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BOX Continues Momentum, Delivers Back To Back Record Breaking Months

Date 06/09/2007

The month of August 2007 proved to be the best month in Boston Options Exchange’s (“BOX”) history, besting a monthly volume record set just the previous month. In August, an average daily volume of 641,187 contracts were executed at BOX, which represents a 108% increase over the same period last year. In addition, this represented a 5.92% market share in classes traded.
SEC Seniors Summit To Tackle Identifying, Stopping Investment Scams Against Senior Citizens

Date 06/09/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission and three other organizations today announced the panelists and agenda for an upcoming Seniors Summit at the SEC to combat investment fraud and abusive sales practices against older Americans.
TSX Group Inc. Acquires Option To Purchase NetThruPut Inc. In 2009

Date 06/09/2007

TSX Group Inc. (TSX: TSX-X) announced today it has entered into an agreement with Enbridge Inc. (TSX, NYSE: ENB) and Circuit Technology Limited granting TSX Group the option to acquire NetThruPut Inc. (NTP) at a time after March 15, 2009. Calgary-based NTP, jointly owned by Enbridge and Circuit Technology, is the leading Canadian electronic trading platform and clearing facility for crude oil.
SEC Charges Brokerage Firms And Former Branch Supervisor For Failing To Supervise Former Registered Representative Who Defrauded Customers, Including Seniors

Date 06/09/2007

The SEC today instituted settled enforcement actions against Commonwealth Equity Services, LLP, based in Waltham, Mass.; Detwiler, Mitchell, Fenton & Graves, Inc., based in Boston; and James X. McCarty, a resident of South Dennis, Mass. for failing to reasonably supervise former registered representative Bradford J. Bleidt, who engaged in a multi-million dollar fraud while they were overseeing him. At least forty of Bleidt's victims were over age 70 at the time the Commission charged him.
OMX Nordic Exchange Statistics Report - Derivatives Volumes January-August 2007

Date 06/09/2007

Click here to download OMX Nordic Exchange's statistics report detailing derivatives volumes for January to August 2007. This report details the total volume for Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Icelandic stock related derivatives, Swedish interest-rate related derivatives and Finnish stock lending.

Autorité Des Marchés Financiers (AMF): Enforcement Committee Decision Concerning Crédit Du Nord And Christian Marty, And Clinique Du Rond-Point Des Champs-Elysees And Bernard Sillam

Date 06/09/2007

Meeting on 14 June 2007, the Enforcement Committee issued: a reprimand and a financial penalty of €10,000 against Christian Marty, a personal portfolio manager at Crédit du Nord, a financial penalty of €10,000 against Clinique du Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées, a financial penalty of €10,000 against Bernard Sillam, chief executive of Clinique du Rond-Point des Champs-Elysées.
Cairo And Alexandria Stock Exchanges Introduces New Sectors Classification Standard And Twelve Sector Indices

Date 06/09/2007

In its continuous efforts to upgrade its services to market participants as well as harmonize with international capital markets, CASE has re-classified all its listed companies into 17 new sectors, instead of the current 22 sectors, effective 4 September 2007.
Japan's Financial Service Agency: Results Of The 2007 Operational Risk Data Collection Exercise

Date 06/09/2007

Outline of the Exercise (1) Background This exercise was conducted jointly by the Financial Service Agency (FSA) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Participation in this exercise was voluntary. It requested information on operational risk data (internal loss data and scenario data) from 14 banks (including bank holding companies) that use or plan to use internal loss data for the calculation of operational risk capital. Note that this paper refers only to the inte
CME Group To Offer Clearing For Ethanol Basis Swaps

Date 06/09/2007

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, today announced the introduction of clearing services for over-the-counter (OTC) Ethanol Basis Swaps beginning October 5, enabling the biofuels and other industries to take advantage of the benefits of centralized clearing, including daily mark-to-market margining and reduced counterparty risk.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces August Volume - PHLX Sees Major Gains In Equity, Equity Options And Currency Markets

Date 06/09/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity option volume in August jumped 83.17% when 37,282,364 contracts traded compared to the same year-ago period when 20,354,679 contracts traded. Equity option volume in August was down 8.89% compared to the previous month when 40,921,003 contracts traded.