FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

News Centre

HKEx: Arrangements For Adjustment Of Hong Kong & China Gas Futures And Options

Date 17/03/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced the arrangements for the adjustment to the contract terms of all open Hong Kong & China Gas futures and options contracts in existence after the market close on the business day immediately before the ex-bonus day, which is 23 May 2011, to account for bonus shares to be issued on the basis of one bonus share for every 10 existing shares.
Securities Commission Malaysia: Malaysia’s Capital Market Crosses RM2 Trillion Threshold

Date 17/03/2011

On releasing its Annual Report 2010, Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar, Chairman of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) noted that the Malaysian capital market had reached the significant milestone of RM2 trillion as at the end of 2010. She said that the capital market had achieved an annual compounded growth of 11% from RM717 billion in 2000 due to rapid industry expansion and strong regulatory oversight that underpinned investor confidence in the Malaysian capital market.
New Record For MarketDataPeaks.com

Date 17/03/2011

Exegy, Inc., the market data appliance company, announced today that the Exegy Ticker Plant driving the MarketDataPeaks web site hit a new processing peak of 4,123,232 messages per second. This surpasses the previous high water mark of 3,787,296 mps, reached on 18 November 2010 when the US market was reacting to unexpected good news in the form of the IPO of General Motors, the financial rescue of Ireland, positive employment numbers, better leading indicators and a manufacturing surge in Philadelphia.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Regarding Physical Deliveries On Oil Market Division (Gasoline, Kerosene And Gas Oil) And Chukyo-Oil Market Division (Gasoline And Kerosene)

Date 17/03/2011

Following the massive earthquake that hit the north of Japan on March 11, the domestic oil-product distribution network has been disrupted. Accordingly, procedures for uncompleted Delivery positions in the March 2011 contract month shall be amended
CBOE Extends Its Volatility Franchise: Applies VIX Methodology To Six Active ETFs

Date 16/03/2011

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that beginning today, it will apply its proprietary CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) methodology to options on six highly-active, sector-specific exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Written Testimony Of Special Advisor To The Treasury Secretary For The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Elizabeth Warren - Before The House Subcommittee On Financial Institutions And Consumer Credit Committee On Financial Services

Date 16/03/2011

Thank you Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Maloney, and members of the Subcommittee for inviting me to testify about the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). This is my first opportunity to report to Congress formally about the significant progress we have made in bringing to life the CFPB. While we have miles to go, the path ahead is straight and clear.
CBOE To Launch Options On Volatility Indexes Of Individual Stock And Crude Oil ETFs

Date 16/03/2011

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that it has filed for Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval to list options based on recently-created volatility indexes that track individual stocks — Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Goldman Sachs (GS), Google (GOOG), and IBM (IBM) — using CBOE's widely-followed CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) methodology.
BM&FBOVESPA Breaks Co-location Trading Volume And Financial Volume Records In The Bovespa Segment

Date 16/03/2011

BM&FBOVESPA obtained records of 88,011 trades and a financial volume of BRL 589,733,000.00 in Direct Market Access (DMA) via co-location in the Bovespa segment (equities) on Wednesday (March 16).
More Than 99 Percent Of TARP Disbursements To Banks Now Recovered As Six Financial Institutions Deliver Nearly Half Billion Dollars In Proceeds To Taxpayers - TARP Bank Programs Continue To Near Profitability

Date 16/03/2011

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that today six financial institutions have repurchased Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Capital Purchase Program (CPP) investments, delivering a total of $475 million in proceeds for taxpayers.
BM&FBOVESPA: ETF BOVA11 Trading Volume Sets New Daily Record: R$110 Million

Date 16/03/2011

ETF BOVA11 financial volume reached a new record of R$109.82 million in today’s trading session at BM&FBOVESPA. 1,674,780 BOVA11 shares were traded at an average price of R$65.57 in a total of 1,885 transactions. The previous record of R$99.36 million was set on February 18, 2011. PIBB11, MILA11, SMALL11, MOBI11 and CSMO11 transactions reached the volume of R$6.45 million, R$13.38 million, R$12.31 million, R$475,16, R$292,23 and R$11,24, respectively.