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OneChicago Announces Trading Volume For May 2013

Date 03/06/2013

OneChicago Security Futures Volume Tops 1 Million in May 2013 Posting the Fifth Best Month in Exchange History

SEC Charges Fortune 200 Company For Accounting Deficiencies

Date 03/06/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Bellevue, Wash.-based commercial truck manufacturer and a subsidiary for various accounting deficiencies that clouded their financial reporting to investors in the midst of the financial crisis.

MGEX Reports Eighth Month In A Row Of Year Over Year Volume Growth

Date 03/06/2013

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced total Exchange volume in May at 89,382 contracts traded. This is the eight month in a row that the Exchange has experienced year over year growth. Open interest was reported at 42,519 contracts. Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) volume saw 15.7 percent growth from April 2013 with 362 contracts traded. AJC open interest, reported at 320 contracts, saw 58.4 percent growth from April 2013.

IOSCO Publishes The Responses To Financial Benchmark Consultation

Date 03/06/2013

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published today the comment letters to the consultation paper on Principles for Financial Benchmarks that was issued on 16 April 2013. The report sought public comment on a set of high-level principles for benchmarks used in global financial markets. More than 40 responses were received.

OCC Announces Cleared Contract Volume In May Increased 3%

Date 03/06/2013

OCC announced that total cleared contract volume in May reached 391,347,069 contracts, representing a 3 percent increase from the May 2012 volume of 380,417,938 contracts. OCC's year-to-date cleared contract volume is up 0.2 percent from 2012 with 1,774,634,896 contracts.

The Options Industry Council Announces May Options Volume Increased 2 Percent

Date 03/06/2013

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 386,428,255 total options contracts traded in May, which is up 2.35 percent compared to last year when 377,539,997 contracts were traded.

Robert E. Rice Named As Chief Counsel To SEC Chair

Date 03/06/2013

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White today announced that she has appointed Robert E. Rice as her Chief Counsel.

Key Figures For SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland May 2013

Date 03/06/2013

To date, a total of 14,727,457 transactions have been executed on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland in 2013 – a 4.9% increase year-on-year. Transactions in the equities segment, which includes funds and ETPs, were up 5% at 13,696,319. ETF segment transactions also advanced 24.6% year-on-year to 417,613 transactions.

Trading On The Warsaw Stock Exchange: May 2013

Date 03/06/2013

• The value of total trading in equities on the Main Market was PLN 17.4 billion in May 2013, an increase of 17.2% year on year.
• Total trading on the Main Market year to date in 2013 increased by 23.1% year on year.
• The total volume of trading in index futures decreased by 41.6% year on year (544 thousand contracts in May 2013 v. 932 thousand contracts in May 2012).
• The monthly value of session trading in bonds more than quadrupled year on year from PLN 73.2 million in May 2012 to PLN 321.2 million in May 2013.
• The volume of forward transactions in electricity increased by 37.7% year on year in May 2013 while the incremental trading volume year to date in 2013 increased almost three-fold year on year.
• The aggregate volume of spot and forward transactions in natural gas was 78.6 GWh in May 2013 while the incremental volume was more than 381.7 GWh year to date in 2013.

The Warsaw Stock Exchange publishes May turnover data for the markets operated by the WSE Group.

Trad-X Launches Sterling Interest Rate Swaps

Date 03/06/2013

Trad-X, the global hybrid platform for trading interest rate swaps, today announced the launch of its Sterling interest rate swap product.