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Options Industry Council Announces Updated Study Shows Buy-Write Strategy Outperforms Buy-And-Hold

Date 14/09/2011

The Options Industry Council (OIC) today announced results and analysis of the performance of a buy-write strategy on the Russell 2000®, which found that over the 15 year period covered in the study (including the periods before, during and after the credit crisis), the buy-write strategy provided a higher return than a long RUT portfolio while reducing risk by almost 17%.

CalPERS Board Adopts Governance Reforms

Date 14/09/2011

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration today adopted ten sweeping governance reforms in an effort to further strengthen accountability, transparency and ethics at the nation’s largest public pension fund.

Thomson Reuters Global Equities Monthly Market Share Data Updated To Reflect August 2011 Activity

Date 14/09/2011

Trading is fragmenting between exchanges and competing venues. But by how much and which venues? Find out in Thomson Reuters summarised monthly reports.

NYSE Member Firms Report Second-Quarter 2011 Results

Date 14/09/2011

New York Stock Exchange member firms that conduct business with the public reported a second-quarter 2011 after-tax profit of $2.1 billion and revenues of $39.7 billion, compared with a $6.1 billion after-tax gain on revenues of $46.0 billion in the first-quarter of 2011.

CME Group-MSRI Prize In Innovative Quantitative Applications Awarded To Thomas J. Sargent - Panel On Sovereign Debt Precedes Ceremony

Date 14/09/2011

CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) announced today Thomas J. Sargent, Professor of Economics, New York University Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford, CA, is the 2011 recipient of the CME Group-MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications.

New Report Shows Successful Start Of SLS - The Report "SLS Highlights" Contains Key Figures And News Related To The Exclusive Liquidity Pool.

Date 14/09/2011

The launch of the new non-displayed liquidity platform SLS (SIX Swiss Exchange Liquidnet Service) has encouraged more flow into the Swiss market. Furthermore, accessing the largest institutional global block pool in the industry has enabled participants of SIX Swiss Exchange to realise greater efficiencies in trading and execution of large block transactions for themselves and their clients.

Speech Delivered By Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Chairman Of The Autorité Des Marchés Financiers - ICGN (International Corporate Governance Network) - Paris, Wednesday 14 September 2011

Date 14/09/2011

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Dear friends,

I am delighted to open this panel on the Future of Financial Regulation in front of such a prestigious assembly and especially since  the  International  Corporate  Governance  Network  Annual Conference has come back to Europe, and to Paris.

CME Group Recognized By InformationWeek For Technology Innovation And Leadership

Date 14/09/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that for the eighth year in a row it has been recognized in the InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation's most innovative users of business technology. The 2011 list was revealed last night at a gala awards ceremony at the exclusive InformationWeek 500 Conference taking place at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Dana Point, CA.

Emissions Trading: European Union Member States Endorse Procurement Agreements For Phase 3 Allowance Auctions

Date 14/09/2011

EU Member States today endorsed two draft Agreements on the practical modalities for procuring the common auction platform and single auction monitor for phase 3 of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).

ESMA Publishes The Responses Received To The Consultation On ESMA's Draft Technical Advice To The European Commission On Possible Implementing Measures Of The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive

Date 14/09/2011

ESMA published a consultation paper (ESMA/2011/209) setting out its proposals for the detailed rules underlying the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). This is in response to the request for assistance which the European Commission sent to ESMA’s predecessor, CESR, in December 2010. ESMA has to deliver its final advice to the Commission by 16 November 2011.