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MGEX Opens 2011 With Strong January Volume And Open Interest Increases

Date 01/02/2011

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced January total Exchange volume of 151,714 contracts, a 50 percent increase over January 2010 total volume.  The increase was led by trading of the Exchange’s flagship Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSW) futures contract which marked 149,924 contracts traded, a 51 percent increase.  HRSW options trading
increased 17 percent in the year-over-year period.  

ELX Announces Record Volume And Market Share In U.S. Treasuries For The Month Of January

Date 01/02/2011

SIFMA Urges Coordination On Creation Of Legal Entity Identification System

Date 01/02/2011

SIFMA, along with The Clearing House, Enterprise Data Management Council, the Financial Services Roundtable, the Futures Industry Association, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the Investment Company Institute, and the Managed Funds Association today submitted a comment letter to the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research (OFR) on a proposal to develop a system of uniform legal entity identifiers (LEIs) to measure and evaluate systemic risk in the financial system.  

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 01/02/2011

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, February 1, 2011:

CME Group Announces Record Volume For Its Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) Futures And Options Contracts

Date 01/02/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced its second consecutive record volume for the global benchmark Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) options contracts. On Monday, January 31, WTI options reached a record of 294,411 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 290,365 contracts set on January 28, 2011.

BM&FBOVESPA Begins Publication Of The New Reference Interest Rates - Interest Rates With Longer Terms Are An Indexation Alternative In The Private-Sector Fixed-Income Market

Date 01/02/2011

BM&FBOVESPA starts today the daily publication of the 3-month Reference Interest Rate (TJ3) and the 6-month Reference Interest Rate (TJ6).  Based on the one-day Interbank Deposit Futures Contract ID1 traded on the Exchange, at the end of Tuesday’s trading the TJ3 was fixed at 11.55% and the TJ6 at 12.04%.

BATS Global Markets Off To Solid Start In 2011 - BATS Europe And BATS Options Continue Growth - BATS BYX Exchange Posts Solid Gains As Overall U.S. Equities Market Share Reaches 10.4

Date 01/02/2011

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reported volume numbers for the month of January, including the following:

KCBT Sets New Trading Volume Records For The Month Of January

Date 01/02/2011

Kansas City Board of Trade volume traded in January topped 500,000 contracts for the first time ever in the calendar month of January, resulting in new volume records in the Hard Red Winter Wheat futures contract and the exchange as a whole.

Comment From Tom Callahan, CEO, NYSE Liffe U.S. Re: New York Portfolio Clearing Receives DCO Registration From CFTC

Date 01/02/2011

“We would like to thank the CFTC Commissioners and staff for their thorough review and approval of this innovative new clearing house,” said Tom Callahan, CEO of NYSE Liffe U.S. "As we move forward, we are excited to partner with NYPC for the launch of Eurodollar and U.S. Treasury futures on NYSE Liffe U.S. We are confident that the time, thought and substantial investment that has been made in designing this innovative platform over the past two years will deliver a compelling and beneficial choice to customers interested in competition, innovation and efficiency.”

SEC Approves FINRA Proposal To Give Investors Permanent Option Of All Public Arbitration Panels - Change Greatly Increases Investor Choice Within FINRA Arbitration Program

Date 01/02/2011

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved its proposed rule change to provide customers in all FINRA arbitrations the option of having an all public panel. Historically, in cases with three arbitrators, the panels have been comprised of two public arbitrators and one arbitrator with a nexus to the securities industry. The amended rules will apply to all customer cases in which a list of potential arbitrators has not yet been sent to the parties.