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Shanghai Stock Exchange ETF Products Win 3 Int'l Awards

Date 02/07/2010

The new product development of the Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) by the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), recognized by the international ETF circle recently, has won three prizes of the 6th Annual Global ETF Awards evaluated byvwww.exchangetradedfunds.com , the world-famous specialized ETF website, including the "Most Proactive ETF Exchange", the "Largest Exchange for ETFs in Dollar Turnover" and the "Largest Exchange for ETFs in Volume" in Asia-
MGEX Tallies Second Best Total Volume Month In Its 129 Year History - Breaks Numerous Volume Records In June

Date 01/07/2010

MGEX (Exchange), a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced it recorded its second best volume month in the history of the Exchange in June with 211,841 total futures and options contracts trading. This marks the first time in over two years the Exchange has posted a top 20 total volume month and is second in total volume only to August 2007 when 216,593 contracts traded. June 14 ranked seventh all time in total daily Exchange volume when 1
BATS Global Markets Announces June Volumes - BATS Exchange Sets Tape B Market Share Record, Remains World’s 3rd Largest Exchange Operator - BATS Europe Sets Monthly Records In SMI, AEX And OMXH25

Date 01/07/2010

BATS Global Markets, an innovative financial markets technology company, announced that BATS Exchange set a monthly matched market share record in Tape B securities for the second consecutive month, while BATS Europe set new monthly market share records in several different indices in June.
Testimony Of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler Before The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

Date 01/07/2010

Good afternoon Chairman Angelides, Vice Chairman Thomas and members of the Commission. I thank you for inviting me to today’s hearing to discuss the history of derivatives regulation and the role that over-the-counter derivatives played in the financial crisis. I also will address the historic legislation currently being debated in Congress that for the first time will bring much-needed comprehensive regulation to the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market.
CBOE First Half 2010 Adv Up 7 Percent - June 2010 Daily Volume Averages 4.1 Million Contracts, Down 2% From June 2009

Date 01/07/2010

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today reported that average daily volume (ADV) year to date through June 2010 was 4.9 million contracts, up seven percent from 4.6 million contracts for the same period in 2009. During the first six months of 2010, 610.7 million contracts changed hands at CBOE - up seven percent from the same period a year ago when 570.0 million contracts traded.

Kansas City Board Of Trade Monthly Volume Largest In History Of Exchange

Date 01/07/2010

The Kansas City Board of Trade shattered all previous monthly volume records during the month of June as a new all-time monthly volume record was set for Hard Red Winter Wheat futures, as was a new exchange monthly volume record.
SIFMA Securitization Group Supports Securitization Reform - Calls for Coordination Among Regulators

Date 01/07/2010

In a comment letter to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's (SIFMA) Securitization Group (SSG) reiterates its support for coordinated, comprehensive securitization reform and for an insolvency safe harbor rule that provides the required certainty to investors, rating agencies and other market participants to continue to participate in the securitization market. However, SIFMA's SSG finds that a proposal by the FDIC achie
CME Group Announces Gold Futures Open Interest Record

Date 01/07/2010

CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, set a daily open interest record in its gold futures contract yesterday.
CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC Experiences Ninth Consecutive Month Of Year-Over-Year Volume Increases - Sets Third Consecutive Quarterly Trading Record

Date 01/07/2010

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that June 2010 trading volume totaled 261,441 contracts, compared to 66,254 contracts during June 2009. June marked the ninth consecutive month in which total volume registered an increase when comparing year-over-year trading activity. June's volume declined 46 percent from the record 481,650 contracts that traded during May 2010.
Options Clearing Corporation Half Year Volume Reaches 2 Billion Contracts

Date 01/07/2010

The Options Clearing Corporation announced today that 2,014,209,214 total options contracts changed hands in the first half of 2010 representing an 11% percent increase over the first half of 2009. Total OCC volume for June came in at 311,231,916 contracts, a 2% decrease from June of last year when 316,348,912 contracts traded. This is the first time OCC cleared volume has reached 2 billion contracts at the half year mark, and follows closely on the first time full-year volume hit 2 bil