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Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Before The International Roundtable On Financial Benchmarks, Washington, DC

Date 26/02/2013

I’m pleased we are discussing the critically important topic of benchmarks. We’ve witnessed blatant and brazen monkeying with the marks. The LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate), for instance, impacts virtually anything consumers purchase on credit from a car to a home mortgage to a student loan. When marks are manipulated, it affects us all.

CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler To Testify Before The U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition And Forestry

Date 26/02/2013

The Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Wishes To Reiterate To Issuers Their Obligation To Provide Information When Issuing Equity Securities Or Securities Giving Access To Capital Of The Issuer Without A Prospectus

Date 26/02/2013

In position 2013-03, the AMF specifies the information to be given to the market when issuing equity securities or giving access to capital when a prospectus is not published.

Global Reporting Initiative Launches Focal Point For A More Sustainable Africa

Date 26/02/2013

The Global Reporting Initiative will officially launch its Focal Point South Africa at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange next week, with a mission to make sustainability reporting standard practice for companies and organizations in South Africa and the wider region.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 26/02/2013

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 1 March 2013, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

VIX Futures Set New Single-Day Volume Record Yesterday: 302,278 Contracts

Date 26/02/2013

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) announced yesterday that CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® index) futures set an all-time single-day volume record of 302,278 contracts (estimated).

EEX Executes First Flemish EUA Auction

Date 26/02/2013

Today, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) executed the first auction on behalf of the Flanders region, one of three Belgian regions. In the auction, 2 million EUA have been sold at a price of 4.29 Euro/EUA. The total bidding amount was 6,401,000 EUA which means that participants demanded more than 3-fold the auction volume. 16 companies took part in the auction.

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Performance 2012

Date 26/02/2013

Click here to download a presentation which was given today by the ADX CEO, Mr. Rashed Al Baloushi.

NYSE Euronext: The Expert Indices Committee

Date 26/02/2013

The Expert Indices Committee, meeting today, took the following decisions:

New Amundi ETF Launched In The XTF Segment On Xetra - EFT Tracks TOPIX Index With Currency Hedging

Date 26/02/2013

A new exchange-traded equity index fund issued by Amundi has been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Tuesday.