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NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions And LOYAL3 Announce Strategic Partnership To Offer Customer Stock Ownership Plans (CSOP(TM)) To Public Companies - CSOP Technology Enables Companies To Sell Stock Directly To Customers Through Social Media And The Web In Just Three Clicks With No Fees

Date 02/06/2011

NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions and LOYAL3 today announced a strategic partnership to introduce and distribute a revolutionary new technology called a Customer Stock Ownership Plan (CSOP), designed to foster a deeper loyalty between brands and consumers.

1 July 2011 Sees The Launch Of The KDPW_CCP Clearing House

Date 02/06/2011

The National Depository for Securities (KDPW) will transfer its clearing functions for transactions executed in the regulated market and alternative trading system, as well as the management of clearing liquidity guarantee system to KDPW_CCP, while the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) will authorise KDPW_CCP to clear all transactions executed in all the markets of the WSE Capital Group.

The Options Industry Council Announces Mary Savoie As Executive Director

Date 02/06/2011

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that Mary Savoie has been named Executive Director.

FORTS: Futures On The Russian Volatility Index Trades 1,155 Contracts On The First Day

Date 02/06/2011

On June 1, 2011 a cash-settled futures contract on the Russian Volatility Index was launched on FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS.

RTS: Final Settlement Prices Determined For Power Futures Contracts

Date 02/06/2011

On June 1, 2011 futures contracts on the average power price index in the Center hub (ECBM-5.11 and ECPM-5.11), Ural hub (EUBM-5.11 and EUPM-5.11), Western Siberia hub (SWBM-5.11) and Eastern Siberia hub (SEBM-5.11) were settled.

Trading On The Warsaw Stock Exchange – May 2011

Date 02/06/2011

• Second highest monthly value of session trading on the Main Market: PLN 22.8 billion
• Session trading on the Main Market year to date up by 26.3% year on year
• Another month of record-high session trading on NewConnect
• Highest volume of trading in share futures, highest month-end number of open interest in futures and options

IntercontinentalExchange Sets Date Of August 3 For Second Quarter 2011 Earnings Release

Date 02/06/2011

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, will announce second quarter 2011 financial results on Wednesday, August 3, 2011.

CME Group To Diversify Global Interest Rate Complex With Euribor Futures And Options - Euro-Based STIR Complex Leverages CME Group's Deep Eurodollar Liquidity And Global Trading Community

Date 02/06/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, has announced today that it will launch Euribor futures and options on CME Globexbeginning in the second half of 2011.  This further diversifies CME Group's non-dollar short term interest rate (STIR) product portfolio and gives customers access to CME Group's deeply liquid interest rate complex as well as its fast and reliable CME Globex platform. This contract will be listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CME.  

ICE Reports Futures Volume For May - YTD ADV Up 12%

Date 02/06/2011

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, reported volume for May 2011. Average daily volume (ADV) for ICE's futures markets was 1,429,907 contracts, a decline of 1% from May 2010. Year-to-date through May 31, ADV across ICE's futures exchanges was 1,500,400 contracts, an increase of 12% compared to the first five months of 2010.  Total futures volume in May 2011 was 30.0 million contracts, up 4% from May 2010.

FORTS: Futures On The Russian Volatility Index Trades 1,155 Contracts On The First Day

Date 02/06/2011

On June 1, 2011 a cash-settled futures contract on the Russian Volatility Index was launched on FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS.