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January 11, 2012 • 3:42 am 0

Brazil:BM&FBOVESPA annuonces 2011 Market Performance and News

BM&FBOVESPA announced 2011 market performance.
Financial volume and number of transactions in the equity market;
  • Total number of contracts traded, DI futures contracts traded and of corn futures contracts and options on corn futures traded in the Derivatives Market;
  • Financial volume and number of equity lending transactions.

Read other highlights (update 11.01.2012):

The total financial volume and the number of trades in the equity market set a record in 2011

In 2011, the total financial volume in the Bovespa segment set a historic record of BRL1.61 trillion, surpassing the previous record of BRL1.60 trillion set in 2010. The average daily financial volume also established a new record of BRL6.49 billion, exceeding the BRL6.48 billion reached in 2010.

The total number of trades reached the milestone of 141,229,649 in 2011, surpassing last year’s record high of 106,418,437. The average daily trading volume also established a new record at 567,187, exceeding the 2010 mark of 430,844.

Historic records set in 2011:

  • Financial volume and number of transactions in the Bovespa segment;
  • Total number of contracts traded, DI futures contracts traded and of corn futures contracts and options on corn futures traded in the BM&F segment;
  • Financial volume and number of equity lending transactions.

Bovespa Segment

In 2011, the total financial volume in the Bovespa segment set a historic record of BRL1.61 trillion, surpassing the previous record of BRL1.60 trillion set in 2010. The average daily financial volume also established a new record of BRL6.49 billion, exceeding the BRL6.48 billion reached in 2010.

The total number of trades reached the milestone of 141,229,649 in 2011, surpassing last year’s record high of 106,418,437. The average daily trading volume also established a new record at 567,187, exceeding the 2010 mark of 430,844.

In December, the financial volume in the Bovespa segment was BRL130.68 billion, compared to the BRL118.72 billion registered in November. The daily average financial volume was BRL6.22 billion in December, compared to BRL5.93 billion in the previous month. There were a total of 12,746,660 transactions carried out in December compared to 12,284,986 in November, and the average daily trading volume was 606,984, compared to 614,249 in November.

Equities

In 2011, the most traded stocks were: Vale PNA, with BRL174.33 billion; Petrobras PN, with BRL125.81 billion; OGX Petróleo ON, with BRL73.22 billion; Itauunibanco PN, with BRL67.73 billion; and Vale ON, with BRL45.05 billion.

In December, the most traded stocks were: Vale PNA, with BRL11.30 billion; Petrobras PN, with BRL8.75 billion; Itauunibanco PN, with BRL5.59 billion; OGX Petróleo ON, with BRL4.33 billion; and Bradesco PN, with BRL3.66 billion

Ibovespa

The Ibovespa closed out 2011 at 56,754 points, down 18.11% for the year.

In 2011, the best performing stocks were: TIM PART S/A ON (+72.58%); CIELO ON (+53.32%); REDECARD ON (+49.20%); KLABIN S/A PN (+42.53%); and ELETROPAULO PN (+41.13%). In 2011, the worst performing stocks were: B2W VAREJO ON (-71.07%); GAFISA ON (-64.95%); HYPERMARCAS ON (-62.06%); GOL PN (-50.00%); and V-AGRO ON (-48.39%).

In December, the Ibovespa declined 0.21%.

The best performing stocks on the Ibovespa, in December, were: TRAN PAULIST PN (+16.03%); ELETROBRAS PNB (+14.06%); CPFL ENERGIA ON (+13.62%); ELETROPAULO PN (+12.97%); and LLX LOG ON (+12.33%). In December, the worst performing stocks were: V-AGRO ON (-39.62%); GAFISA ON (-23.28%); ROSSI RESID ON (-19.76%); BROOKFIELD ON (-16.67%); and CIA HERING ON (-15.02%).

All other indexes

All of the other indexes calculated by the Exchange performed as follows:

IBrX-50 (-14.06% with 8,279 points at the end of 2011; up 0.99% in December);

IBrX-100 (-11.39% with 19,706 points at the end of 2011; up 1.52% in December);

ISE (-3.28 with 2,018 points at the end of 2011; up 3.65% in December);

ITEL (+15.59% with 1,670 points at the end of 2011; up 5.11% in December);

IEE (+19.72% with 32,613 points at the end of 2011; up 9.47% in December);

INDX (-12.12% with 9,618 points at the end of 2011; up 2.31% in December);

IVBX-2 (-4.71% with 5,756 points at the end of 2011; up 0.86% in December);

IGC (-12.45% with 6,679 points at the end of 2011; up 1.76% in December);

ITAG (-11.54% with 8,708 points at the end of 2011; up 2.88% in December);

SMLL (-16.63% a 1,200 points at the end of 2011; up 0.79% in December);

MLCX (-10.39% with 877 points at the end of 2011; up 1.77% in December);

ICON (+0.55% with 1,693 points at the end of 2011; up 3.03% in December);

IMOB (-27.71% with 749 points at the end of 2011; down 5.47% in December);

IFNC (-7.40% with 3.468 points at the end of 2011; up 4.13% in December);

ICO2 (-7.37% with 1,025 points at the end of 2011; up 3.18% in December);

IBRA (-10.84% with 1,810 points at the end of 2011; up 1.68% up);

IDIV (+13.99% with 2,926 points at the end of 2011; up 5.56% in December);

IGCT (-12.36% with 1,877 points at the end of 2011; up 2% in December);

IMAT (-28.51% with 1,592 points at the end of 2011; up 0.90% in December);

UTIL (+22.61% with 2,939 points at the end of 2011; up 9.74% in December).

Market Value

The market value (market capitalization) of the 373 companies listed at BM&FBOVESPA at the end of 2011 totaled BRL2.29 trillion. In 2010, the market value was BRL2.56 trillion for the 381 companies that were listed at that time.

Special Corporate Governance Levels

At the end of 2011, the 182 companies that were part of the BM&FBOVESPA Special Corporate Governance Levels represented 64.87% of the market capitalization, 78.68% of the financial volume, and 82.72% of the trades on the cash market. At the end of 2010, there were 167 companies, representing 65.65% of the market capitalization, 75.14% of the financial volume, and 78.77% of the cash market trades.

In December, the 182 companies that were part of the BM&FBOVESPA Special Corporate Governance Levels represented 64.87% of the market capitalization, 75.82% of the financial volume, and 84.90% of the trades on the cash market. At the end of November, there were also 182 companies, representing 64.55% of the market capitalization, 82.40% of the financial volume, and 85.89% of the cash market trades.

Market Participation

The cash market (round lot) accounted for 93.9% of the total financial volume in 2011, followed by the options market with 4.3%, and by the forward market with 1.8%. The after-market traded BRL11.37 billion in 724,314 trades.

In December, the cash market (round lot) accounted for 94.6% of the total financial volume, followed by the options market with 4%, and by the forward market with 1.4%. The after-market traded BRL887.60 million with 48,002 trades, compared to BRL1.02 billion with 52,952 trades during the previous month.

Investor Participation

In 2011, foreign investors led trading in the Bovespa segment accounting for 34.74% of total contracts traded, compared to 29.57% in 2010. They were followed by institutional investors with 33.34%, compared to 33.29% in 2010, and individual investors with 21.44%, compared to 26.41% during the previous year. Financial institutions accounted for 8.65%, up from 8.35% in 2010, and companies accounted for 1.74% compared to 2.31% the previous year. The group Others accounted for 0.08% compared to 0.06% in 2010.

In December, foreign investors were also the leaders in the Bovespa segment, accounting for 39.07% of total contracts traded, compared to 32.98% in November. They were followed by institutional investors with 32.20% in December, compared to 34.29% in the previous month, and individual investors with 17.99% in December, compared to 20.46% in November. Financial institutions accounted for 8.81% in December, down from 9.33% in the previous month, and companies accounted for 1.92% in December, compared to 2.87% in the previous month. The group Others accounted for 0.01% in December, compared to 0.07% in November.

Foreign Investment

In 2011, the net flow of foreign investment into the Brazilian stock market, up to December, reached BRL8.23 billion, which is the result of BRL9.58 billion in acquisitions carried out by foreign investors in stock offerings (including BRL8.0 billion registered in Brazil) and the negative balance of BRL1.35 billion on the BM&FBOVESPA secondary market.

In December, the balance of transactions carried out by foreign investors at BM&FBOVESPA was a negative BRL2.42 billion, which was the net balance between stock sales of BRL52.08 billion and stock purchases of BRL49.66 billion.

Foreign investor participation in stock offerings, including IPOs, represented 55.3% of the total BRL17.33 billion in transactions related to the publication of the closing announcement dates ending on January 3, 2012, pursuant to information available on the Exchange’s website, under the media section.

Check the data for public offerings and IPOs

Investment Clubs

At the end of 2011, the number of investment clubs stood at 2,852, with 10 new clubs opening in December. In November, total liquid assets were BRL8.97 billion and the number of investment club participants was 117,078, according to the latest data available.

Individual Investors

At the end of 2011, the number of individual investor accounts in the equities market stood at 583,202. At the end of 2010, that number was 610,915.

ETFs

In 2011, the 10 ETFs available for trade at BM&FBOVESPA (BRAX11, CSMO11, MOBI11, BOVA11, SMAL11, MILA11, PIBB11, IT NOW IFNC 11, IT NOW ISUS 11, and IT NOW GOVE 11) reached a total financial volume of BRL12.11 billion with 577,723 transactions carried out. In 2010, there were seven ETFs (BRAX11, CSMO11, MOBI11, BOVA11, SMAL11, MILA11, PIBB11), which together accounted for a total financial volume of BRL6.99 billion, and 196,567 transactions.

In December, 74,438 transactions were carried out with the 10 ETFs available for trade at the Exchange. In November, that number was 86,037. The total financial volume in December was BRL1.21 billion, compared to BRL1.45 billion in November. In December, the ETF BOVA11 registered the largest financial volume with BRL1.15 billion, compared to the BRL1.37 billion it registered in November.

Securities lending

In 2011, securities lending transactions at BM&FBOVESPA reached a new milestone with a financial volume of BRL732.75 billion and 1,417,787 trades, surpassing 2010’s financial volume of BRL465.6 billion and 971,558 trades.

In December, the financial volume for securities lending transactions also set a new record with BRL84.76 billion, exceeding the mark of BRL67.30 billion set in November. The number of transactions in December was 121,897, compared to 122,983 in November.

Real Estate Investment Funds

In 2011, Real Estate Investment Funds (FIIs) accounted for a financial volume of BRL912.46 million and 77,075 transactions. During the previous year, they accounted for a financial volume of BRL379.09 million and 24,983 transactions. At the end of 2011, there were 66 Real Estate Investment Funds registered and authorized for trade on the BM&FBOVESPA markets and on its OTC market.

In December, Real Estate Investment Funds (FIIs) accounted for a financial volume of BRL144.16 million and 7,617 transactions. During the previous year, they accounted for a financial volume of BRL78.54 million and 7,812 transactions.

Fixed Income

In 2011, the financial volume for the fixed income secondary market, counting both the Bovespa Fix and the Soma Fix, totaled BRL268.14 million, compared to BRL416.20 million in 2010. Of this total, debentures accounted for BRL142.78 million, Receivables Investment Funds (FIDC) accounted for BRL25.17 million, and Mortgage Backed Securities (CRI) accounted for BRL100.19 million.

In December, the financial volume for the fixed income market, counting both the Bovespa Fix and the Soma Fix, totaled BRL14.4 million, compared to BRL9.5 million in November. Of this total, debentures accounted for BRL11.76 million, and Mortgage Backed Securities (CRI) accounted for BRL2.38 million.

BM&F Segment

Em 2011, the BM&F segment set a new record for contracts traded with 671,979,899, surpassing the previous 2010 record of 618,634,157. The financial volume in 2011 totaled BRL46.50 trillion, compared to a total of BRL42.51 trillion in 2010, and the average daily trading volume in 2011 was 2,687,920, compared to 2,494,493 in 2010.

In December, the markets in the BM&F segment accounted for a total of 43,358,744 contracts traded and a financial volume of BRL3.10 trillion, compared to 54,301,136 contracts and BRL3.87 trillion in November. The average daily trading volume in December was 2,064,702, compared to 2,715,057 in November. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of December with 38,230,036 positions, compared to 37,001,711 in November.

Check the data for General Volume

Financial Derivatives

In 2011, the interest rate futures (DI) traded a record 320,821,062 contracts, compared to the previous record of 293,065,417 set in 2010. The US dollar futures ended the year with 86,167,955 contracts traded, compared to 82,453,621 in 2010. The Ibovespa futures traded 21,650,138 contracts in 2011, compared to 18,039,345 during the previous year, and in 2011 the Euro futures (EUR) traded 552,481 contracts up from 390,295 in 2010.

In December, the interest rate futures (DI) accounted for 21,511,662 contracts, compared to 28,561,969 in November. The US dollar futures ended December with 6,239,499 contracts traded, compared to 7,189,024 in November. The Ibovespa futures traded 1,618,153 contracts compared to 1,774,340 during the previous month, and, in December, the Euro futures (EUR) traded 34.546 contracts down from 62.901 in November.

Mini Contracts

In 2011, derivatives mini contracts traded 28,517,331 contracts compared to 18,700,470 in 2010. The Ibovespa futures traded 26,234,515 mini contracts in 2011, up from 16,705,118 in 2010, and the US dollar futures accounted for 1,710,007 mini contracts traded compared to 1,969,427 in 2010.

In December, derivatives mini contracts traded 2,338,964 contracts compared to 2,663,926 in November. The Ibovespa futures market traded 2,172,318 mini contracts, compared to 2,473,109 the previous month. The US dollar futures market traded 164,136 mini contracts down from 186,664 in November, and the open interest on mini contract futures ended December with 14.852 positions compared to 43,983 in November.

Commodity derivatives

In 2011, a total of 2,389,454 futures and options commodity contracts were traded, down from 2,702,705 in 2010.

A total of 558,311 Corn futures and options contracts were traded in 2011, surpassing the previous record of 490,265 in 2010. Live cattle futures and option contracts totaled 1,170,100 in 2011, down from 1,352,469 in 2010. Arabica coffee ended 2011 with 463,121 contracts traded compared to 694,348 in 2010, while the Ethanol futures market traded 94,726 contracts in 2011, up from 22,615 in 2010 and the Soybean market traded 70,639 contracts.

In December, a total of 160,585 futures and options commodity contracts were traded, down from 245,561 in November. When trading closed in December there were 129,006 open interest contracts, compared 133,410 at the end of the previous month.

Live cattle futures and options contracts totaled 82,627, in December, compared to 160,824 in November. Corn closed out the period with a total of 44,768 futures and options contracts traded, up from 42,279 in November. Arabica coffee ended December with 23,106 contracts traded, down from the 28,791 contracts traded in November. The Soybean market registered 3,310 contracts in December compared to 6,622 during the previous month, and the Ethanol futures market accounted for 6,774 contracts traded, compared to the 7,045 contracts traded in November.

Click here for the monthly commodities report

Agribusiness Securities

After adding up all of the transactions carried out in the SRTA registration system, the agribusiness securities registered at BM&FBOVESPA totaled BRL8.68 billion in 2011, compared to BRL1.24 billion in 2010. In 2011, a total of 46,690 records were also checked for agribusiness securities, and together they represented the cumulative financial volume of BRL29.43 billion, up from the 15,270 records with a trading volume of BRL10.05 billion in 2010. The stock of LCAs (Agribusiness Credit Bills) registered in the stock market in 2011 totaled BRL7.46 billion, compared to the BRL297 million registered during the previous year.

After adding up all of the transactions carried out in the SRTA registration system, the stock of agribusiness securities registered at BM&FBOVESPA totaled BRL8.68 billion in December, compared to BRL8.02 billion in November. The stock of LCAs totaled BRL7.46 billion in December, compared to BRL6.77 billion in November.

Spot Gold

In 2011, the spot gold market (250 grams) traded 23,579 contracts, compared to 9,567 in 2010. The financial volume for the spot gold market totaled BRL509.80 million, compared to BRL179.02 million the year before.

In December, the spot gold market (250 grams) traded 749 contracts, down from 2,240 in November. The total financial volume in December was BRL18.03 million, compared to BRL55.44 million in the month before.

Spot Dollar

In 2011, the spot US dollar totaled 12,859 transactions with a financial volume of US$32.89 billion, compared to 14,339 transactions and a financial volume of US$31.41 billion in 2010. The financial volume of U.S. dollars traded on the Brazilian interbank settlement market and registered in the BM&FBOVESPA FX Clearinghouse was US$588.83 billion, with 31,462 trades, down from US$718.31 billion and 36,428 trades in 2010.

In December, the spot dollar totaled 1,547 transactions with a financial volume of US$2.07 billion. In November, 1,999 transactions were registered with a financial volume of US$2.17 billion. In December, the financial volume of U.S. dollars traded on the Brazilian interbank settlement market and registered in the BM&FBOVESPA FX Clearinghouse was US$40.62 billion with 2,711 transactions, compared to US$37.65 billion and 2,475 transactions in November.

Public Fixed Income

In 2011, the financial volume for the public fixed income secondary market, counting all the transactions carried out on Sisbex, totaled BRL257.58 billion, compared to BRL116.89 billion in 2010. Of this total, BRL5.1 billion was related to final transactions and BRL251.1 billion was related to repo transactions. The financial volume for public securities lending transactions totaled BRL1.36 billion in 2011.

In December, the financial volume for the public fixed income secondary market, counting all the transactions carried out on Sisbex, was BRL18.6 billion, up from BRL6.9 billion in November. Of this total, BRL32.10 million was related to final transactions and BRL18.57 billion was related to repo transactions.

Investor Participation

In 2011, financial institutions led trading in the markets of the BM&F segment accounting for 36.41% of total contracts traded, compared to 42.40% in 2010. They were followed by institutional investors with 31.27% in 2011, compared to 29.61% in 2010, and foreign investors with 25.86% compared to 22.40% during the previous year. Individual investors ended the year with 5.22%, up from 3.88% in 2010, and companies accounted for 1.24%, compared to 1.71% the previous year.

In December, financial institutions led trading in the markets of the BM&F segment accounting for 38.08% of total contracts traded, compared to 35.75% in November. They were followed by institutional investors with 32.53%, down from 34.49% the previous month. During this same period foreign investors accounted for 23.04%, compared to 23.18%. Individual investors ended the year with 4.48% in December compared to 5.19% in November; and companies accounted for 1.83%, up from 1.34% the month before.

Individual investors

At the end of 2011, there were 135,256 individual investors with at least one active account registered at the Derivatives Clearinghouse, compared to 137,820 at the end of the previous year.

DMA

BM&F Segment

In December, the transactions carried out via Direct Market Access (DMA) in the BM&F* segment totaled 25,617,886 contracts traded in 2,483,514 trades. During the previous month, 31,537,229 contracts were traded in 2,887,206 trades.

The volumes registered by each DMA model in the BM&F segment were as follows:

Traditional DMA – 12,266,856 contracts traded in 879,061 trades in December, compared to 15,783,631 contracts traded in 1,219,049 trades in November;

Via DMA provider (including orders routed via the Globex System) – 8,225,628 contracts traded in 234,539 trades in December, compared to 10,736,890 contracts traded in 252,343 trades the month before;

DMA via direct connection – 1,255 contracts traded in 303 trades in December, up from 1,034 contracts traded in 289 trades during the previous month; and

DMA via co-location – 5,124,147 contracts traded in 1,369,611 trades in December, compared to 5,015,674 contracts traded in 1,415,525 trades in November.

In December, the transactions carried out by foreign investors who were presented to BM&FBOVESPA by CME (which either use the order routing system or access the BM&FBOVESPA markets via co-location) totaled 2,240,922 contracts traded in 537,582 trades. In November, those totals were 2,297,168 and 554,624 respectively.

BOVESPA Segment

In December, the transactions carried out via Direct Market Access (DMA) in the BOVESPA*segment had a total financial volume of BRL86.68 billion in 12,297,326 trades. During the month of November, those numbers were BRL92.18 billion and 11,690,154 respectively.

The volumes registered by each DMA model in the BOVESPA segment were as follows:

Traditional DMA – BRL71.67 billion in 9,727,649 trades in December, compared to BRL76.89 billion in 9,411,041 trades in November;

Via DMA provider – BRL1.04 billion in 188,596 trades in December, compared to BRL981.77 million in 119,734 trades in November; and

DMA via co-location – BRL13.87 billion in 2,369,659 trades in December, compared to BRL14.21 billion in 2,150,118 trades in November.

* Direct access to the BM&FBOVESPA market segments is carried out through DMA models 1, 2, 3 and 4.

In model 1 or traditional DMA, the client accesses the trading system through technological intermediation of a brokerage house.

In model 2 or via DMA provider, the client does not use the technological intermediation of a brokerage house, but rather connects to the system through an authorized access provider. DMA via order routing with CME Globex is also a form of DMA model 2.

In model 3 or DMA via direct connection, the client connects to the system through a direct connection.

In model 4 or DMA via co-location, the client installs its own computer within the Exchange’s facilities.

Notes: The volumes registered by access modality include both buy and sell sides of a trade. The volumes by access modality for both the BM&F and the Bovespa market segments have been reported in a consolidated manner in the BM&FBOVESPA statements since May 2009.

Source: BM&FBOVESPA, 10.01.2012

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December 2, 2011 • 10:58 pm 0

Brazil: Foreign investors exempetion from paying 2% IOF tax on equity trades BM&FBOVESPA

The Brazilian government has repealed a tax placed on foreign investors trading equities, in a move which domestic exchange BM&F Bovespa believes is sure to stimulate trading activity in the country.

The IOF tax, which stood at 2% for equities since its launch in October 2009, has now been eliminated. The tax was also removed for debt instruments that have a tenor of four years or longer.

The levy was introduced by the Brazilian government in order to help it control the rapid appreciation of the Brazilian real. It was initially set at 2% for all initial investments made by foreigners in fixed income and derivatives transactions. The tax was increased to 6% for fixed income transactions in October 2010.

“We are not easing our currency policy. If there is any risk of the currency appreciating, we will increase the IOF on derivatives,” Brazilian finance minister Guido Mantega is reported to have said at a press conference today.

The announcement by the Brazilian government had an instant positive impact on equities prices in the country, with shares in BM&F Bovespa surging by almost 7% today.

“By reducing the IOF to 0% on foreign investments for equities, the government has sent a clear message about the importance of the capital markets as a way to support local companies,” Sergio Gullo, chief representative for BM&F Bovespa in EMEA, told theTRADEnews.com. “The removal of the tax will encourage more foreign investment to our market.”

The removal of the IOF tax may also help to bring more high-frequency trading (HFT) to Brazil, the increase of which BM&F Bovespa has identified as a key aspect of its growth strategy. Gullo says that the exchange believes HFT will reach 20% of overall equity trading volumes in the next few years.

As part of its plans to attract HFT, BM&F Bovespa has partnered with US exchange operator CME Group to develop Puma, a new US$200 million multi-asst class trading platform. The new platform will be able to process 200 million messages per day and offer an average round-trip latency of 1.1 milliseconds.

“The removal of the tax has very little downside and it appears that the Brazilian government is not concerned about the effect of equity trading on currency appreciation,” said Danielle Tierney, analyst at consultancy Aite Group. “It will be more of a positive for HFT firms than traditional market participants. The exchange should have no trouble in reaching its 20% HFT target.” Source: Trade News, 01.12.2011

São Paulo, December 01, 2011 – BM&FBOVESPA considers the measure that the Brazilian government announced today as bang on target, demonstrating an understanding that the Brazilian market is going through a moment of great opportunities and also constitutes a fundamental instrument for companies’ growth and the development of the country.

Between 2004 and 2011, Brazilian companies held 232 public share offerings, of which 138 were IPOs. These operations resulted in a total of BRL 370.7 billion raised, which went towards these companies’ growth projects, contributing towards a significant increase in job creation and incomes in Brazil. It is important to bear in mind that around 70% of this volume came from foreign investors.

Brazil’s capital market has a great capacity to attract foreign investment, due to its credibility built on strong regulatory foundations and on best practices in corporate governance.

In this manner, BM&FBOVESPA believes that with the government measure to exempt the IOF tax on operations by foreign investors, there will be an even more favorable picture for the more than 40 companies that are waiting for the right moment for their share offerings to raise the resources they need for their investments and growth in 2012.

Source: BM&FBOVESPA, 2.12.2011

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November 22, 2011 • 8:34 am 1

Brazil: Direct Edge intents to launch new Exchange in Rio de Janeiro … challenge for BOVESPA or marketing for Rio?

Direct Edge, a leading stock exchange in the United States, today announced its intention to launch Direct Edge Brazil, an all-electronic platform for the trading of Brazilian equities.  The exchange will be headquartered in Rio de Janeiro with a tentative launch date of the fourth quarter of 2012, pending regulatory approval from the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários.

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“The Brazilian economy is among the fastest growing in the world and we believe that a second stock exchange in the country will spur even greater investor participation through competition that drives innovation and price improvement,” said William O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer of Direct Edge.  “The exchange will leverage proven Direct Edge technology and architecture that will be customized to the unique needs of the Brazilian market.”

Direct Edge Brazil will operate as an independent, local company majority owned by Direct Edge.  A Brazil-based CEO will be appointed to lead a team in Rio de Janeiro to develop Direct Edge Brazil and maintain close working relationships with the Brazilian financial community as well as with local officials and vendors. Direct Edge Brazil, if approved, will be the first stock exchange headquartered in Rio de Janeiro since 2002.

“The arrival of Direct Edge is further proof of the importance of Rio to the global financial markets,” said Eduardo Paes, Mayor of city of Rio de Janeiro.  “Having one of the largest stock exchanges in the United States operating here will provide added incentive for other global financial market participants and will likely attract broker services and financial technology firms.”

“Rio has been a global financial hub for years; the financial markets in Brazil started here” said Eduarda La Rocque, Municipal Secretary of Finance, City of Rio de Janeiro.  “The decision by Direct Edge to establish its headquarters in Rio reinforces the relevance of the local economy and highlights how the global financial markets realize the plentiful growth opportunities that exist in our city.  The pending arrival of a world class stock exchange can create opportunities for Rio’s young professionals, and will boost efforts to revitalize the financial sector in our city.”

Rio Negócios, the investment promotion agency of Rio de Janeiro, worked closely with Direct Edge in supporting the project.  “This is a great day for Rio,” said Marcelo Haddad, Executive Director of Rio Negócios.  “Direct Edge Brazil will serve as the inspiration to recreate a new and modern financial center in the city.”

Source: Directe Edge, 21.11.2011 For more information on Direct Edge Brazil and to sign up for updates, please go to: www.directedge.com.br

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October 19, 2011 • 9:16 am 0

Brazil: BM&FBOVESPA – News October 2011 – Nr.21

BRIC exchanges announce alliance

The exchanges of the BRIC emerging markets bloc announced a joint initiative on October 12, during the 51st AGM of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) in Johannesburg, to offer investors access to their dynamic economies. Initially the exchanges – which accounted for over 18% of all exchange-listed derivative contracts traded by volume worldwide as of June this year – will cross-list benchmark equity index derivatives on the boards of other alliance members. Following this, the alliance will develop innovative products to track the BRIC exchanges.

The seven exchanges are:

  • BM&FBOVESPA – Brazil
  • MICEX – Russia
  • RTS – Russia
  • Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) – China
  • Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) – South Africa
  • The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) – India
  • BSE Ltd (formerly known as Bombay Stock Exchange) – India

These seven exchanges represent a combined listed market capitalization of USD9.02 trillion, equitymarket trading value/month of USD422 billion and 9,481 companies listed.

BM&FBOVESPA new trading hours

In view of the start of daylight saving time on October 16, 2011, since October 17, 2011, the new trading hours (Brasília Time) for the BM&FBOVESPA markets – BOVESPA and BM&F segments – will be as follows:

Regular session: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

- After-Market: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (pre-opening phase to trading phase);

- Blocking / Exercise on the stock options market
Days prior to expiration: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (exercise of holder position).
Expiration date: 11:00a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – trading of the expired series to the offset of the position, that is, the sale for the holder of the position and purchase for blocking for the writer of the position / 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: exercise of the holder position;

- Blocking / Exercise on the Index Options Market:
Days prior to expiration: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (exercise of holder position).
Expiration date: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – trading of the expired series to the offset of the position, that is sale for the holder of the position and purchase for blocking for the writer of the position / After 6:00 p.m. – automatic exercise of the expired series which fit the following situations: call option (settlement index higher than the exercise price; and put option (settlement index lower than the exercise price).

- Over-the-Counter Market: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

> Complete information of the new trading hours (Circular Letters 009-2011-DO-Ofício Circular)

The trading hours for the BOVESPA and BM&F segments are available at this link

Market Makers for Options on the Stock of Banco Bradesco, Gerdau and Banco do Brasil

BM&FBOVESPA announced on August 3rd the start of the bidding process to select up to three market makers for options on stock of Banco Bradesco S.A. (BBDC4), Gerdau S.A. (GGBR4) and Banco do Brasil S.A. (BBAS3). This is the third stage of the Competitive Bidding Process to select market makers in equity options and BOVESPA Index (Ibovespa) options, developed by BM&FBOVESPA. The institutions (including nonresident) that wish to participate have until November 29, 2011 to deliver proposals and the winners will be announced on December 14, 2011.

> More info

Market Makers for Options on Ibovespa and on Stocks of BM&FBOVESPA and Usiminas

BM&FBOVESPA announced on October 11 the winning institutions in the second selection process for market makers for options on stocks and on the BOVESPA Index (Ibovespa). The market maker obligation shall last twelve (12) months as of December 12, 2011. Banco Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Banco Itaú BBA S.A. and Timber Hill LLC shall be market makers for options on the BOVESPA Index (IBOV), complying with a maximum volatility spread of half a percentage point (0.5%). The institutions selected for options on stocks in BM&FBOVESPA S.A. (BVMF3) were Citadel Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda, which shall be market makers complying with a maximum volatility spread of four percent (4%). Meanwhile, the institutions selected for options on stocks in Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (USIM5) were Banco BTG Pactual S.A. and Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda, which shall be market makers complying with a maximum volatility spread of twenty percent (20%).

> More info

Options on OGX Petróleo and Itaú Unibanco rise with Market Maker activity

The trading volume for options on the stocks of OGX Petróleo and Itaú Unibanco rose significantly in September, strongly influenced by the fact that they have had Market Makers since September 9. The Exchange launched the Market Maker program for stocks this year in order to encourage trading in options and increase their liquidity, as well as to stimulate longer expiries on these contracts. Options on the stocks of OGX Petróleo and Itaú Unibanco now have three Market Makers.

Comparing the average daily volume in September to that of January to August, there were the following increases: OGX Petróleo ON 51.9% (BRL 13.7 million against BRL 20.8 million) and Itaú Unibanco PN 205.6% (BRL 1.7 million against BRL 5.1 million).

ETF financial volume more than doubles in the past two months

BM&FBOVESPA Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) reached BRL 1.4 billion financial volume in August and September, at 78,809 and 75,740 trades respectively. This is more than double the BRL 668 million financial volume and 31,997 trades in July.

Common Shares in Desenvix Energias Renováveis start trading on BOVESPA MAIS

The shares of electricity company Desenvix Energias Renováveis S.A. begin to be traded on October 3 on the BOVESPA MAIS segment of the BM&FBOVESPA Organized OTC Market, under the DVIX3M ticker symbol.

USD11 billion in public offerings and follow-ons in 2011

In the year to October, 15, BM&FBOVESPA registered USD11 billion in public offerings and follow-ons. There were eleven Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in 2011: AREZZO&CO (ARZZ3), SIERRA BRASIL (SSBR3), AUTOMETAL (AUTM3), QGEP PART (QGEP3), IMC HOLDING (IMCH3), TIME FOR FUN (SHOW3), MAGAZINE LUIZA (MGLU3), BR PHARMA (BPHA3), QUALICORP (QUAL3), TECHNOS (TECN3) and ABRIL EDUCAÇÃO (ABRE11).

BM&FBOVESPA on Twitter

BM&FBOVESPA launched its Twitter account in English last week. Please access this link

2011 EVENTS

 The World Cup of ETFs and Indexing Latin America

BM&FBOVESPA is lending its support to the World Research Group’s “World Cup of ETFs and Indexing Latin America.” The event aims at providing attendees with the best practices for ETF use, as well as a comprehensive analysis of market structure, regulations and current and future opportunities. The expected audience includes pension funds, hedge fund managers and investors, investment advisors, financial consultants, and other market participants. A BM&FBOVESPA representative will talk about the Exchange’s ETF products.

Location: São Paulo (TBC)
Date: October 17-18, 2011.
> Full Agenda and Registration

2nd FX Growth Markets Series: Brazil – Profit & Loss

BM&FBOVESPA will join the Profit & Loss FX Growth Markets conference on October 20, 2011 at the Tivoli Hotel in São Paulo. Profit & Loss has been operating its highly successful series of Forex Network and FX Growth Markets conferences for more than 10 years, with regular annual events held in London, New York, Chicago, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Shanghai and Toronto, and comes to Brazil for the second time. A BM&FBOVESPA representative will talk at the event.

Location: Tivoli Hotel São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Date: October 20, 2011.
> Full Agenda

2nd Brazil–China Capital Markets Forum

BM&FBOVESPA and the Shanghai Stock Exchange are coordinating the Second Brazil–China Capital Markets Forum. This event follows the First Brazil–China Capital Markets Forum, which occurred in February in São Paulo, Brazil. At the event, the Shanghai Stock Exchange shall bring 300 to 500 Chinese asset and insurance managers and representatives of listed companies.

Location: Xijiao State Guest House Shanghai, China
Date: October 27, 2011.

Volumes and trades by Direct Market Access (DMA)

BM&F Segment
In September, BM&F* market segment transactions carried out through order routing via Direct Market Access (DMA) registered 35,144,357 contracts traded and 4,311,865 trades. In August, the volume reached 41,417,494 contracts traded and 4,431,750 trades.

The volumes registered by each access modality in the BM&F segment were as follows:

  • Traditional DMA – 12,583,334 contracts traded, in 1,366,264 trades, in comparison to 17,540,231 contracts and 1,306,241 trades in August;
  • Via DMA provider (including orders routed via the Globex System) – 13,976,949 contracts traded, in 374,992 trades, compared to 14,088,756 contracts and 435,281 trades in August;
  • DMA via direct connection – 2,636 contracts traded in 447 trades, against 4,210 contracts and 830 trades in August;
  • DMA via co-location – 8,581,438 contracts traded, in 2,570,162 trades, compared to 9,784,297 contracts and 2,689,398 trades in August.

In September, transactions carried out by foreign investors presented by CME to BVMF (who use the Globex-GTS order routing system or access BVMF markets via co-location) totaled 4,685,186 contracts traded, in 1,164,510 trades, compared to 5,308,308 contracts and 1,235,349 trades in August.

BOVESPA Segment
In September, order routing via DMA in the BOVESPA* segment totaled BRL 111.41 billion and 14,298,483 trades, from BRL 138.52 billion and 17,021,408 trades the previous month.

Trading volumes per type of DMA in the BOVESPA segment:

  • Traditional DMA – Volume of BRL 95.77 billion and 11,763,618 trades from BRL 120.45 billion and 14,098,638 in August;
  • DMA via co-location – Volume of BRL 14.29 billion and 2,357,270 trades from BRL 16.69 billion and 2,755,498 in August;
  • DMA via provider – Volume of BRL 1.34 billion and 177,044 trades from BRL 1.37 billion and 167,272 in August.

* Direct access to the BM&FBOVESPA market segments is carried out through DMA models 1, 2, 3 and 4. In model 1 or traditional DMA, the client accesses the GTS or Mega Bolsa through technological intermediation of a brokerage house. In model 2 or via DMA provider, the client does not use the technological intermediation of a brokerage house, but rather connects to the system through an authorized access provider. DMA via order routing with CME Globex is also a form of DMA model 2. In model 3, the client connects to the system through a direct connection. In model 4 or via co-location, the client installs its own computer within the Exchange’s facilities.

Notes:

The volumes registered by access modality include both buy and sell sides of a trade.

The volumes by access modality for both the BM&F and the BOVESPA market segments have been reported in a consolidated manner in the BM&FBOVESPA statements since May 2009.

MARKET RESULTS

BM&F Segment September 2011

Derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 59,365,524 contracts and BRL 4.35 trillion in volume in September, compared to 78,606,873 contracts and BRL 5.23 trillion in August. The daily average of contracts traded in the derivatives markets in September was 2,826,930, in contrast to 3,417,690 in August. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of September with 36,620,797 positions, compared to 37,821,302 in August.

BOVESPA Segment September 2011

In September 2011, the equity markets (BOVESPA segment) financial volume totaled BRL 131.437 billion, in 13,551,487 trades, with daily averages of BRL 6.25 billion and 645,309 trades. In August, financial volume totaled BRL 177.906 billion, the total number of trades 16,234,673, and the daily averages BRL 7.73 billion and 705,855 trades respectively.

Source: BM&FBOVESPA, 18.10.2011

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October 19, 2011 • 2:01 am 0

Brazil: High Frequency Trading in Brazil: Mirage or Miracle?

Christian Zimmer, Head of Quantitative Trading and Research, and Hellinton Hatsuo Takada, Quantitative Trader, of Itaú Asset Management reveal the truth about high frequency trading in Brazil.

Conference panels, discussions and articles on High Frequency Trading (HFT) generally start with its definition. The term HFT is like ‘Cleopatra’ – sexy and mysterious and everyone is keen to know more about it. But the term HFT speaks for itself, so is it wasting time to go over it again?

Probably, because the term ‘high’ only has meaning relative to an external point of reference, just like cold, hot, sweet or other adjectives. This subjectivity is all the more interesting, as it is extremely difficult to measure an investor’s  brief holding period in most financial markets and, therefore, determine if it really is ‘high’. Unlike in the US, where the exchanges do not register the origin of the trade, Brazilian regulation allows BM&FBOVESPA to identify the final client on every trade. Consequently, it is much easier to measure the holding period of an investor for each asset. Also, this rule is the means by which the exchange determines whether an investor’s trade is classified as a ‘day trade’ and is thus eligible for reduced fees.

Naturally, BM&FBOVESPA does not classify a trader opening a position in the morning and closing it at the end of the day as a high frequency trader. There should be far more trading than this to qualify as HFT.  But how much more? It depends on the exchange’s criteria and reference point for ‘high’.

Figures for HFT published by BM&FBOVESPA in their April 2011report show 3.9% of the BM&F segment is high frequency and 5.9% of the BOVESPA segment. Consequently, the reduced fees are presented to the Brazilian trading community as less of an issue, as they say there is evidence of HFT taking hold. But HFT volume is not really increasing and is still far off the US figures which are often cited at around 60-70%. After carefully observing BM&FBOVESPA market prices, it is easy to conclude that it would take some time (possibly hours) to have a change in the prices sufficiently large enough to pay the transaction costs.Remember that HFT strategies are very sensitive to transaction costs.

Our suggestion is to step away from making subjective references to ‘high frequency’. Instead, one should look at the underlying trading strategies. The incentives an exchange should create to attract flow must be adjusted to the strategies that are really needed. Each strategy deserves a different set of policies and this will help the diversification of the traders’ strategies.

A trader using a market maker strategy can live with exchange fees as long as the bid-ask spread is sufficiently high. If the spread narrows, the costs become crucial and the exchange must lower the fees in order to keep this client in the market. On the other hand, a directional trader has different issues; if the fees are high, a trader must wait longer for a relevant price move so that they can capitalize on their position. Contrary to the market maker, the directional trader loves to see narrow bid-ask spreads. There would be no need to lower fees when the spread is close. The same is true for the statistical arbitrage traders.

When looking at the third party analyses of HFT in the international markets, we often see that the most common strategy is the market maker approach. This fact is strongly influenced by market fragmentation, which we do not have in Brazil. Fragmentation creates new intermarket trades, which could qualify as arbitrage trades, but not necessarily as market maker trades. Fragmentation also makes exchanges and other venues compete for the customers that provide liquidity and, as a result, give incentives to market makers. As mentioned above, Brazil does not have a fragmented market and BM&FBOVESPA does not see it necessary to ask for more liquidity. At least not as long as international capital flows are strong and increasing. Liquidity is needed in second tier shares and below.

It remains to be seen whether the inventive BM&FBOVESPA program to exempt the officially designated market makers from exchange fees will be enough to stimulate other participants to trade. At least theoretically, this provides an entry/ exit point for statistical arbitrage traders. However, as long as the allowed spreads can be as large as 1%, the strategy might not be necessarily profitable. At this moment it is worth noting that most of the Brazilian statistical arbitrage trades are longshort trades in stocks focusing on preferred-common stock relationships (in Brazil they are known as PNON, with PN standing for preferred stocks and ON for common ones).

It is also interesting to look at statistical arbitrage trades that are latency dependent, i.e. true arbitrage trades. Are these the ‘true’ high frequency traders? If there are only a few trading opportunities per day, it does not seem as if BM&FBOVESPA could classify them as high frequency. Latency sensitive traders typically use what the exchange refers to as the DMA3 (clients directly sending orders through a connection to the exchange) or DMA4 (co-location) categories. Trades through these categories can easily be measured. Unfortunately, the ability to measure the latency sensitive flow is lost because the DMA3 category is also used for any direct sponsored customer trades, so all that remains is to  measure the flow from the co-location model.

If we use the DMA4 numbers as the reference point for HFT, then we reach a HFT participation figure of 2.8% in the BM&F segment and about 2% in the BOVESPA segment (as at April 2011). The BM&FBOVESPA DMA4 measurements are significantly lower than their HFT percentages. This suggests they accounted additional strategies into this pool, such as market making strategies. Theoretically market makers could have contributed to this figure, but because of a very narrow spread in the high volume stocks and high fees, it is reasonable to assume that the market making strategy does not contribute too much to the HFT volume.

One might argue that there are still the directional trades. Yet, as this strategy needs a certain price move before it can make money and the number of trades per day is limited. On the other hand, the number of traders that might be using this strategy is not limited, as the models are nearly all different. There are only about ten Brazilian players able to successfully run intraday directional trades. Perhaps we should conclude that the international players have better models or a better understanding of the market?

Recently, BM&FBOVESPA announced a new pricing model for high-frequency traders, which uses the Average Daily Trading Value (ADTV) to calculate fees in its equity market. Fees range from 0.019% for R$20 million ADTV up to 0.01% for firms trading over R$500 million ADTV. Ironically, almost no firms were able to qualify as ‘high frequency’ players within the exchange’s cost reduction program.

Source:FIXGloabalTrading, 15.06.2011

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October 15, 2011 • 11:03 pm 0

Brazil: BRIC exchanges form alliance

The exchanges of the Brics emerging markets bloc have announced plans to form an alliance in cross-listing and to expose foreign investors to their dynamic economies and to increase the liquidity of their trading venues (Brazil, Russia, India, Hong Kong (China), South Africa)

This initiative was announced at the 51st AGM of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) in Johannesburg.

The initiative brings together BM&FBOVESPA from Brazil, MICEX from Russia (currently merging with RTS Stock Exchange), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx, China) and Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) from South Africa. The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and the BSE Ltd (India) have signed letters of support and will join the alliance after finalizing outstanding requirements.

At the first stage of this project the exchanges will begin cross-listing of financial derivatives on their benchmark equity indices. It is planned to launch cross-listed products by June 2012.

“Global investors are increasingly seeking exposure to leading developing markets,” says Ronald Arculli, chairman of HKEx and of the WFE. “Thanks to this alliance, investors will gain easier access to major equity index derivatives of the BRICS markets which will now be offered in local currency on the alliance exchanges”.

This is an important milestone in the history of developing countries, continues Mr Arculli. “The alliance enables more investors to gain exposure to the emerging economies of the BRICS group whose economic power is on the rise. From a global perspective this alliance highlights the growing significance of the BRICS economies and financial markets for the coming decade, and further underlines the importance of enhancing cooperation between the BRICS members”.

At the second stage of the project members of the alliance plan to jointly develop new products for cross-listing on their exchanges. “In addition to measuring market performance, equity indices may be used as underlying assets to create new products, which can be the next step in the alliance development”, says Russell Loubser, CEO of the JSE.

“The products designed at the second stage would then be cross listed and traded in local currencies,” says Edemir Pinto, CEO of BM&F BOVESPA. “They will also ensure easy access for investors to other emerging markets through locally listed products.”

The third stage may include further cooperation in joint products design and new services development.

“Apart from cross-listing products, there are other opportunities for growth and development within this alliance. For example, creation of joint products combining various underliers which will facilitate liquidity growth in the BRICS markets and improve the understanding of other developing markets by local investors,” says Ruben Aganbegyan, President of MICEX.

All the partnering exchanges estimate the potential for cooperation created by this alliance very positively.

“The BRICS exchanges alliance has a great potential as it will create avenues for Indian investors to diversify their portfolios and expand into other emerging markets. It will also provide unique opportunities to investors in other BRICS nations to participate and contribute in India’s growth. BSE will actively work towards bringing world-class products to India as well as developing new products for other BRICS markets.” says Madhu Kannan, CEO of BSE Ltd.

Interest towards the BRICS markets is supported by the above-average growth forecast for these regions, as well as the rising consumer power generated by growing middle classes in each of the participating economies” says Ravi Narain, MD of the National Stock Exchange of India.

According to the WFE these six exchanges represent a combined market capitalization of USD 9.02 trillion, the number of their ussuer companies totals 9.5 thousand.

As per the research by the Futures Industry Association these six exchanges accounted for 18% of the global turnover in financial derivatives in H1 of 2011.

Source: BM&FBOVESPA, FinExtra, 12.10.2011

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September 21, 2011 • 10:36 am 0

Brazil: BM&FBOVESPA – News September 2011 – Nr.20

Launch of the first stage of the BM&FBOVESPA PUMATrading System

BM&FBOVESPA announces the conclusion of the first stage of development and integrated tests with the market of its new trading platform, named the BM&FBOVESPA PUMA Trading System. This is a multi-asset electronic trading platform that has been developed by BM&FBOVESPA and CME Group. BM&FBOVESPA PUMA Trading System will replace the Global Trading System (GTS), Mega Bolsa, BOVESPA FIX and SISBEX, integrating them into a single system with greater processing capacity, extremely low latency, and new functions. The implementation will occur in stages:

  • 1st Stage: Substitution of GTS (derivatives and spot foreign exchange);
  • 2nd Stage: Substitution of Mega Bolsa (equities and equity derivatives);
  • 3rd Stage: Substitution of BOVESPA FIX (fixed-income corporate securities) and SISBEX (government securities).

The Exchange implemented the BM&FBOVESPA PUMA Trading System in the spot foreign exchange market on August 29, 2011. The other stages will be executed in the following weeks, at dates to be announced at an opportune moment. As part of the GTS replacement effort, instruments will migratein four-stages. At each stage, orders sent to the Exchange for these contracts will be processed exclusively by the new system. The migration stages are:

  • 1st Migration: Spot foreign exchange contracts.
  • 2nd Migration: Agricultural derivatives.
  • 3rd Migration: Financial derivatives (interest rates, foreign exchange, inflation indices, gold etc.), except for derivatives based on stock indices.
  • 4th Migration: Derivatives based on stock indices.

Automated solution for market surveillance, operation and market oversight

BM&FBOVESPA and BOVESPA Market Supervision (BSM), the Brazilian self-regulatory organization in charge of inspecting and supervising transactions and trade authorizations, announced on September 15 that they will use NASDAQ OMX’s SMARTS Integrity market surveillance platform to monitor trading across their equities and commodities platforms. Using SMARTS Integrity, BM&FBOVESPA and BSM will have a comprehensive portfolio of alert scenarios for market behavior.

> More information

BM&FBOVESPA and BNDES present new portfolio for the Carbon Efficient Index

BM&FBOVESPA and BNDES announced on September 5 the composition of the theoretical portfolio of the Carbon Efficient Index, valid from September to December 2011. The ICO2 is an index composed of stocks in IBrX-50 index companies that have accepted involvement in the initiative, adopting transparent practices as regards greenhouse gas emissions (GGEs). The calculation of shares in the ICO2 index takes into consideration the greenhouse gas emissions and free float of companies.

The portfolio valid as of today can be viewed here.

New head of BM&FBOVESPA for UK

BM&FBOVESPA announces that Sergio Gullo has been hired as the new chief representative for BM&FBOVESPA in London. He will report to BM&FBOVESPA International Business Development Officer Lucy Pamboukdjian and be responsible for operations with the European, Middle Eastern and African markets. Sergio Gullo has been active in the financial market for more than 27 years. He was Business Development Manager in the United Kingdom for BGC Partners and has worked in financial institutions such as Banco Votorantim and Renaissance Capital, specializing in emerging markets and always in commercial areas with a focus on fixed income and structured products. He also held a wide range of positions at Lloyd’s TSB Bank for 19 years, in both Brazil and the UK.

New office in London

The BM&FBOVESPA office in London has moved to One New Change, 4th floor (London, EC4M, 9AF, United Kingdom). The London office may be contacted by e-mail at sgullo@bvmf.com.br and by telephone at (+44) 203 379 3978.

BM&FBOVESPA and Shenzhen Stock Exchange Sign Memorandum of Understanding

BM&FBOVESPA (BVMF) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) signed on September 26 a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which includes personnel exchange, mutual training and information and experience sharing. Ms Song Liping, President of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and Mr. Edemir Pinto, CEO of BM&FBOVESPA, signed the MOU last month during the 5th International, Financial and Capital Market Conference in Campos do Jordão, in the state of São Paulo.

BM&FBOVESPA’s options and capital raising activity

According to the WFE (World Federation of Exchanges), BM&FBOVESPA is ranked as #1 in volume of Stock Options contracts trades and #4 in IPOs (Capital Raised). These and other regulated exchange industry numbers are available at: http://www.world-exchanges.org/statistics

Securities Lending

In August, the total number of securities lending transactions reached a record 141,721 compared to the previous record of 121,971 in May 2011 and to 114,989 in July. Financial volume was BRL 62.63 billion in August from BRL 52.16 billion the previous month.

Ibovespa and other index portfolios, valid for September-December 2011

BM&FBOVESPA has announced the Ibovespa theoretical index portfolio, which will be valid from September 5 to December 29, 2011, based on the closing of the September 2, 2011 trading session. The new portfolio now includes common shares in BR Malls and Cia Hering, which brings its total to 68 stocks in 63 companies.

> More information

BM&FBOVESPA launches app for Google Chrome web browser

BM&FBOVESPA announced on September, 16th that users of the Google Chrome web browser can download a free app that allows real time monitoring of the share prices of companies traded on BM&FBOVESPA and of the directions taken by the main capital market indexes. This tool allows users to customize their share portfolio, storing in the “Favorites” tab the companies that they wish to monitor daily. The app includes films that explain stock investment, wealth creation, and financial education. It also contains messages that are sent to the BM&FBOVESPA twitter channel @Info_BMFBOVESPA

To obtain the BM&FBOVESPA Google Chrome app, please access the Google Web Store and download the file at: https://chrome.google.com/webstore.

2011 EVENTS

Family Office Summit – Latin America

BM&FBOVESPA is currently sending invitations for this event promoted by the World Research Group and which will be held in São Paulo September 26-28. A BM&FBOVESPA representative is scheduled to talk about alternative investments. The summit will present current trends for optimizing effective strategies and alternative methods to produce investments for single and multi family offices in the Brazilian capital market. There will be a special networking session bringing together managers, single and multi family offices, advisors and consultants.

Location: Intercontinental São Paulo – Alameda Santos, 1123, São Paulo , SP.
Date: September 26-28, 2011.

> Full Agenda and Registration

2nd FX Growth Markets Series: Brazil – Profit & Loss

BM&FBOVESPA will join the Profit & Loss FX Growth Markets conference on October 20, 2011 at the Tivoli Hotel in São Paulo. Profit & Loss has been operating its highly successful series of Forex Network and FX Growth Markets conferences for more than 10 years, with regular annual events held in London, New York, Chicago, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Shanghai and Toronto, and comes to Brazil for the second time. A BM&FBOVESPA representative will talk at the event.

Location: Tivoli Hotel São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Date: October 20, 2011.

> Full Agenda

BM&FBOVESPA at Chicago’s FIA EXPO

BM&FBOVESPA will exhibit at FIA EXPO 2011. The event attracts approximately 5,000 people from more than 30 countries, from senior staff at brokerage firms and exchanges to floor traders, pension fund managers, corporate treasurers, CTAs and CPOs, and individual investors. BM&FBOVESPA staff will present the Exchange’s products, connectivity, DMA access via Globlex, co-location and others.

Location: Hilton Chicago, USA
Date: October 10-12, 2011

> More info

The World Cup of ETFs and Indexing Latin America

BM&FBOVESPA is lending its support to the World Research Group’s “World Cup of ETFs and Indexing Latin America.” The event aims at providing attendees with the best practices for ETFs use, as well as a comprehensive analysis of market structure, regulations and current and future opportunities. The expected audience includes pension funds, hedge fund managers and investors, investment advisors, financial consultants, and other market participants. A BM&FBOVESPA representative will talk about the Exchange’s ETF products.

Location: São Paulo (TBC)
Date: October 17-18, 2011.

> Full Agenda and Registration

Volumes and trades by Direct Market Access (DMA)

BM&F Segment
In August, BM&F* market segment transactions carried out through order routing via Direct Market Access (DMA) registered 41,417,494 contracts traded and 4,431,750 trades. In July, the volume reached 20,009,841 contracts traded and 2,417,398 trades.

The volumes registered by each access modality in the BM&F segment were as follows:

  • Traditional DMA – 17,540,231 contracts traded, in 1,306,241 trades, in comparison to 7,440,774 contracts and 797,002 trades in July;
  • Via DMA provider (including orders routed via the Globex System) – 14,088,756 contracts traded, in 435,281 trades, compared to 7,040,432 contracts and 258,881 trades in July;
  • DMA via direct connection – 4,210 contracts traded in 830 trades, against 3,691 contracts and 977 trades in July;
  • DMA via co-location – 9,784,297 contracts traded, in 2,689,398 trades, compared to 5,524,944 contracts and 1,360,538 trades in July.

In August, transactions carried out by foreign investors presented by CME to BVMF (who use the Globex-GTS order routing system or access BVMF markets via co-location) totaled 5,308,308 contracts traded, in 1,235,349 trades, compared to 2,897,744 contracts and 688,862 trades in July.

BOVESPA Segment
In August, order routing via DMA in the BOVESPA* segment totaled BRL 138,522,096,000.00 and 17,021,408 trades, from BRL 95,030,778,000.00 and 11,225,193 trades the previous month.

Trading volumes per type of DMA in the BOVESPA segment:

  • Traditional DMA – Volume of BRL 120,451,427,000.00 and 14,098,638 trades from BRL 87,674,861,000.00 and 10,091,956 in July;
  • DMA via co-location – Volume of BRL 16,691,370,000.00 and 2,755,498 trades from BRL 6,381,361,000.00 and 1,007,081 in July;
  • DMA via provider – Volume of BRL 1,379,299,000.00 and 167,272 trades from BRL 974,556,000.00 and 126,156 in July.

* Direct access to the BM&FBOVESPA market segments is carried out through DMA models 1, 2, 3 and 4. In model 1 or traditional DMA, the client accesses the GTS or Mega Bolsa through technological intermediation of a brokerage house. In model 2 or via DMA provider, the client does not use the technological intermediation of a brokerage house, but rather connects to the system through an authorized access provider. DMA via order routing with CME Globex is also a form of DMA model 2. In model 3, the client connects to the system through a direct connection. In model 4 or via co-location, the client installs its own computer within the Exchange’s facilities.

Notes:

The volumes registered by access modality include both buy and sell sides of a trade.

The volumes by access modality for both the BM&F and the BOVESPA market segments have been reported in a consolidated manner in the BM&FBOVESPA statements since May 2009.

MARKET RESULTS

BM&F Segment August 2011

Derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 78,606,873 contracts and BRL 5.23 trillion in volume in August, compared to 44,199,125 contracts and BRL 3.35 trillion in July. The daily average of contracts traded in the derivatives markets in August was 3,417,690, in contrast to 2,104,720 in July. Open interest contracts ended the last trading day of August with 37,821,302 positions, compared to 30,716,596 in July.

BOVESPA Segment August 2011

In August 2011, the equity markets (BOVESPA segment) financial volume totaled a record BRL 177.906 billion, in a record 16,234,673 trades, with daily averages of BRL 7.73 billion and a record 705,855 trades. This was in comparison to the prior total volume record of BRL 155.55 billion in October 2010, the prior total trades record of 11,172,707 in May 2011 and the prior daily average trades record of 544,88 in February 2011.

Source:BM&FBOVESPA, 20.09.2011

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August 30, 2011 • 11:31 pm 0

CME Group and BM&FBOVESPA Brazils exchange develop a joint trading platform

BM&FBOVESPA and CME Group are jointly developing a multi-asset electronic trading platform. This shall substitute the Global Trading System (GTS), Mega Bolsa, BOVESPA FIX and SISBEX, integrating them into a single system with greater processing capacity, extremely low latency, and new functions.

The implementation of the new platform, named the Puma Trading System (Puma), shall occur in stages:

1st Stage: Launch of the Puma Trading System on August 29, 2011

Puma shall substitute the GTS system gradually, in a four-stage process. At each stage a combination of instruments shall be transferred to Puma, as of which the orders sent to the Exchange for these contracts shall be processed exclusively by the new system.

We hereby inform you that when the first stage of development and integrated tests with the market are concluded, the Exchange shall implement Puma in the spot foreign exchange market on August 29, 2011 (Monday). The other stages shall be executed in the following weeks, at dates to be announced at an opportune moment.

Source: FOREX.Webtronic.com, 30.08.2011

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August 19, 2011 • 12:43 am 1

Brazil: BM&FBOVESPA News August 2011 Nr 29

BM&FBOVESPA International Financial and Capital Markets Conference features Robert Skidelsky and Michael Pettis

The biennial meeting held as of Thursday (August 25) in the town of Campos do Jordão in the state of São Paulo will host debates on current economic and global financial market issues, including challenges for the derivatives and capital markets, the future of financial intermediation, and algorithmic trading strategies. BM&FBOVESPA Chief Executive Officer Edemir Pinto and Chairman of the Board of Directors Arminio Fraga will receive, for lectures and debates, some of the world’s most influential experts about the matters on the agenda. Among their number are Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick, and a specialist on the work of the economist John Maynard Keynes. Michael Pettis, a professor at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management and expert on the Asian markets will take part in a discussion about the challenges that the Brazil-China relationship will face over the coming years.

> Full agenda of the event

BM&FBOVESPA launches eight new currency derivatives

BM&FBOVESPA launched eight new currency futures contracts this week (August, 15). They are six futures contracts and two mini futures contracts. The regular futures contracts are for the Brazilian Real against the South African Rand (ZAR), Turkish Lira (TRY), New Zealand Dollar (NZD), Chilean Peso (CLP), Chinese Yuan (CNY) and Swiss Franc (CHF). The contracts will be authorized for trading as of the September 2011 maturity, between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Each futures contract is sized and formatted so that it is equivalent to the USD 50,000 size of U.S. Dollar futures contract. The sizes of the respective contracts are 350,000 South African Rands; 350,000 Chinese Yuan; 75,000 Turkish Lira; 75,000 New Zealand Dollars; 50,000 Swiss Francs; and 25 million Chilean Pesos. The Mini U.S. Dollar Futures Contract (WDO) is sized USD 10,000, which represents 20% of the size of the regular U.S. Dollar Futures Contract. The Mini Euro Futures Contract (WEU) is sized €10,000, representing 20% of the size of the regular Euro Futures Contract .

> More info

International partnerships mark the expansion of the BM&FBOVESPA Institute of Education

The BM&FBOVESPA Institute of Education has been known as the “Escola para os Mercados Financeiro, de Capitais e de Derivativos” (Financial, Capital and Derivatives Markets School) since its foundation in 1986. Growing demand for professional training, however, means it has broadened its scope since 2010 and it has also begun operating as the “Escola do Investidor” (School of the Investor) and the “Escola de Empresas e Empreendedores” (Enterprises and Entrepreneurs’ School). In the first half of 2011 the Institute of Education signed cooperation agreements with internationally renowned business schools, among which the Endeavor Institute, Babson College and Chicago Booth:

  • Endeavor Institute – the “Bota pra fazer” (Sow to Reap) program of courses aimed at startup companies, in business incubators. This methodology was developed by Endeavor Brazil in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation. The Institute of Education was the first institution in Brazil to apply this methodology for qualifying entrepreneurs.
  • Babson College – Through this partnership, the BM&FBOVESPA Institute of Education offers the “Gestão e Crescimento Empresarial de Alto Impacto” (High Impact Business Management and Growth) program of courses, hand-tailored to enable Brazilian entrepreneurs to lead their companies’ growth. The second group begins in October this year.
  • Chicago Booth – The business school of the University of Chicago. This partnership has resulted in the development of a three-module academic program, focused on the capital and derivatives markets and with an international approach.  Next course in December.

BM&FBOVESPA’s options and capital raising activity

According to the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) BM&FBOVESPA is ranked as #1 in volume of Equity Option trades and #4 (Capital Raised) in terms of newly listed companies (IPOs). These and other regulated exchange industry numbers are available at:
http://www.world-exchanges.org/statistics

Market Makers for Options on the Stock of BM&FBOVESPA, Usiminas and BOVESPA Index

BM&FBOVESPA announced on August 3 the start of the selection process for up to three market makers for options on the stock of BM&FBOVESPA S.A (BVMF3) and Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. – Usiminas (USIM5) and for options on the BOVESPA Index (IBOV). This is the second stage of the Bidding Program to select market makers in equity options and BOVESPA Index options, developed by the Exchange. Institutions that are interested in taking part – including nonresidents – have until September 26, 2011 to deliver proposals. The winners will be announced on October 11, 2011.

> More information about the Market Makers for Options

Bradesco wins BM&FBOVESPA selection process as Depositary Institution for 10 Unsponsored Level I BDR Programs

Bradesco has won the sixth selection process for depositary institutions authorized to request registration for trading 10 Unsponsored Level I Brazilian Depository Receipt (BDR) programs, backed by shares issued by publicly traded companies with headquarters overseas. Bradesco should simultaneously present BM&FBOVESPA and the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), within 60 calendar days, with the necessary documentation for submission to register the 10 Unsponsored Level 1 BDR programs. The programs should include foreign companies that do not yet have BDRs traded on BM&FBOVESPA and which are headquartered in the United States and listed on U.S. stock exchanges.

There are currently 30 Unsponsored Level 1 BDR programs available for trading on BM&FBOVESPA, which have Deutsche Bank S.A., Citibank DTVM S.A. and Itaú Unibanco S.A. as their depositary institutions. Another three lots of ten programs shall be presented to the market soon by Banco Bradesco S.A., Citibank DTVM S.A. and Deutsche Bank S.A.

> More info

Up to USD 10 billion in public offerings and follow-ons in 2011

In the year to August 15, BM&FBOVESPA registered USD 10.1 billion in public offerings and follow-ons. There were eleven Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in 2011: AREZZO&CO (ARZZ3), SIERRA BRASIL (SSBR3), AUTOMETAL (AUTM3), QGEP PART (QGEP3), IMC HOLDING (IMCH3), TIME FOR FUN (SHOW3), MAGAZINE LUIZA (MGLU3), BR PHARMA (BPHA3), QUALICORP (QUAL3), TECHNOS (TECN3) and ABRIL EDUCAÇÃO (ABRE11). At the end of July, the 181 companies that are part of the BM&FBOVESPA’s special corporate governance levels represented 64.96% of market capitalization, 79.04% of financial volume, and 76.84% of trades in the spot market. At the end of June, there were 177 companies, representing 65.56% of market capitalization, 75.42% of financial volume, and 77.57% of spot market trades.

Number of ETF trades grows 25% from June

The financial volume registered in July by the eight BM&FBOVESPA Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) reached BRL 667.75 million in 31,997 trades, from BRL 598.43 million and 25,701 the previous month. In July the ETF with the highest financial volume was BOVA11 with BRL 573.83 million and 26,915 transactions.

2011 EVENTS

BM&FBOVESPA 5th International Financial and Capital Markets Conference

The city of Campos do Jordão will once again be the site of one of the year’s most important financial market events, hosted by BM&FBOVESPA. The 5th edition of the International Financial and Capital Markets Conference will have national and international guest speakers, round-table discussions, social activities and an exhibition area providing an excellent venue for participants to debate some of the most significant financial topics. Speakers include: Maria Helena Santana (Securities and Exchanges Commission of Brazil – CVM), Robert Engle (2003 Nobel Prize), Joe Gawronski (COO of Rosenblatt Securities) and Ilan Goldfajn (Chief Economist, Itau Unibanco).

Location: Campos do Jordão, SP, Brazil
Date: August 25-27, 2011

> Full agenda of the event

*Nonresident investors can apply for an exclusive 50% discount for registration at the event. Please contact the International Business Development team to request your coupon, by email to ysilva@bvmf.com.br or drodrigues@bvmf.com.br

BM&FBOVESPA at Chicago’s FIA EXPO

BM&FBOVESPA will exhibit at FIA EXPO 2011. The event attracts approximately 5,000 people from more than 30 countries, from senior staff at brokerage firms and exchanges, to floor traders, pension fund managers, corporate treasurers, CTAs and CPOs, and individual investors. BM&FBOVESPA staff will present the Exchange’s products, connectivity, DMA access via Globlex, etc.

Location: Hilton Chicago, USA
Date: October 10-12, 2011

> More info

Family Office Summit – Latin America

BM&FBOVESPA is currently sending invitations for this event promoted by the World Research Group and which will be held in São Paulo September 26-28. A BM&FBOVESPA representative is scheduled to talk about alternative investments. The summit will present current Trends for Optimizing Effective Strategies and Alternative Methods to Produce Investments for Single and Multi Family Offices in the Brazilian capital market. There will be a special networking session bringing together managers, single and multi family offices, advisors and consultants.

Location: Intercontinental São Paulo – Alameda Santos, 1123, São Paulo , SP.
Date: September 26-28, 2011.

> Full Agenda and Registration

2nd FX Growth Markets Series: Brazil – Profit & Loss

BM&FBOVESPA will join the Profit & Loss FX Growth Markets conference on October 20, 2011 at the Tivoli Hotel in São Paulo. Profit & Loss has been operating its highly successful series of Forex Network and FX Growth Markets conferences for more than 10 years, with regular annual events held in London, New York, Chicago, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Shanghai and Toronto, and comes to Brazil for the second time. A BM&FBOVESPA representative will talk at the event.

Location: Tivoli Hotel São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Date: October 20, 2011.

> Full Agenda

Volumes and trades by Direct Market Access (DMA)

BM&F Segment
In July, BM&F* market segment transactions carried out through order routing via Direct Market Access (DMA) registered 20,009,841 contracts traded and 2,417,398 trades. In June, the volume reached 20,409,252 contracts traded and 2,105,981 trades.

The volumes registered by each access modality in the BM&F segment were as follows:

  • Traditional DMA – 7,440,774 contracts traded, in 797,002 trades, in comparison to 8,168,492 contracts and 775,388 trades in June;
  • Via DMA provider (including orders routed via the Globex System) – 7,040,432 contracts traded, in 258,881 trades, compared to 7,365,306 contracts and 260,441 trades in June;
  • DMA via direct connection – 3,691 contracts traded in 977 trades, against 8,995 contracts and 1,376 trades in June;
  • DMA via co-location – 5,524,944 contracts traded, in 1,360,538 trades, compared to 4,866,459 contracts and 1,068,766 trades in June.

In July, transactions carried out by foreign investors presented by CME to BVMF (who use the Globex-GTS order routing system or access BVMF markets via co-location) totaled 2,897,744 contracts traded, in 688,862 trades, compared to 2,658,361 contracts and 623,653 trades in June.

BOVESPA Segment
In July, order routing via DMA in the BOVESPA* segment totaled BRL 95,030,778,000.00 and 11,225,193 trades, from BRL 88,977,494,000.00 and 10,244,578 trades the previous month.

Trading volumes per type of DMA in the BOVESPA segment:

  • Traditional DMA – Volume of BRL 87,674,861,000.00 and 10,091,956 trades from BRL 82,843,187,000.00 and 9,287,652 in June;
  • DMA via co-location – Volume of BRL 6,381,361,000.00 and 1,007,081 trades from BRL 5,206,388,000.00 and 856,246 in June;
  • DMA via provider – Volume of BRL 974,556,000.00 and 126,156 trades from BRL 927,919,000.00 and 100,680 in June.

* Direct access to the BM&FBOVESPA market segments is carried out through DMA models 1, 2, 3 and 4. In model 1 or traditional DMA, the client accesses the GTS or Mega Bolsa through technological intermediation of a brokerage house. In model 2 or via DMA provider, the client does not use the technological intermediation of a brokerage house, but rather connects to the system through an authorized access provider. DMA via order routing with CME Globex is also a form of DMA model 2. In model 3, the client connects to the system through a direct connection. In model 4 or via co-location, the client installs its own computer within the Exchange’s facilities. 

Notes:

The volumes registered by access modality include both buy and sell sides of a trade.

The volumes by access modality for both the BM&F and the BOVESPA market segments have been reported in a consolidated manner in the BM&FBOVESPA statements since May 2009.

MARKET RESULTS

BM&F Segment July 2011

In July, derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 44,199,125 contracts and BRL 3.35 trillion in volume, compared to 51,023,956 contracts and BRL 3.25 trillion in June. The daily average of contracts traded in the derivatives markets in July was 2,104,720, in contrast to 2,429,712 in June.

BOVESPA Segment July 2011

In July 2011, equity markets (BOVESPA segment) traded BRL 119.63 billion, in 11,016,993 trades, with daily averages of BRL 5.69 billion and 524,619 trades, in comparison to June when total volume reached BRL 124.19 billion, in 10,187,883 trades, with daily averages of BRL 5.91 billion and 485,137 trades.

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August 2, 2011 • 11:36 pm 0

Brazil: New Brazilian Derivatives Market Regulation

On July 27, 2011 the Brazilian Finance Minister, Guido Mantega, announced two new prudential measures aimed to avoid currency speculation in the derivatives market, in order to stem the United States Dollar’s fall and prevent the overvaluation of the Brazilian Real. These two measures are commented below.

The first measure is Provisional Measure No. 539, of July 26, 2011 (MP 539/2011), which basically authorizes the Brazilian Monetary Council (Conselho Monetário Nacional – CMN) to establish specific conditions for the negotiation of derivates contracts, for monetary and exchange policy purposes, regardless of the nature of the investor, with powers to also (i) determine deposits over the notional value of the derivatives contract; and (ii) set forth limits, terms and other conditions for the negotiation of such contracts.

MP 539/2011 also amends the Tax on Exchange Transactions (IOF) legislation, namely Decree-Law No. 1,783, of April 18, 1980 and Law No. 8,894, of June 21, 1994, in order to clarify that:

  1. the entities authorized to register derivatives contracts are responsible for collecting the IOF, which is calculated on the amount of the transaction;
  2. in the case of securities transactions involving derivatives contracts, the maximum IOF rate will be 25%. Up to this ceiling (25%), the Executive Branch can amend the applicable rate at any time, considering the monetary and exchange policy goals of the Brazilian Government. However, the current applicable IOF rate for derivatives transactions is 1%, as explained below when the second measure is commented;
  3. the amount of the securities transaction, for IOF purposes, is the adjusted notional value of the derivatives contract. The adjusted notional value is the reference value of the contract (notional value) revised to reflect the difference resulting from the derivatives´ price variation with respect to the underlying assets´ price variation; and
  4. the taxpayer is the holder of the derivatives contract.

As of July 27, 2011 (date of the publication of MP 539/2011 in the Official Gazette of the Union, when this measure came into force), in order to be valid all derivatives contracts must be registered with duly authorized entities, i.e. clearing houses or service providers which have been accredited by the Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil – Bacen) or by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários – CVM) to operate with clearing, settlement and registry.

The second measure is Decree No. 7,536, also dated July 26, 2011 (Decree 7,536/2011), which amends the IOF regulation approved by Decree No. 6,306, of December 14, 2007. This decree repeats many of the same terms already defined in MP 539/2011.

Pursuant to Decree 7,536/2011, the current applicable IOF rate to derivatives contracts is 1% and it is due in the purchase, sale or maturity of financial derivatives contracts, whenever the settlement amount is affected by the exchange rate variation and results in increase in the net short exposure in relation to the amount calculated at the end of the previous business day within the same entity authorized to register derivatives contracts.

The net exposure is calculated as the sum product of the amount of financial derivatives contracts whose settlement amount is affected by the variation of the exchange rate set by the adjusted notional value of each contract.

Netting is permitted between exposures of the same holder cleared by different entities accredited to register derivatives contracts, provided that the holder expressly authorizes such entities to access information necessary for the calculation of the consolidated net exposure.

The applicable rate is reduced to zero in the case of the above mentioned netting as well as in any purchases, sales or maturities of derivatives contracts that at the end of the day result in net short exposure below US$ 10 million made with the same entity accredited to register derivatives contracts. Above this figure, the 1% rate will apply.

Furthermore, Decree 6,306/2011 contains a provision which is not related to derivatives contracts and deals with foreign currency loans. This provision establishes that the 6% IOF rate which is due in the case of transactions contracted for a term of less than 720 days must also be paid in the event of prepayment of loans with maturity exceeding 720 days, plus interest in arrears and a fine, which may vary from 5% to 100% of the total amount of the transaction, and a penalty of up to R$ 100 thousand to be imposed by Bacen. This measure aims to avoid that a Brazilian borrower contracts a long-term loan benefited with zero IOF rate and then agrees to reduce the term of the transaction immediately afterwards.

Source: Mondaq, 01.08.2011

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July 2, 2011 • 12:08 am 0

Brazil: Greek accord might buy some peaceful time – Monthly Allocation July 2011 – BANIF

Greek accord might buy some peaceful time

We maintain our negative view on the international market for July. In the US, after a series of weak economic indicators, even worse than initially expected, there is no evidence of a turnaround in the short term, especially while the unemployment rate remains at high levels. The ongoing recovery in Japan, together with a slight reduction in commodity prices and the slight reduction in US interest rates (10-yr bonds) seem to us to be a base for some economic recovery that to date has not yet materialized. We believe that potentially increasing inflation might stress the Chinese market, but this possibility remains uncertain for the moment. In the Euro zone, economic indicators tend to play a secondary role to political tension, as the outcome for the Greek debt remains undefined. The recent measures approved by the parliament enabled only the receipt of a tranche of aid previously negotiated. We expect a temporary ease in this tension, which might pick up shortly as it negotiates a second aid package by September, under uncertain political support from all European countries. The dominant feeling is that Greece has no orthodox solution while it remains under the Euro umbrella and tied to its rules. The biggest fear, however, is not of Greece defaulting, but that it would spread the problem to other countries also on the list of troubled economies.

Despite our negative view for international markets, we believe that July may be less negative than June was, mainly due to the temporary ease that the Greek accord brought. However, tensions should increase with the negotiations for the next agreement, expected by September.

Local inflation likely to continue low

Inflation in July might continue low, although not as low as in June, which confirmed and even surpassed the most optimistic expectations. While in June inflation was slightly negative (according to some of the main indexes), consensus expectations for the IPCA in July are around 0.15-0.20%. This reduction was a result of seasonal factors that might lose effect shortly, with inflation likely to pick up as they do.

Delinquency rates increased slightly in June, but we tend to believe this is not a source of concern because: 1) personal income is likely to show improved figures because of the recently reduced inflation and 2) the amount of late payments, the step before writing off debt, decreased for two months in a row.

We predicted that June’s local positive sentiment based on reduced inflation would overcome a bad international scenario, but this did not materialize. We continue with the same views for July, bad internationally and good locally. This time, however, we believe that the negative mood might continue to prevail.

We changed our portfolio to be more defensive, having in mind our somewhat negative view for the market. We have added Tractebel and Telesp (both with 5% stake), two traditionally defensive names, we reduced weight on Even (from 10% to 5%) and have withdrawn Itaú.

Source: BANIF CVC, 01.07.2011

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June 29, 2011 • 11:49 pm 0

Brazil: BM&FBOVESPA News Nr 27

BM&FBOVESPA and the International Monetary Fund
BM&FBOVESPA hosted a press conference to announce leading International Monetary Fund (IMF) documents, such as the World Economic Outlook Report.
Closed hearings for Market Arbitration Chamber (CAM) rulebook changes
BM&FBOVESPA begins the process of changing the Market Arbitration Chamber (CAM) rulebook. The proposal will be submitted to closed hearings throughout the rest of July.
BM&FBOVESPA begins public consultation period for ISE questionnaire
The questionnaire will evaluate candidate firms for the seventh portfolio of the Corporate Sustainability Index and was available for online public consultation until June 24.
BM&FBOVESPA announces new bidding process for Unsponsored Level I BDRs
BM&FBOVESPA opened the fifth bidding process to select a depositary institution authorized to issue Unsponsored Level I Brazilian Depositary Receipts (BDRs).
New Officers at BVMF
BM&FBOVESPA announced the appointment of Lucy Pamboukdjian as International Business Development Officer; and of Luiz Felipe Paiva as Dealer Development and Relationship Officer.
BM&FBOVESPA and Pelé donate to Futures For Kids in UK
The charitable foundation Futures for Kids raised £1,600 from the auction of an autographed Brazilian soccer team jersey signed by Pelé and donated by BM&FBOVESPA.
Join the BVMF’s 5th International Financial and Capital Markets Conference in August
Traditionally held every two years by BVMF in the city of Campos do Jordão, will once again be the site of one of the year’s most important financial market events. From August 25th to 27th with special 50% discount for non-residents in Brazil.
Volumes and trades by Direct Market Access (DMA)
BOVESPA Segment (Equities)
In May, order routing via DMA in the BOVESPA* segment totaled BRL 94,344,214,000.00 and 10,878,102 trades.
BM&F Segment (Derivatives)
In May, BM&F* market segment transactions carried out through order routing via Direct Market Access (DMA) registered 21,887,086 contracts traded and 2,357,922 trades.
Market results BM&F Segment May 2011 (derivatives)
In May, derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 48,342,782 contracts and BRL 3.18 trillion in volume.
Market results BOVESPA Segment May 2011 (equities)
In May, equity markets (BOVESPA segment) traded BRL 133.6 billion, in a record 11,172,707 trades, with daily averages of BRL 6.07 billion and 507,850 trades.

Source: BM&FBOVESPA -BVMF, 29.06.2011

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May 18, 2011 • 12:49 pm 0

Brazil: BVMF (BM&F BOVESP) News May 2011, Nr 26

COMPLETE REPORT

BM&FBOVESPA launches four new indices
BM&FBOVESPA began on May 2 the calculation and publication in real time of four new indices: the Brazil Broad-Based Index, the Dividend Index, the Basic Materials Index and the Public Utilities Index.
Market Makers for Options on the Stock of OGX and Itaú Unibanco
BM&FBOVESPA announced the start of the process to select three market makers for options on the stocks of OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (OGXP3) and Itaú Unibanco Holding.
New bidding process to select the manager for three new ETFs
The winner will have an exclusive one-year license for the use of the Dividend Index (IDIV), Basic Materials Index (IMAT) and Public Utilities Index (UTIL).
More than USD 11.5 billion in public offerings and follow-ons in 2011
In the year to April 20, BM&FBOVESPA registered more than USD 11.5 billion in public offerings and follow-ons. There have been seven Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in 2011.
Enforcement Training in Brazil
“Securities Enforcement Training in Brazil” was promoted on May 9 by BM&FBOVESPA Market Surveillance (BSM), the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM) and SEC
New portfolios for the Ibovespa and other indices for the May-August 2011 period
BM&FBOVESPA announced the Ibovespa Index theoretical portfolio valid for the period of May 2 to August 31, 2011, based on the closing of the April 29, 2011 session.
ETF financial volume hits record figure in April
BM&FBOVESPA Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) reached a record BRL 942.43 billion financial volume in April, in 28,969 trades and 14,734,230 units.
2011 EVENTS
Join BM&FBOVESPA in the 2011 events.
Volumes and trades by Direct Market Access (DMA)
BOVESPA Segment (Equities)
In April, order routing via DMA in the BOVESPA* segment totaled BRL 87,859,208,000.00 and 9,531,246 trades.
BM&F Segment (Derivatives)
In April, BM&F* market segment transactions carried out through order routing via Direct Market Access (DMA) registered 23,531,729 contracts traded and 1,840,059 trades.
MARKET RESULTS – BM&F Segment April 2011 (derivatives)
In April, derivatives markets in the BM&F segment (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 66,111,464 contracts and BRL 4.57 trillion in volume.
MARKET RESULTS – BOVESPA Segment April 2011 (equities)
In April, equity markets (BOVESPA segment) traded BRL 127.04 billion, in 9,864,428 trades, with daily averages of BRL 6.68 billion and 519,180 trades
Source, BM&FBOVESPA, 17.05.2011            COMPLETE REPORT

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May 5, 2011 • 12:31 pm 0

Brazil:BM&FBOVESPA joins TradingScreen’s TradeNet

São Paulo — May 05, 2011, TradingScreen, the premier provider of global execution management systems (EMS), announced today that it has completed certification by the BM&FBOVESPA to provide low latency multi-asset class direct market access (DMA) order flow through its trading platform from its local data center in São Paulo.

TradingScreen’s expansion of its Brazilian markets offering will bring the local and global Buy Side community full coverage of listed financial instruments supported by BM&FBOVESPA, including commodities and financia l derivatives. The creation of this local trading node is a milestone in market access efficiency and outlines the strong commitment of TradingScreen to continue to be the reference ASP trading system and the leader in presence and connectivity in all markets around the world.

TradingScreen brings its community of global sell side participants and leading regional brokers to a common environment. The benefit to clients is an exceptional reach across counterparties, products, geography and services ranging from execution to algorithmic trading services, prime brokerage and clearing. Its ASP (Application Service Provider) model enables a rapid deployment and activation of users into live trading through a flexible range of execution management interfaces screen, FIX or API based.

The new TradingScreen solution will allow International Institutional investors to access Brazilian markets through local Brazilian and international brokers connected to Trade Net, TradingScreen’s global proprietary multi-broker network using a broker intermediated or broker sponsored model. The integration will also provide the opportunity for the local Asset Manager community to avoid high latency linked to long round trip to foreign data centers.

TradingScreen supports its LATAM operations from local offices in São Paulo and provides 24×6 client support in Portuguese covering all the main financial centres across the globe.

Commenting on the agreement, Philippe Buhannic, CEO of TradingScreen said:

“Our buy side and sell side clients had long been requesting a low latency, local access to the BM&FBOVESPA infrastructure based on an ASP model. TradingScreen has made this possible while maintaining its proven simplicity of deployment. We are very happy to lead the markets once again to new levels of efficiency.  The client’s feedback on this implementation has been phenomenal.”

“Adva nced connectivity resources greatly facilitate cross-border communication and trading on a global scale within the current financial scenario. Creating a common and safe environment which connects investors to Brazilian markets is a step forward in positioning Brazil as an international financial hub for equities, commodities and other futures contracts,” added Cícero Vieira Neto, BM&FBOVESPA Chief Operating Officer.

Source: Trading Screen, 05.05.2011

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April 21, 2011 • 7:55 am 0

Brazil: BVMF (BM&F BOVESP) News April 2011, Nr 25

Complete Version Numer 25, April 2011

BM&FBOVESPA launches the “Em Boa Companhia” (In Good Company) program
BM&FBOVESPA launched “Em Boa Companhia – Programa de Sustentabilidade com Empresas” (In Good Company – Sustainability Program with Firms) on April 14.

BM&FBOVESPA and Itaú Unibanco launch Financial Index ETF
IFNC ETF is a fund that tracks the BM&FBOVESPA Financial Index (IFNC). Named IT Now, the new ETF has Itaú Unibanco as its manager.

BM&FBOVESPA announces new selection process for Unsponsored Level 1 BDRs
The winner will issue 10 BDR programs that represent stocks issued by publicly-traded companies with headquarters overseas and with stocks traded in the United States.

More than USD 10 billion in public offerings and follow-ons in 2011
In the year to April 20, BM&FBOVESPA registered more than USD 10 billion in public offerings and follow-ons. There were six Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in 2011.

BM&FBOVESPA launches the “Novo Valor” (New Value) website
A new website, related to the sustainability and social investment initiatives of the Brazilian exchange, has been available since February 28.

BM&FBOVESPA publishes March ISE report
The ISE Corporate Sustainability Index gained 3.82% in March and in 12 months (Apr/10 to Mar/11) accumulated 10.07% return, according to the monthly ISE bulletin.

“Closing Bells” from CNBC to be broadcast from BM&FBOVESPA trading floor
One of the most important economic journalism shows on U.S. TV, CNBC’s “Closing Bells”, will be broadcast live from the BM&FBOVESPA trading floor on April 25th.

Volumes and trades by Direct Market Access (DMA)
BOVESPA Segment (Equities): In March, BOVESPA* market segment transactions carried out through DMA via co-location registered a record financial volume of BRL 5,393,162,000.00 and a record 812,733 trades.
BM&F Segment (Derivatives): In March, BM&F* market segment transactions carried out through order routing via DMA registered 23,954,251 contracts traded and 2,023,194 trades.

MARKET RESULTS – BM&F Segment March 2011 (derivatives)
In March, derivatives markets (including financial and commodities derivatives) totaled 65,197,860 contracts and BRL 4.27 trillion in volume.

MARKET RESULTS – BOVESPA Segment March 2011 (equities)
In March, equity markets traded BRL 135.68 billion, in 10,321,974 trades, with daily averages of BRL 6.46 billion and 491,523 trades.

Source: BM&FBOVESPA, 20.04.2011

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