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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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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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November 21, 2011 • 10:57 am 0

Mexico´s Exchanges take huge steps to boost High-Speed Trading.

The Mexican Exchange, which is the second largest exchange in Latin America, announced a number of strategic and technology initiatives designed to promote foreign investment in the Mexican financial markets and its position as a Latin American leader in high-frequency trading.

While Brazil continues to be the hottest emerging market in Latin America, the Mexican Exchange (BMV Group), is taking huge steps to boost its growth in the high-speed marketplace.

Mexico now provides worldwide participants with seamless, high-speed and efficient access through low touch direct market access (DMA), high speed co-location services, and FIX standard protocol for order routing and market data Part of Mexico’s success is down to its determination to improve its operative rules to better comply with international market standards, as well as adopting new technology.

In 2012, the Mexican Exchange will announce the launch of a new trading engine, internally developed. This multi-market, multi-asset, flexible and scalable trading engine has throughput of more than 200,000 messages per second. The trading engine will be ultra low latency, executing trades in 100 microseconds roundtrip (improvement over 25 milliseconds on legacy trading system). Full deployment is planned for Q2 2012. Further in 2012, The Mexican Exchange will introduce several new initiatives including midpoint hidden order book trading, aimed at institutional investors looking to trade large blocks anonymously with reduced execution risk. Simpler cross order rules will also be implemented; all stocks, global market equity securities and debt instruments will be crossed within the best bid/ask spread with no intervention. And, VWAP executions for the day will be able to be entered from 8:00 AM CT to 2:40 PM CT.

Recently, the Mexican Exchange has established major alliances broadening investment opportunities in the Mexican market. The Mexican Derivatives Exchange (MexDer) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) established phase one, “south-to-north,” of its strategic order routing agreement, giving Mexican investors access to CME Group’s benchmark derivatives contracts, including interest rates, foreign currencies, equity indexes, energy, metals and agricultural commodities.

Phase two of the partnership, “north-to-south,” now in place provides CME Group customers with access to MexDer benchmark products, including Mexican Stock Exchange Index futures, bond futures and MXN Peso / US dollar futures contracts.

Source: Wallstreet&Technology, Melanie Rodier, 18.11.2011

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November 17, 2011 • 11:42 pm 0

Shenzhen Stock Exchange revamps trading system

SZSE held the celebration for 10-year anniversary of the 4th version of trading system, also for launching the construction of the 5th version of trading system.

The 4th version of trading system, officially launched on November 12, 2001, was independently researched and developed by SZSE, which, adhering to the fundamental principal of “secure, efficient and self-controllable”, constantly expands and improves the function and performance of the system in light of the needs for constructing China’s multi-layer capital market. In the past 10 years, the 4th version of trading system has witnessed the establishment of split share structure reform, SME Board, ChiNext, and Zhongguancun Park Enterprises Stock Quotation System, and other major business innovation including ETFs, LOFs, margin trading securities lending in the process of rapid development of Shenzhen securities. It plays a significant role as technology support to guarantee the safe and stable market operation and push forward the construction of multi-layer capital market. By far, the 4th version of trading system has provided trading services for as many as 1800 securities, 4700 sales networks and 100 million investors, with the actual peak amount of daily entrusted deals handled as high as 22.47 million, and a 10-year record for continuously safe operation.

As multi-layer capital market continuously develop healthily in China, SZSE, on the basis of ongoing plan, now officially implement constructing new version of transaction system, namely the 5th version of transaction system, so as to support the future business development, provide better market transaction services, and reinforce market competitiveness. The prospective 5th version of trading system aims at, on the one hand, building a scientific and sound structure with higher efficiency, larger capacity, better security, more expansibility and more flexible business adaptation, on the other hand constructing an integrated transaction platform capable of supporting multi-layer, multi-variety, multi-market. It is expected to be launched in 2015, by the time of which the new system’s speed of handling orders will reach more than 200 thousand deals per second.

Chen Dongzheng, Chairman of SZSE Council, and concurrently Secretary of SZSE Party Committee attended the ceremony and announced the official launch of the research and development for the 5th trading system.

Source: Shenzhen Stock Exchange, 16.11.2011

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November 12, 2011 • 3:02 am 0

Mexican Market Leaps Forward – FIX, Technology, Co-Location and Regulation

In the last 12 months dramatic changes have occurred at Mexico’s stock exchange and among its brokerage clients. Cross border partnerships, technology upgrades, new FIX infrastructure and business friendly regulatory changes have opened the Mexican market to high frequency trading (HFT).

While US regulators can be seen to scold HFT firms, the Mexican market has opened its arms. The Mexican Exchange (BMV) and its brokerage firms have upgraded their infrastructure and sought business opportunities north of the border. Earlier this year after the CME Group and the BMV signed their partnership, high frequency traders on the CME Globex trading system began to route orders to the Mexican Derivatives Exchange or MexDer. Today 90 percent of average daily volume on the MexDer comes from high frequency traders north of the border.

Mexico’s brokerage firms have completed significant infrastructure upgrades. Last spring only a few brokers in Mexico could handle a highfrequency hedge fund client and many Mexican brokers could process no more than one connection to the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV) at a time. The landscape has changed quickly and improvements in broker and exchange systems have ushered in a new capacity for speed in the transmission and execution of orders in Mexico.

Over the summer a major milestone occurred for the industry. Working with the BMV, Mexico’s brokers completed an industry-wide upgrade to FIX 4.4. The top 25 brokers are now certified with FIX 4.4 to the BMV. Leading the way, are brokerages like GBM, Interacciones, Actinver, UBS Mexico, IXE and others.

Now that Mexican brokers speak FIX 4.4, all of the order routing to the BMV can now be done through FIX allowing the BMV to retire the antiquated SETRIB protocol. The only way the BMV will allow Mexican brokers to continue to use SETRIB is by paying excessive fees, and even this will not be allowed by the end of 2011. Retiring SETRIB sets the stage for more positive changes in the industry and at the BMV.

Work is already underway to upgrade the BMV’s trade matching engine. The existing engine was built in the 1990s for a Tandem mainframe. Retiring the Tandem has many benefits. Faster order matching and processing is high on the list. In addition, more choices for application and software vendors and significant cost savings are expected. Retiring the mainframe will also eliminate the scheduling nightmares associated with the limited availability of the central mainframe for testing with the broker community. The new matching engine will be hosted on modern Unix based hardware. The release of the new matching engine and infrastructure is planned for the first quarter of 2012.

Another important milestone is the availability of a state-of-the-art co-location facility at KIO Santa Fe. The BMV infrastructure is located here and starting in October it will be easy for brokers and third party providers to collocate order routing and market data in this hosting facility leading to high throughput low latency services.

While all of the infrastructure and matching engine upgrades are momentous, they would bear no fruit without the simultaneous modernization of Mexican regulations. The initiative to modernize Mexico’s regulations, called RINO, began a year ago and phase two is due to rollout in the fall of 2011. The goal of RINO is to conform Mexican regulations to international standards. By converging with international standards, regulators hope to bring more international order flow and greater liquidity to the market, resulting in increased investment in the Mexican market.

While regulations in the US like Sarbanes Oxley and Dodd-Frank can be seen to drive businesses offshore, the regulatory changes in Mexico are removing handcuffs from businesses and facilitating opportunities. The first step forward occurred early this year with RINO I. RINO I allowed brokers to have multiple channels to the BMV’s electronic trading system. Previously all orders were in a single queue. Multiple access points per broker provides more flexibility in executing strategies and handling client requests, including separate BMV channels for program trading and orders called into the trading desk. RINO I also eliminated sizebased criteria from order management, thus leveling the playing field in the processing of orders. RINO II takes effect on October 10, 2011, bringing more modernizations including pegged orders, improvements in crossing operations, average price operations, price delivery regardless of volume, and decimal bids for fixed income securities.

Crosses, in which a brokerage carries out a transaction through the stock exchange between two of its clients, were permitted previously but the rules were very arcane. Starting in October, the crossing operations will be vastly simplified allowing clients to simply choose whether to cross inside or outside the spread. With this modernization, the BMV hopes to repatriate orders that brokers would previously carry out in the US, where crossing orders was possible using ADRs in dark pools or at the NYSE.

In addition the RINO II regulations a very important new mid-point hidden book order. The orders execute at the midpoint, broker anonymity is guaranteed and the order priority is determined by volume. This is effectively a dark pool. Similar to Xetra, this new BMV order helps the market participants and simultaneously protects the BMV from providers toying with moving into the Mexican marketplace.

As the regulations modernize and the FIX infrastructure hardens, opportunity beckons. Brokers are beginning to push for more high frequency trading algorithms, more efficient routing of international orders, and more sophisticated risk controls, all of which will attract even more international business. As the need for speed grows, co-location previously offered by the exchange may become more strategic, particularly to brokers wanting to attract high frequency traders.

All of this progress was made possible in large part because of the exchange’s demutualization and subsequent listing in 2008. The demutualization coincided with rule changes allowing Mexico’s pension funds or AFORES to invest. Before the rule changes, the AFORES were forced to invest almost entirely in short-term government paper. Today, Mexico’s pension funds are allowed to invest up to 25 percent, in individual stocks and shares and 12 percent in a hybrid of corporate debt and equity capital to allow companies to raise funds to expand businesses.

Considered together, regulatory improvements and infrastructure updates have morphed the BMV and the Mexican brokerage community into a thriving and modern marketplace. The BMV reported a 22 percent jump in earnings last year, with operating income increasing 70 percent in the last three months. A record six initial public offerings made it to market last year and overall trading volumes rose 50 percent in 2010. This year Mexico’s IPC index has tested and hovered near record highs.

In 2011 there are fewer IPOs, but trading volume remains strong. The order-routing agreement signed with Chicago’s CME Group has opened Mexico’s derivatives market to the world. Now, electronic trading infrastructure and investor friendly regulations have set the stage for act two.

Latin America has enjoyed a strong recovery for the most part it has sailed through the recession without lasting damage. Boosted by capital inflows, by record prices for commodity exports, by sound policies and by a heady expansion in domestic credit, the region saw economic growth of 6% last year and is on course to notch close to 5% this year. The region faces slower growth but not disaster. To up the pace, now is the time for reforms to boost productivity.

The main engines for growth in Latin America are China’s demand for minerals, food stuffs and raw materials – this looks set to continue – and consumption as tens of millions edge out of poverty and benefit from newly available credit.

Source: FIX Global Trading, 15.09.2011

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November 12, 2011 • 1:59 am 0

Chinese Markets STEP Forward with China FIX

Dr. Bai Shuo of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) explains the importance of the STEP Protocol and its development in China.

How did the STEP Protocol begin and which organisations originally developed it?

Back in 2003, at the same time when the SSE began to prepare the Next Generation Trading System (NGTS) project, which would later go live on Nov 23, 2009, the SSE decided to introduce a message-based protocol between the exchange and brokers, which is widely accepted to be FIX. The pioneering work was encouraged by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC).

Under the framework of national standardization, this protocol became one of the eight standards in the securities industry. The WG01 group was responsible for the drafting of the protocol under the direction of the CSRC. The membership of the WG01 group includes: SSE, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), Guoxin Security Co. and some other securities companies. The protocol, which is informally called Chinese FIX, or CFIX, is named STEP (Securities Trading Exchange Protocol), as it is regarded as the initial ‘step’ towards a first-class stock market. STEP 1.0 was written in 2004 and issued in 2005. STEP was revised as version 1.1 in 2006.

How does STEP fit into China’s overall usage of standards in the financial world?

While FIX is a global standard in the securities industry, STEP is more suitable for the Chinese market, since STEP introduced many native business and local definitions. The CSRC is responsible for the STEP standard. The SSE has agreed to use STEP and is eager to promote STEP, so as to encourage brokers to follow STEP. In China, investor accounts that should be supervised are designed to be contained in Parties component block. Tags in range 8500 to 8540 are allocated for Chinese market usage, such as market data delivery and business for funds, warrants and voting. Quite a few tags are enhanced for local businesses, such as tag 40 (OrdType), tag 103 (OrdRejReason), tag 269 (MDEntryType), tag 326 (SecurityTradingStatus).

What is the scope of STEP’s usage? What parts of the trading cycle was it intended to cover and what asset classes is it used for?

STEP covers the pre-trade and trade parts of trading cycle, as well as some specific registering instructions. STEP is used for stocks, funds, bonds, warrants, ETFs, and lots of featured non-trading businesses, such as IPOs, right issuances, fund creation and redemptions, warrant executions, bond deposit and withdrawals, voting, etc.

Who were the early adopters of STEP? Who currently uses STEP and for what?

The SSE uses STEP for level2 market data service. Information vendors have taken STEP for level2 service in the meantime. Creative businesses like this are suitable to take the new protocol standard in order to have the ability to easily maintain and extend, without a burden to support a legacy interface.

What is the next stage in the development of STEP? Where is adoption of STEP going to grow most significantly in the near future? Are there new goals or applications for STEP?

STEP is under revision as many new businesses were introduced during the last five years. STEP is considered easier to be adopted in market data and other creative businesses. Also, STEP over FAST will be used for SSE level 1 market data delivery. Block trading, quote repo, agreed repo and margin financing on the Alternative Trading Platform (ATP) of the SSE will take STEP as the format for business records. Traditional trading business will gradually be enhanced to support STEP in near future as we get more confidence through the experience on creative business.

Source: FIXGlobalTrading, 15.09.2011

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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.

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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%).

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

Get to know the Market Maker service for options

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

2^nd 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

2^nd 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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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

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.

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 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

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.

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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July 13, 2011 • 11:57 pm 0

China: BlackRock – Can China´s Saver save the world?

China has experienced rapid credit-led growth in recent years. This growth has been an important contributor to global economic recovery.
Many commentators anticipate that the rapid nature of Chinese credit growth, allied to a capital allocation process led by political direction and undertaken at highly subsidized rates of interest, will inevitably end in a credit bust.
Further, these critics point to the opaque nature of China’s banking system, rapidly growing off-balance-sheet exposures and an overblown real estate sector as evidence of a fragile Sino financial system overdue for a crisis that will, in turn, cripple world growth and extended financial systems elsewhere.
While we are sympathetic to much of the logic behind these fears, we believe that these concerns float on some flimsy analysis. As one example, we cite the mismatch between the oft-cited story of 65 million empty apartments nationwide in China and the inconvenient truth that market estimates indicate that only 60 million apartments have been completed in the last decade.
More importantly, we believe that the “panda bears” overlook the fact that much of the expansion in China’s financial balance sheet has been quasi-fiscal lending and that such lending is backed and guaranteed by a system that is experiencing rapid growth in income and starting from a low level of overall debt.
Domestic savings rates are high — indeed, excessive at over 50% of GDP. While external capital has funded much of the rise in banking system liabilities over the last 12 months, China also runs a current account surplus, is largely domestically funded and lacks many of the vulnerabilities that undid Western credit systems in 2007–08.
We agree that bad debt levels in China will rise — in fact, in a worst-case scenario, there could be as much as 7 trillion RMB of bad loans in the system at present, according to our estimates. But bank balance sheets are strong, profit growth is subsidized by fixed lending and deposit rates, and economic growth itself should be strong enough to absorb most reasonable estimates of losses without serious challenges to financial system stability.
Bank deposits are the main source of domestic savings. We are confident that Beijing will seek to avoid social discontent arising from any threat to the security of deposits with vigor and resources that would make Western bailouts appear puny by comparison. Our concern is that savings growth rates will slow over the next few years and that deposit growth will be much more pedestrian than over the last decade. The recent consolidation of data on funding growth under the banner of Total Social Financing (TSF) presents a clearer picture of the efficiency of deposit mobilization in funding growth. Even allowing for shortcomings in methodology, the incremental growth per unit of financing — Financial Incremental Capital Output Ratio, or FICOR, as we term it — has deteriorated over the last decade.
As a consequence of slower savings rates and reduced FICOR, we expect a slowdown in trend growth over the next few years to 7-8% rather than the 8-10% level of recent times. State-led capital allocation and rate fixing was a feature of both Korea and Japan in the past. In both cases, financial crisis arising from this policy mix was triggered by financial reform. We believe the same holds for China, but will take a number of years to unfold.

Read full report Can China´s Savers save the world

Source: BlackRock / Carral Sierra, 12.07.2011

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July 13, 2011 • 11:35 pm 0

China: BlackRock – Puede el ahorro de China salvar al mundo?

China ha experimentado en años recientes un rápido crecimiento impulsado por el crédito, el cual ha sido un factor importante en la recuperación económica global. Sin embargo:

Muchos analistas anticipan que la rápida condición del crecimiento chino gracias al crédito, junto con un proceso de distribución de capital dirigido por sus políticos y emprendido a tasas de interés altamente subsidiadas, inevitablemente derivará en una caída crediticia.
Estos comentarios señalan la naturaleza opaca del sistema bancario de China, una rápida exposición de las hojas de balance y un sector inmobiliario inflado, como la evidencia de un sistema financiero frágil susceptible a una crisis que, a su vez, afectará el crecimiento mundial y a otros sistemas financieros.
Opiniones del BlackRock Investment Institute: ¿Puede el Ahorro de China Salvar al Mundo?
En la nueva publicación del BlackRock Investment Institute, “¿Puede el ahorro de China salvar al mundo? (Can China Savers Save the World?)”, los autores analizan las razones que están en la base de estos temores. Al respecto, afirman que esta inquietud podría estar basada en un análisis débil.
Asimismo, creen que los llamados “pandas” no consideran el hecho de que gran parte de la expansión de la balanza financiera de China se ha basado en préstamos casi fiscales y que tienen el respaldo y garantía de un sistema que experimenta un rápido crecimiento de su ingreso y cuenta con un nivel bajo de deuda.
En consecuencia, los autores sugieren que China no sufrirá un colapso financiero, sino a lo sumo un descenso en su potencial y en su tasa de crecimiento.

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Source: Black Rock / Carral Sierra, 12.07.2011

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June 28, 2011 • 11:04 pm 0

BlackRock Readies Colombia Index ETF in South America Expansion

BlackRock Inc. (BLK) is preparing to start a local exchange-traded fund in Colombia as the world’s largest money manager expands its operations in South America.

The fund will be denominated in Colombian pesos and will track the Colcap Index, said Axel Christensen, BlackRock’s managing director for South America excluding Brazil.

“We’re very close to starting a product in Colombia,” he said in an interview from London during a Chilean investment promotion event. “We are days away, we hope.”

IShares, the ETF fund business of New York-based BlackRock, also plans to start a local fund in Chile after regulatory changes that enable ETFs take effect next month, Christensen said. IShares already has local ETFs in Mexico and Brazil, Latin America’s two largest markets.

ETFs issue a fixed number of shares and trade throughout the day like stocks. Most are designed to passively track a benchmark equity index.

Source: Bloomberg, 27.06.2011 by James Attwood in Santiago at Jattwood3@bloomberg.net.

Filed under: Brazil, Colombia, Latin America, Mexico, BlackRock, BM&FBOVESPA, BMV Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, BVC Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, Colombia, ETF, Index, iShares, Latin America, MILA Mercado Integrado LatinoAmericano

May 26, 2011 • 1:40 am 0

ETF Industry Highlights – April 2011 – BlackRock

Global ETF and ETP industry:

Record April net inflows with US$25.3 Bn.

Record YTD net inflows in the first four months with US$67.2 Bn through the end of April 2011.

The global ETF industry had 2,670 ETFs with 6,021 listings and assets of US$1,469.8 Bn, from 140 providers on 48 exchanges around the world at the end of April 2011. This compares to 2,189 ETFs with 4,354 listings and assets of US$1,113.1 Bn from 122 providers on 42 exchanges, at the end of April 2010.

The global ETF and ETP industry combined, had 3,819 products with 7,893 listings, assets of US$1,670.9 Bn from 176 providers on 52 exchanges around the world. This compares to 2,967 products with 5,453 listings, assets of US$1,295.1 Bn from 150 providers on 44 exchanges, at the end of April 2010.

United States ETF and ETP industry:

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Record April net inflows with US$22.4 Bn.

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Record YTD net inflows in the first four months with US$51.5 Bn through the end of April 2011.

The ETF industry in the United States had 972 ETFs and assets of US$997.3 Bn, from 29 providers on two exchanges at the end of April 2011. This compares to 839 ETFs and assets of US$764.0 Bn, from 28 providers on two exchanges at the end of April 2010.

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US$22.4 Bn of net new assets went into United States listed ETFs/ETPs in April 2011. US$16.7 Bn net inflows went into equity ETFs/ETPs, of which US$9.8 Bn went into ETFs/ETPs tracking US equity indices and US$3.5 Bn went into ETFs/ETPs tracking emerging markets equity indices. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of US$2.9 Bn, of which US$0.7 Bn went into corporate bond ETFs/ETPs and US$0.6 Bn went into Government bond ETFs/ETPs. Commodity ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of US$1.8 Bn, of which US$2.4 Bn went into ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to precious metals, while ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to energy experienced US$0.9 Bn net outflows in April 2011.

•	Of the US$45.5 Bn of net new assets in United States listed ETFs in April 2011, Vanguard gathered the largest net inflows with US$13.2 Bn, followed by iShares with US$12.7 Bn net inflows, while Bank of New York had the largest net outflows with US$1.4 Bn in 2011 YTD.

European ETF and ETP industry:

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The European ETF industry had 1,128 ETFs with 3,952 listings and assets of US$328.2 Bn, from 39 providers on 23 exchanges at the end of April 2011. This compares to 932 ETFs with 2,748 listings and assets of US$234.3 Bn from 36 providers on 18 exchanges, at the end of April 2010.

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US$3.6 Bn of net new assets went into European listed ETFs/ETPs in April 2011. US$2.8 Bn net inflows went into equity ETFs/ETPs, of which US$1.6 Bn went into ETFs/ETPs providing emerging markets exposure while ETFs/ETPs providing broad European exposure saw net outflows of US$1.2 Bn. Fixed income ETFs/ETPs saw net outflows of US$0.4 Bn, of which money market ETFs/ETPs experienced US$0.3 Bn net outflows while high yield ETFs/ETPs saw net inflows of US$0.2 Bn. US$1.1 Bn net inflows went into commodity ETFs/ETPs, of which US$0.5 Bn went into ETFs/ETPs providing exposure to precious metals and US$0.4 Bn went into ETFs/ETPs providing broad commodity exposure.

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Of the US$2.8 Bn of net new assets in European listed ETFs in April 2011, Source Markets gathered the largest net inflows with US$0.9 Bn, followed by db x-trackers with US$0.6 Bn net inflows, while iShares and Lyxor Asset Management had the largest net outflows with US$0.2 Bn.

Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF industry:

•	The Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) ETF industry had 250 ETFs with 362 listings and assets of US$58.6 Bn, from 63 providers on 13 exchanges at the end of April 2011. This compares to 168 ETFs with 267 listings and assets of US$44.4 Bn, from 53 providers on 13 exchanges, at the end of April 2010.

Japan ETF industry:

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The Japanese ETF industry had 84 ETFs with 88 listings and assets of US$29.4 Bn, from seven providers on three exchanges at the end of April 2011. This compares to 70 ETFs with 73 listings and assets of US$26.3 Bn from six providers on two exchanges, at the end of April 2010. There are 178 ETFs which have filed notifications in Japan.

Latin America ETF industry:

•	The Latin American ETF industry had 27 ETFs, with 407 listings and assets of US$10.4 Bn, from four providers on three exchanges at the end of April 2011. This compares to 21 ETFs, with 243 listings and assets of US$9.1 Bn from three providers on three exchanges, at the end of April 2010.

Canada ETF industry:

•	The Canadian ETF industry had 180 ETFs and assets of US$43.1 Bn, from four providers on one exchange at the end of April 2011. This compares to 134 ETFs and assets of US$33.0 Bn from four providers on one exchange, at the end of April 2010.

Source: BlackRock, Carral, May 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 6, 2011 • 9:52 pm 0

ETF Landscape: Industry Review – Q1 2011 – BlackRock

At the end of Q1 2011, the global ETF industry had 2,605 ETFs with 5,905 listings and assets of US$1,399.4 Bn from 142 providers on 48 exchanges around the world. This compared to 2,131 ETFs with 4,133 listings and assets of US$1,081.9 Bn from 123 providers on 42 exchanges at the end of Q1 2010. ETF Industry Review_Q1-2011

Additionally, there were 1,119 other ETPs with 1,835 listings and assets of US$183.7 Bn from 58 providers on 23 exchanges. This compared to 718 ETPs with 1,025 listings and assets of US$153.6 Bn from 42 providers on 18 exchanges at the end of Q1 2010.

Combined, there were 3,724 products with 7,740 listings, assets of US$1,583.2 Bn from 178 providers on 52 exchanges around the world at the end of Q1 2011. This compared to 2,849 products with 5,158 listings, assets of US$1,235.4 Bn from 147 providers on 44 exchanges at the end of Q1 2010.

Below is a list of some upcoming events where we will be presenting:

Asia Trader and Investor Convention 2011, Singapore 07-08 May 2011
Complimentary passes are available
www.theatic.net

2^nd Annual Inside ETFs – Europe Conference, Amsterdam, 05–06 May 2011
Complimentary passes are available for institutional investors.
www.indexuniverse.eu

Turkey Investment Summit, Istanbul, 09–11 May 2011
www.terrapinn.com

iShares Investment Konferenz, Frankfurt, 11 May 2011
www.ishares-events.com

22^nd Annual Conference on Globalisation of Investment Funds, Boston,
15–18 May 2011
www.int-bar.org

ETF & Indexing Investments, New York, 16–18 May 2011
www.terrapinn.com

Factset Investment Process Symposium, Monaco, 23–25 May 2011
www.cvent.com

ASX ETF Institutional Conference, Sydney, 02 June 2011
www.asx.com.au

The 10^th Annual Canada Cup of Investment Management, Toronto,
07–08 June 2011
Complimentary passes are being offered by IMN to attend this event to investment professionals at Pensions, Foundations, Endowments, Hedge Funds, Insurance Companies as well as for Registered Investment Advisors. Please contact Jackie Rubbo at jrubbo@imn.org.
www.imn.org

ETF & Indexing Investments, Madrid, 15–16 June 2011
www.terrapinn.com

The Mondo Visione Exchange Forum, London, 15–16 June 2011
www.mvexchangeforum.com

Africa Investment Summit, Johannesburg, South Africa 20–23 June 2011
www.terrapinn.com

European Cup of ETFs and Investment Management, London,
19–20 September 2011
Complimentary passes are being offered by IMN to attend this event to investment professionals at Pensions, Foundations, Endowments, Hedge Funds, Insurance Companies as well as for Registered Investment Advisors. Please contact Jackie Rubbo at jrubbo@imn.org.
www.imn.org

ETF & Indexing Investments, London, 17–19 October 2011
www.terrapinn.com

Please join ETF Network on Linkedin at www.linkedin.com.

Source: BlackRock, 06.05.2011

Filed under: Uncategorized, Africa, Asia, ATIC, BlackRock, Commodities, Currency, ETC Exchange Traded Commodities, ETF, Europe, FOREX, Fund Industry, FX Foreign Exchange, Index, Japan, Latin America, Market Analysis, Mexico, Middle East, Performance Report

May 6, 2011 • 9:27 pm 0

ETF panorama: Aspectos Destacados del 1er Quartal 2011 BlackRock

La industria global de los ETFs mantiene la trayectoria ascendente con la que inició el año, si se comparan los 2,605 ETFs con activos por USD$1,399.4 millones al cierre del primer trimestre de 2011, con respecto de los 2,131 ETFs con activos por USD$1.082 mil millones en el mismo periodo de 2010. _ETF Reporte 1er Quartal 2011

En Latinoamérica el sector de ETFs cuenta con 26 ETFs, 405 listados y activos bajo administración por USD $10.2 mil millones, de ocho proveedores en tres bolsas, que se comparan con 21 ETFs, 231 listados y activos por USD$9.3 mil millones de tres proveedores en tres mercados que había a finales del primer trimestre de 2010.

Como sabes, los ETFs son instrumentos que siguen índices, listados y cotizados en mercados bursátiles, que proporcionan transparencia diaria al portafolio. El reporte da cobertura a los productos Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) a escala global e incluye rankings de proveedores de ETFs e índices globales, en Estados Unidos, Europa, Japón, Asia, Latinoamérica, Medio Oriente y Africa.

Además, incluye comentarios respecto al impacto en los mercados de inversión global debido a acontecimientos como los disturbios en países de Oriente Medio y norte de Africa, así como desastres naturales como el terremoto y tsunami, y la consecuente catástrofe nuclear en Japón.

Adjunto te hacemos llegar el reporte completo en inglés, en formato PDF. En caso de cualquier duda adicional, quedamos a tu disposición.

Source: BlackRock- Carral Sierra, 06.05.2011

Filed under: Asia, Exchanges, Latin America, Library, News, Services, Africa, Asia, BlackRock, BM&FBOVESPA, BMV Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, Brazil, Capital Markets, China 中国, Derivatives, ETC Exchange Traded Commodities, ETF, Europe, FX Foreign Exchange, Latin America, Market Analysis, Mexico, Middle East, Performance Report, Risk Management, USA

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

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

Automated solution for market surveillance, operation and market oversight

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

New head of BM&FBOVESPA for UK

New office in London

BM&FBOVESPA and Shenzhen Stock Exchange Sign Memorandum of Understanding

BM&FBOVESPA’s options and capital raising activity

Securities Lending

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

BM&FBOVESPA launches app for Google Chrome web browser

2011 EVENTS

Family Office Summit – Latin America

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

BM&FBOVESPA at Chicago’s FIA EXPO

The World Cup of ETFs and Indexing Latin America

Volumes and trades by Direct Market Access (DMA)

MARKET RESULTS

BM&F Segment August 2011

BOVESPA Segment August 2011

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

BM&FBOVESPA launches eight new currency derivatives

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

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

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

Number of ETF trades grows 25% from June

BM&FBOVESPA 5th International Financial and Capital Markets Conference

BM&FBOVESPA at Chicago’s FIA EXPO

Family Office Summit – Latin America

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

Volumes and trades by Direct Market Access (DMA)

BM&F Segment July 2011

BOVESPA Segment July 2011

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