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Osaka Securities Exchange SPAN Parameter Updated - Feb. 12, 2013 - Feb. 15, 2013

Date 04/02/2013

SPAN Parameter is the fundamental data for calculating margin requirements and is used for calculating "SPAN Risk Parameter Files" which are distributed on a daily basis.

Group Finance Director Chris Lucas And Group General Counsel Mark Harding To Retire From Barclays

Date 03/02/2013

Barclays has today announced that the Group Finance Director Chris Lucas, and the Group General Counsel Mark Harding, have decided to retire from the company.

Tehran Stock Exchange Turned 45

Date 03/02/2013

TSE was founded in February 1967 with only six listed companies, and after decades of development, it is now a market with above IRR 1660 trillion capitalization and 322 listed companies, as well as bonds and derivatives markets.

Tehran Stock Exchange Attends The FEAS Executive Committee In Turkey On 26 January 2013

Date 03/02/2013

"In attendance of the participants from IMKB, Bulgarian SE, Egyptian Exchange, Muscat Securities Market, Kazakhstan SE, Sarajevo SE, Tehran SE, Macedonia SE, Macedonia Central Securities Depository and TAKAS Bank; FEAS Executive Board was hold in Istanbul suburbs, Sapanca, on Saturday, 26 January 2013." Mohammadreza Arabi, Vice President in Listing and Members stated.

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.