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Individual Investors’ Share Of Trading Reaches 7.3% On NASDAQ Dubai In First Seven Months Of 2011

Date 09/08/2011

Individual investors accounted for 7.3% of traded value of NASDAQ Dubai equities in the first seven months of 2011. Total traded value in the period by individual and institutional investors was 438 million dollars.

Danske Bank Joins European Bond Market Through MTS BondVision

Date 09/08/2011

MTS, Europe’s premier facilitator for the electronic fixed income market, today announced that Danske Bank has joined MTS as a market maker on its BondVision market.

Tehran Stock Exchange Bulletin July 2011

Date 09/08/2011

For 21 trading days in July 2011, TSE evidenced transactions in 5,542 million shares and rights worth $ 1,991 million.These figures demonstrate 22% decrease for the volume and 1.5% increase for the value of trades compared to the previous month.

Securities Commission Malaysia Revises Outsourcing Guidelines

Date 09/08/2011

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today released its revised Guidelines on Outsourcing for Capital Market Intermediaries (Guidelines), which replaces the Guidelines on Performance of Supervisory Functions at Group Level for Capital Market Intermediaries and Guiding Principles for Outsourcing of Back Office Functions for Capital Market Intermediaries.

Thai Bourse Market Report – July 2011

Date 09/08/2011

• Daily average trading volume up 14.09 pct year-on-year to USD 1.15 bln
• Market capitalization up 11.24 pct year-to-date as election results ease political woes
• Derivatives average trading surged to record high of 43,816 contracts/day in July
• Fund raising up 43.41 pct year-on-year in the first seven months 

Tokyo Grain Exchange First Traded Price For Rice Futures

Date 09/08/2011

Tokyo Grain Exchange Inc. has launched rice futures on August 8, 2011, however no trades were matched. 

CBOE Sets New Single-Day Volume Record For Second Consecutive Trading Day - CBOE Volume Tops 10 Million Contracts, Edges Friday's Total

Date 08/08/2011

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced that for a second consecutive trading day, trading volume at Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) reached a new all-time high. The reported 10,856,041 options contracts that changed hands during today's trading session slightly exceeded the 10,825,600 contracts traded on Friday, August 5.

Federal Court Orders Moroccan National And Former Citigroup Trader Otmane El Rhazi To Pay Over $1.49 Million For Unlawful Trading And Misappropriation From A Citibank, N.A. Proprietary Account

Date 08/08/2011

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) obtained a federal court default judgment order requiring Otmane El Rhazi to pay over $1.49 million in restitution and a civil monetary penalty for unlawful trading, misappropriation, and fraud. El Rhazi is a Moroccan national and a former futures and options trader and Vice President for Citigroup Global Markets Limited in the U.K.

Mercado a Termino de Buenos Aires Launches The “MATba Foundation”

Date 08/08/2011

Last week MATba - Mercado a Termino de Buenos Aires - launched the MATba Foundation, whose objective is the investigation, development and training in the use of the derivatives markets.

Hellenic Capital Market Commission: Notice Of Prohibition Of Short Selling

Date 08/08/2011

The Board of Directors of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) decided today to temporarily ban short selling of shares and units of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) listed in the Athens Exchange irrespective of the venue where the transaction is executed (regulated markets, Multilateral Trading Facilities or over the counter).   The ban includes covered short sales and sales which are settled with subsequent intraday purchases. This Decision shall take effect from 9 August 2011 and shall remain in force up to and including 7 October 2011.