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Polish Power Exchange: Closer To The Exchange Gas Market

Date 05/09/2012

• The Polish Financial Supervision Authority has approved the Rules of Gas Trading on the Polish Power Exchange and the Rules of the Exchange Clearing House (Commodity Market) operated by the Warsaw Commodity Clearing House.
• The documents constitute the formal basis for the operation of the gas market on POLPX and set out among others the conditions which must be fulfilled by market participants in order to trade in gas on the exchange.
• Currently, trade will only be possible through brokerage houses and commodity brokerage houses which are POLPX members and employ commodity exchange brokers.

Deutsche Börse New Network Operator For CEESEG

Date 05/09/2012

Deutsche Börse AG and CEE Stock Exchange Group (CEESEG) have recently concluded a major IT agreement. From mid-September 2012, Deutsche Börse IT will act as network operator for the largest stock exchange group in Central and Eastern Europe and provide its ExServes CEESEG FIX Connectivity solution for connecting customers to the CEESEG FIX Gateway.

IntercontinentalExchange Sets Date Of November 5 For Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Announcement

Date 05/09/2012

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, will announce third quarter 2012 financial results on Monday, November 5, 2012. An earnings press release will be issued prior to the earnings conference call, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. ET.

South Africa's Securities Exchanges Regulation Declared Number One By World Economic Forum

Date 05/09/2012

For the third consecutive year, the regulation of South Africa’s securities exchanges has again been declared number one out of 144 countries included in the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Competitiveness Survey.  The country’s securities market regulators are the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and its regulator, the Financial Services Board (FSB).

ICE Reports August Futures Volume - Surpasses One Million CDS Trades Cleared To Date

Date 05/09/2012

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today reported futures volume for August 2012. Average daily volume (ADV) for ICE's futures markets was 1,345,080 contracts, a decline of 18% from the prior August. Year-to-date through August 31, ADV across ICE's futures exchanges was 1,550,296 contracts, up 2% compared to the first eight months of 2011. Total futures volume in August 2012 was 30.9 million contracts.

FTSE China Index Series Quarterly Review - Poly Real Estate Group (A) To Be Added To FTSE China A50 Index - China Overseas Land & Investment To Be Added To FTSE China 25 Index

Date 05/09/2012

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the award winning global index provider, announces the results of the FTSE China Index Series quarterly review today.

R.J. O’Brien Appoints Gabriele CFO Of Holding Company

Date 05/09/2012

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the nation’s oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm, announced that Jim Gabriele joins the firm today as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the firm’s holding company, RJO Holdings Corp.  Gabriele, 45, has spent more than two decades in senior operational, financial, management and consulting roles for alternative investment and brokerage firms.

Press Conference By Tadahiro Matsushita, Japan's Minister For Financial Services

Date 05/09/2012

[Questions & Answers]

Q.

I have two questions. First, could you explain the key points of the Financial Services Agency's (FSA's) request related to the fiscal year 2013 tax reform, the draft of which I understand has been finalized?

A.

Regarding the request related to the fiscal year 2013 tax reform, we are still doing the finishing touches, so I cannot mention details. However, in light of the Comprehensive Strategy for the Rebirth of Japan, which was adopted upon a cabinet decision on July 30, we are considering requesting the introduction of the Japanese version of the ISA (Individual Savings Account: tax exemption for dividend income and capital gains related to small-amount investments in listed stocks) as a permanent measure and a fundamental review of the financial and securities tax system, which promotes the unification of financial income taxation. We are also considering requesting support for the rehabilitation of small and medium-size enterprises (SME) against the background of the expiration of the SME Financing Facilitation Act at the end of the fiscal year 2012. These will be the centerpieces of our request.

As for the specifics of our request related to the fiscal year 2013 tax reform, the FSA staff will provide appropriate explanations to you after the submission of the request. We will flesh out the request further by the submission deadline of September 7. I would like you to wait for a while for our explanations.

At yesterday's meeting of cabinet ministers on overcoming deflation, I explained the FSA's activities and approach to tax systems that I mentioned.

CME Group Volume Averaged 10.3 Million Contracts Per Day In August 2012

Date 05/09/2012

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that August 2012 volume averaged 10.3 million contracts per day, down 40 percent from an all-time record in August 2011 that was driven by extremely high market turbulence that month.  Total volume for August 2012 was more than 237 million contracts, of which 86 percent was traded electronically.

European Commission Consultation On Benchmarks And Market Indices Launched Following LIBOR Manipulation

Date 05/09/2012

Following the recent manipulation of LIBOR, the Commission has today launched a consultation inviting stakeholders to comment on possible new rules for the production and use of indices serving as benchmarks in financial and other contracts.