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Hedge Fund Analyst Sentenced In New York City Federal Court For Insider Trading Scheme

Date 01/02/2013

Jason Pflaum, a former research analyst with the hedge fund Barai Capital Management (BCM), was sentenced today to time served followed by two years of supervised release for his participation in an insider trading scheme in which Pflaum obtained material, nonpublic information about various publicly-traded companies and provided it to the head of BCM, Samir Barai, announced U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara. Pflaum pleaded guilty in December 2010 to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and one count of securities fraud pursuant to a cooperation agreement with the government.  He was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court by U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff.

TSX Block List Leaders By Volume And By Values - January 2013

Date 01/02/2013

Block Trade Summaries

Block trades are large trades with a volume of 10,000 shares or more and a value of $100,000 or more. The TSX Block List Leaders lists shows the top ten brokers chosen by their customers to execute these significant block trades on Toronto Stock Exchange. For a full list of block trades for all brokers, get our Broker Block Summary.

Opening Remarks At Meeting Of Advisory Committee On Small And Emerging Companies By SEC Chairman Elisse Walter

Date 01/02/2013

Good morning and welcome. I want to begin by thanking all of you for participating in this Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies. 

Trading Volume In Vix Futures Rose To New Record In January - Single-Day And Monthly Volume, Open Interest, Reached New Highs During January - New London Connectivity Hub Launched Today

Date 01/02/2013

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE^®) announced today that trading activity in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index^® (VIX^®) set several new records in January 2013, including total monthly volume, total monthly average daily volume, single-day volume and open interest.   

OneChicago Announces Trading Volume For January 2013 - Security Futures Volume At The Exchange In January 2013 Was Up 78% Year-Over-Year, Compared With January 2012

Date 01/02/2013

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced January 2013 volume of 537,739.

BOX Options Exchange Price Improvement Activity For January

Date 01/02/2013

In the month of January, price improved contracts on BOX Options Exchange (“BOX”) averaged 214,940 per day.  Price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via BOX’s price improvement auction, PIP, averaged $195,754 per day, while total savings to investors this month were $4.1 MM.  With this, BOX has saved investors over $416 MM since its inception in 2004.  Overall average daily trading volume on BOX in the month of January was 436,991 contracts.

CFTC: Federal Court Imposes Over $2.8 Million In Sanctions Against Florida Resident Martin H. Bedick And His Company, Angus Jackson, Inc., For Making False Statements

Date 01/02/2013

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that the Honorable James I. Cohn of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued an order requiring defendants Martin H. Bedick, of Boca Raton, Fla., and his company, Angus Jackson, Inc., of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to pay a civil monetary penalty of more than $1.9 million and to disgorge $955,000 in ill-gotten gains as a result of making false statements to the National Futures Association (NFA) in violation of Section 9(a)(4) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) (see CFTC Press Release 6203-12, March 12, 2012). In addition, the court enjoined defendants from violating the CEA, as charged, and from engaging in any activities relating to commodity trading.

CBOE Holdings Reports January 2013 Trading Volume: - VIX Options And Futures Set All-Time Monthly Volume Records

Date 01/02/2013

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that January  trading volume for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange^® (CBOE^®) and C2 Options Exchange^SM (C2^SM) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange^SM (CFE^®) totaled 89.02 million contracts. Average daily volume (ADV) in January was 4.24 million contracts, up eight percent from 3.93 million contracts in December 2012 and down seven percent from 4.56 million contracts in January 2012. 

MGEX Reports Year Over Year Volume And Open Interest Growth

Date 01/02/2013

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced volume and open interest for January2013. Total volume was reported at 96,630, a 3.6 percent increase from January 2012 and a 26.6 percent increase from December 2012. Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) and Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) futures accounted for 95,280 contracts traded while options accounted for 1,350 contracts traded.

CFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update

Date 01/02/2013

The current reports for the week of January 29, 2013 are now available.