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CBOE Holdings, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2011 Results - Diluted EPS Of $0.36, Up 44 Percent

Date 05/05/2011

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today reported first quarter 2011 net income allocated to common stockholders of $32.1 million, an increase of 42 percent compared with net income of $22.7 million in the first quarter of 2010.

FINRA Fines Wells Fargo Advisors $1 Million For Delays In Delivering Prospectuses To More Than 900,000 Customers - Firm Also Delayed Reporting Required Information Regarding Its Brokers

Date 05/05/2011

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC of St. Louis, $1 million for its failure to deliver prospectuses in a timely manner to customers who purchased mutual funds in 2009, and for delays in reporting material information about its current and former representatives, including arbitrations and complaints involving its representatives.

Program Trading Averaged 29.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Apr. 25-29

Date 05/05/2011

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database.

TMX Group Equity Financing Statistics – April 2011

Date 05/05/2011

TMX Group today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for April 2011.

NASDAQ-100 Data Explorers Optimized Index Launched To Enhance Liquidity -Index Constituents Screened Based On Data Explorers Stock Loan Information; Replicates Return And Volatility Characteristics Of NASDAQ-100 Index

Date 05/05/2011

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) and Data Explorers today announced the introduction of the NASDAQ-100 Data Explorers Optimized Index (NASDAQ:NDXOPT).  The new index is an optimized version of the NASDAQ-100 Index^®(NASDAQ:NDX), a globally recognized brand comprised of 100 of the world's largest, most dynamic non-financial companies. The NASDAQ-100 Data Explorers Optimized Index offers a tradable benchmark that will enhance liquidity and protect both the long and short investor.The new index is unique because it screens out stocks that are either lacking in liquidity or relatively expensive to borrow in the stock lending market based on analytics from Data Explorers, the leading global provider of stock lending and short interest information.  

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At The 47th Annual Conference On Bank Structure And Competition, Chicago, Illinois, May 5, 2011 - Implementing A Macroprudential Approach To Supervision And Regulation

Date 05/05/2011

The recent financial crisis revealed critical gaps and weaknesses in the U.S. financial system and the financial regulatory framework. The Congress and the Administration last year provided a roadmap for addressing many of these problems, in the form of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act)--the topic of this year's conference.

The Autorité Des Marchés Financiers Calls For The Greatest Vigilance Regarding Non-Financial Products Offered To The Public

Date 05/05/2011

After the stock market crises of the dot-com bubble in 2000 and subprime mortgages in 2007, retail investors have become more wary of financial investments and are increasingly tempted to place their savings in other types of investments, notably due to the current low level of interest rates.

BGC Partners Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial Results

Date 05/05/2011

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) (“BGC Partners,” “BGC,” or “the Company”), a leading global brokerage company servicing the wholesale financial markets, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

Warsaw Stock Exchange: Derivative Instruments Market In April 2011

Date 05/05/2011

• The volume of trading in derivative instruments was 915 thousand instruments in April 2011 and 14.4 million instruments in the last 12 months (May 2010 – April 2011)
• The number of open interest was 259 thousand at the end of April, an increase of 27.6% year on year

UK’s Financial Services Authority Welcomes Announcement Of Independent Reviewers For RBS Report

Date 05/05/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today welcomed the statement from the Treasury Select Committee Chairman Andrew Tyrie which confirms that in agreement with the FSA, the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) has asked Sir David Walker and Bill Knight to conduct an independent review of the report which the FSA is producing into the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).