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OCC Announces Total Contract Volume In November Increased 33%

Date 01/12/2010

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) announced today that total OCC volume reached 354,897,569 contracts in November. This represents a 33% percent increase over the November 2009 volume of 266,989,810 contracts. OCC year-to-date total volume is up 8% with 3,581,480,630 contracts, only 43,540,423 contracts away from last year’s annual total. As of the end of November, OCC’s year-to-date cleared futures volume is 23,619,380, nearly double the 2009 annual total of 12,383,935 contracts.
Opening Statement, Sixth Series Of Proposed Rulemakings Under The Dodd-Frank Act - CFTC Commissioner Scott O’Malia

Date 01/12/2010

Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the teams who have worked so hard on the rules we will consider here today. The staff continues to seek input from the Commissioners and worked diligently over Thanksgiving to improve each of these rulemakings.
CBOE Holdings Reports November 2010 Trading Volumes - CBOE Holdings Averages 4.5 Million Options Contracts Per Day In November, Up 11% From One Year Ago - CFE/VIX Futures Post All-Time Record Monthly Volume - ADV Nearly Quadruples

Date 01/12/2010

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that November 2010 was the most-active trading month in CFE history. The record 751,481 contracts that changed hands during the month surpassed the previous high of 481,650 contracts in May 2010. November volume exceeded the 184,558 contracts traded during
“Turkey Soup” - Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Before The Open Meeting On The Sixth Series Of Proposed Rulemakings Under The Wall Street Reform And Consumer Protection Act

Date 01/12/2010

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I hope that everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I was thinking of how my mother used to take what was left of the Thanksgiving turkey carcass and make it into a delicious turkey soup sometime later. As the carcass simmered, the meat that was left would fall off the bones and the aroma and the flavor were both terrific.
BM&FBOVESPA Publishes November ISE Bulletin

Date 01/12/2010

The ISE Corporate Sustainability Index fell 2.60% in November, while in the past 12 months (Nov/09 to Nov/10) accumulated a 9.72% gain. This is shown in the monthly ISE Bulletin, published by BM&FBOVESPA.

Opening Statement, Meeting Of The Commodity Futures Trading Commission - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 01/12/2010

Good morning. This meeting will come to order. This is a public meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to consider issuance of the following proposed rulemakings under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act:
Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund files For India’s First U.S. Equity ETF Based On The NASDAQ-100 Index

Date 01/12/2010

Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd and The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) have announced the filing of the draft Scheme Information Document (SID) with SEBI for the Motilal Oswal MOSt Shares NASDAQ-100 ETF (MOSt Shares N100), an open ended index ETF, which seeks to track the NASDAQ-100 Index®.
Statement On Support Of The Dodd-Frank Rulemaking Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 01/12/2010

Statements for the record on each rule: Clearinghouse legal and compliance matters I support the proposed rule on legal and compliance matters for clearinghouses, which would revise procedures for derivatives clearing organization (DCO) applications, clarify procedures for the transfer of a DCO registration and add requirements for approval of DCO rules for portfolio margining of futures and securities in a futures account.
ELX Reports Open Interest And Volume Records In Eurodollar Futures And Record Market Share In Two-Year U.S. Treasury Futures For The Month Of November

Date 01/12/2010

ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX) announced today that November was another record-setting month for its Eurodollar futures contract. ELX reported record open interest (OI) and record volume in Eurodollar futures, with OI hitting 192,068 contracts on November 30. Eurodollar futures also set a new volume record, reaching 40,794 contracts on November 9. Month over month, market share in the Eurodollar contract increased 14% since October. In addition, November was a record-setting month for ELX’s two-yea
BM&FBOVESPA Announces First Previews For The Ibovespa Theoretical Portfolio And Other Indexes Valid From January To April 2011

Date 01/12/2010

BM&FBOVESPA announces the first preview for the Ibovespa theoretical portfolio, which will be valid for the period of January 3 to April 29, 2011. This preview registers the inclusion of common stocks of Hypermarcas. The composition of the new portfolio is made up of 68 shares of 62 companies.