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CFTC Approves Request From The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. To Adopt New Chapter 10 (“Regulatory Reporting Of Swap Data”) And New Rule 1001 (“Regulatory Reporting Of Swap Data”) Of CME’s Rulebook

Date 07/03/2013

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has approved a request from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) to adopt new Chapter 10 and new Rule 1001 of CME’s rulebook. The new rule provides that:

“For all swaps cleared by the Clearing House, and resulting positions, the Clearing House shall report creation and continuation data to CME's swap data repository for purposes of complying with applicable CFTC rules governing the regulatory reporting of swaps. Upon the request of a counterparty to a swap cleared at the Clearing House, the Clearing House shall provide the same creation and continuation data to a swap data repository selected by the counterparty as the Clearing House provided to CME's swap data repository under the preceding sentence.”

$8.7 Billion Net Inflows Into ETFs And ETPs Listed In The United States In February 2013 Show A Continuation Of The Rotation Into Equities

Date 06/03/2013

In February 2013, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) listed in the United States had net inflows of $8.7 billion, according to new research published in the latest ETFGI Global ETF and ETP industry insights. ETFGI won the Best ETF Research award in 2012 in the ETF Express awards announced on February 28th in London.  

SIFMA Applauds Introduction Of Swaps Push-Out Reform Legislation

Date 06/03/2013

SIFMA today released the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., acting president and CEO, after legislation was introduced to amend Section 716 of Dodd-Frank, which would force financial institutions to “push-out” their derivatives operations into a separate entity. The Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act was introduced in both houses of Congress by Senators Kay Hagan (D-NC) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Representatives Randy Hultgren (R-IL) and Jim Himes (D-CT).

$1.3 Billion Net Inflows Into ETFs And ETPs Listed In Europe In February 2013 Show A Continuation Of The Rotation Into Equities

Date 06/03/2013

In February 2013, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) listed in Europe had net inflows of $1.3 billion, according to new research published in the latest ETFGI Europe ETF and ETP industry insights. ETFGI won the Best ETF Research award in 2012 in the ETF Express awards announced on February 28th in London.

SIFMA Executive Vice President Randy Snook Remarks - SIFMA's Insurance And Risk-Linked Securities Conference

Date 06/03/2013

Good morning. I’m Randy Snook, executive vice president, of business policy and practices at SIFMA. It is my pleasure to welcome you to our annual Insurance and Risk-Linked Securities Conference. I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our sponsors for their generous support. We have some very loyal repeat sponsors and we are grateful. We are also pleased to have several new sponsors join this year.

$11.4 Billion Net Inflows Into Global ETFs And ETPs In February 2013 Show A Continuation Of The Rotation Into Equities

Date 06/03/2013

In February 2013, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) globally had net inflows of $11.4 billion, according to new research published in the latest ETFGI Global ETF and ETP industry insights. ETFGI won the Best ETF Research award in 2012 in the ETF Express awards announced on February 28th in London.

BOX Options Exchange March 2013 InBOX

Date 06/03/2013

This is the March issue of InBOX, your news source from inside the BOX Options Exchange. This monthly publication will provide convenient summaries of recent developments at BOX.

FTSE Italia Index Series Quarterly Review March 2013

Date 06/03/2013

The FTSE Italia Index Policy Committee has approved the following changes to the FTSE Italia Index Series which will become effective after the close of business on Friday, 15 March 2013 (i.e. on Monday, 18 March 2013).

BM&FBOVESPA Announces Changes To The Fee Policy For The Stock Market - The Changes Are Part Of The Company’s Strategic Plan And Aim At Enhancing The Entire Firm’s Pricing Structure

Date 06/03/2013

BM&FBOVESPA is changing its pricing policy for the cash equity market. These changes are part of the company’s strategic plan and seek to enhance the entire company’s pricing structure, starting at the equity cash market. The initiatives also seek to eliminate cross subsidies, to encourage higher volumes and to share gains from economies of scale.

Easyjet And London Stock Exchange Group To Join FTSE 100 Index

Date 06/03/2013

FTSE Group (“FTSE”) confirms today that, Easyjet, the airline company, and London Stock Exchange Group, the exchange group, will be joining the FTSE 100 Index. In the rebalance, Intu Properties, the shopping centre management and development company, and Kazakhmys, the natural resources group, will leave the UK’s leading index and enter the FTSE 250 Index.