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The McGraw-Hill Companies, CME Group Announce The Launch Of S&P Dow Jones Indices - New Company Has The Scale & Capital To Increase Product Innovation Across All Asset Classes, Fueling Greater Liquidity In The Global Markets - Alexander Matturri Named Chief Executive Officer

Date 02/07/2012

The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), one of the world's foremost financial information companies, and CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced today the launch of S&P Dow Jones Indices – the world’s largest provider of financial market indices. S&P Dow Jones Indices calculates over 830,000 indices, publishes benchmarks that provide the basis for 575 ETFs globally with $387 billion in assets invested, and serves as the DNA for $1.5 trillion of the world’s indexed assets.

TOPIX Futures Trading On NYSE Liffe Will Be Extended To Cover Asian Hours

Date 02/07/2012

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. ("TSE") today announced that the trading hours of TOPIX futures listed on the NYSE Liffe market will be extended to cover the Asian and Japanese hours on and from Monday 30 July 2012.

ISE Reports Business Activity For June 2012

Date 02/07/2012

• ISE was the second largest equity options exchange in June with market share of 18.1%, excluding dividend trades.
• Dividend trades made up 3.8% of industry volume in June 2012.

SEC Freezes Assets Of Missing Georgia-Based Investment Adviser

Date 02/07/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today obtained a court order to freeze the assets of a Georgia-based investment adviser who has apparently gone into hiding after orchestrating a $40 million investment fraud.

Statement By The UK's Chancellor Of The Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, On LIBOR

Date 02/07/2012

Mr Speaker, on Thursday I updated the House on the Financial Services Authority’s investigation into Barclays and the attempted manipulation of the LIBOR market in the years running up to and during the crisis.

The Options Industry Council Announces June Options Trading Volume Decreased 13%

Date 02/07/2012

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 325,813,094 total options contracts were traded in June, 12.63 percent less than the 372,928,893 contracts traded in June 2011.

MGEX Boasts 27 Percent Volume Increase In June

Date 02/07/2012

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market and Derivatives Clearing Organization, today announced total June 2012 futures and options trading volume for its flagship Hard Red Spring Wheat contract reached 111,963 contracts traded, a 27 percent increase in volume over May. HRSW futures trading gained 28 percent over May with 110,144 futures contracts trading during June. 

June Turnover Exceeds EUR 7 Billion At Boerse Stuttgart - Investors Showing Greater Caution - High Volume Of Trading In Corporate Bonds - Strong Growth In German Federal State Jumbos

Date 02/07/2012

According to the order book statistics, Boerse Stuttgart generated turnover in excess of EUR 7 billion in June 2012. Nevertheless, as in recent months, investors remained cautious in response to ongoing market uncertainty.

Key Figures SIX Swiss Exchange And Scoach Switzerland: June 2012

Date 02/07/2012

SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach together generated sales of CHF 79.4 billion in June 2012. This representsan increase of 5.1% compared with May. The following segments in particular achieved higher turnover: equities incl. funds, ETSFs and ETPs (+1.0%), bonds CHF (+22.5%), and structured products and warrants (+12.1%). By contrast, the number of transactions concluded fell by 7.9% to 2,713,887. This was mainly attributable to equities incl. funds, ETSFs and ETPs. In this segment, 8.7% fewer transactions were registered. On the other hand, a greater number of trades were recorded in the bonds CHF (+14.4%), ETFs (+2.1%) and structured products and warrants (+1.3%) segments.

ISE Files For Second Exchange License

Date 02/07/2012

• New options exchange to offer market structure and pricing flexibility
• Exchange will run on ISE’s existing Optimise™ technology platform
• Member firms will be able to use existing connectivity to ISE to access the second exchange
• Anticipated launch by the end of 2012