume in June 2013 was 69 million contracts. ADV for the second quarter 2013 was 3,544,688 contracts, an increase of 3% from the prior second quarter. All prior period contract volumes have been adjusted to include the transitioned futures contracts, which previously traded in ICE's OTC markets.

Iranian Delegates Visit Spain Capital Markets

Date 02/07/2013

A delegation of Tehran Stock Exchange and Iran Farabourse (SMEs Exchange) visited BME and Spain’s capital market authorities, 25-28 June 2013.

LME Posts New Monthly Trading Record For June

Date 02/07/2013

Trading at the London Metal Exchange (LME) reached record levels in June, up 28% on June 2012, taking volumes in the first half of the year to a new high.

CME Group Volume Averaged 16.9 Million Contracts Per Day In June 2013, Up 29 Percent From June 2012

Date 02/07/2013

• Interest rate average daily volume up 70 percent in June
• Record metals average daily volume up 27 percent in second quarter
• Record foreign exchange average daily volume up 13 percent in second quarter
• Energy open interest record set in both WTI and Brent futures during June
• OTC cleared interest rate swaps of $66 billion per day in June, up 64 percent from May

HKEx: Admission Of Sinopec Engineering To List Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 02/07/2013

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 9 July 2013 (Tuesday), Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd (Stock code: 2386) will be admitted to the list of designated securities eligible for short selling.

IOSCO Board Focuses On Behavioral Economics And Social Media - And Continues Its Forward-Looking And Proactive Work On Global Financial Regulatory Reform

Date 02/07/2013

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) met in Montreal to
advance its work on regulatory reform and seek new ways to enhance market integrity and efficiency, identify and reduce systemic risk, and strengthen investor protection.