Exchanges

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today announced the introduction of 35 new energy, environmental, freight and ferrous metal contracts on April 29, 2013.

LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH.Clearnet), the multi-national, multi-asset clearing house, has been granted regulatory approval by the Australian Government to clear energy, commodity and environmental derivatives listed on Australia’s Financial and Energy Exchange, FEX Global.

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, reported record daily volume in the ICE NYH RBOB Gasoline futures contract. ICE NYH RBOB Gasoline futures traded 41,175 on April 3, 2013. The previous daily record was 37,744 on March 11, 2013.

ICE NYH RBOB Gasoline futures trade 22 hours a day, from 8 p.m. through 6 p.m. Eastern time the next day, and from 1 a.m. through 11 p.m. London time. The contract is sized at 42,000 gallons and priced in U.S. dollars and cents per gallon.

- FX volume up 14 percent
- Equities volume up 13 percent
- First-quarter volume averaged 12.5 million contracts per day, up 1 percent, with 4 of 6 product lines up year-over-year

In March 2013, the international derivatives exchanges of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 9.7 million contracts (March 2012: 10.1 million). Of those, 7.3 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (March 2012: 7.4 million), and 2.4 million contracts (March 2012: 2.7 million) were traded at the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange (ISE).

New service offering will provide compliance reporting to address new trade data regulations

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, announced today that it has applied to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to establish ICE Trade Vault Europe Limited (ICE Trade Vault Europe) as a Trade Repository (TR) for the reporting of swaps and futures trade data to meet requirements of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).

The international derivatives marketplace Eurex Exchange announced today the appointment of a new Head of the Hong Kong Representative Office. Markus Georgi (36) has succeeded Paul Lo as Chief Representative of Eurex’s Hong Kong office.

CME Clearing Europe, CME Group's European clearing house, today announced that it has received FSA approval and launched real-time, open access clearing of Interest Rate Swaps (IRS). This is the first step in CME Clearing Europe's expansion into clearing Over the Counter (OTC) financial derivatives and adds to what CME Group already has accomplished with clearing OTC IRS in the US and CME Clearing Europe's existing energy and commodity business line.

Agreement brings BSE onto the Eurex Group’s technology platform

Singapore Exchange (SGX) and The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate in the development of Philippines-linked derivatives products.

As part of the MOU, SGX and PSE will jointly explore the development and promotion of Philippines futures and options to address the demands of international investors. The first product to be launched would be a Philippines index futures, based on the MSCI Philippines index. The product is targeted for listing on SGX in 4Q2013, subject to regulatory approval.