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SIX Swiss Exchange: The World's Fastest Exchange - 100 Days After The Introduction Of X-stream INET, Latency Measurements Confirm That SIX Swiss Exchange Currently Runs The Fastest Trading Platform

Date 01/08/2012

On 23 April 2012, SIX Swiss Exchange introduced X-stream INET, the world's most advanced trading technology for equities. After the successful launch, the SWXess trading platform has now been running smoothly for a 100 days and the announced average roundtrip latency of just 37 microseconds has been confirmed under production load.

STOXX Monthly Index Report – July 2012 In Review

Date 01/08/2012

As of July 31, 2012 stock market indices in Europe, Asia, the U.S. and globally were up in July, according to global index provider STOXX Limited. For the month of July, the Europe, Asia, global markets and U.S. markets were up 4.06%, 3.06%, 4.24% and 4.32%, respectively. 

SIFMA: US Securities Industry Employment, 2012 Q2

Date 01/08/2012

About the Report

The securities industry employment report tracks trends of industry employment, with a greater focus on New York State and New York City giving a perspective using quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year data.

The Options Industry Council Announces July Options Trading Volume Down 12%

Date 01/08/2012

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 306,817,994 total options contracts changed hands in July, down 11.89 percent compared to the 348,218,171 contracts traded the previous July. However, at the end of July, year-to-date volume was just off of last year’s by 6.81 percent, coming in at 2,390,920,900 contracts compared to the 2,565,767,148 from July 2011.

Average Daily Volume Of 8.1 Million Contracts At Eurex Group In July

Date 01/08/2012

MGEX Reports Impressive Gains In Open Interest And Highlights Upcoming AJC Contract

Date 01/08/2012

MGEX,  a  Designated  Contract  Market  (DCM)  and  Derivatives  Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced total Exchange open interest has grown 28 percent from last month.  Open interest of its flagship Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) contract is currently 42,689; of that total, HRSW futures open interest is 39,085 with open interest of 3,604 for HRSW options.

KCBT Announces New Settlement Methodology For HRW Wheat Futures

Date 01/08/2012

The board of directors of the Kansas City Board of Trade in a regularly scheduled board meeting yesterday approved plans to implement a new settlement methodology for HRW wheat futures that will incorporate both floor-based and electronic trading in a volume-weighted settlement price calculation. Pending CFTC approval, the change will be effective on August 20.

Xetra Orderbook Turnover At 91 Billion Euros In July

Date 01/08/2012

Order book turnover on Xetra and the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading stood at €94.3 billion in July – a decrease by 21 percent year-on-year (July 2011: €118.8 billion). Of the €94.3 billion, €90.7 billion were attributable to Xetra – a decrease by 20 percent y-o-y (July 2011: €113.3 billion). €3.6 billion were attributable to the Xetra Frankfurt specialist trading – a decrease by 34 percent y-o-y (July 2011: €5.5 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange* totalled approximately €2.9 billion in July.

Christian Schürlein New Managing Director Of Tradegate Exchange Gmbh

Date 01/08/2012

With effect from 1 August, Christian Schürlein is a new managing director of Berlin-based Tradegate Exchange GmbH, the operating company of the public-law stock exchange, Tradegate Exchange. Schürlein (41) had been at Deutsche Börse since 2007, where he was responsible for coordinating post-trade activities. Prior to that, he was a financial services consultant at Accenture for ten years.

ESMA Calls For Candidates To Join Its Consultative Working Group On Investor Protection And Intermediaries

Date 01/08/2012

ESMA has launched today a call for expressions of interest for its Consultative Working Group (CWG) for ESMA’s Investor Protection and Intermediaries Standing Committee (IPISC).