This release concerns a proposed International Securities Exchange, LLC ("ISE") rule change to list and trade options on the ISE Max SPY Index ("ISE Max SPY"), which was filed with the SEC on March 9, 2012. View notice in full here (links externally to SEC website).

In a blog post yesterday, the MFA provided a link to their recently released the Hedge Fund Investor Map, described as a powerful online tool that pools publicly available information from public and corporate pensions, university endowments, and charitable foundations into an easy-to-use map. View blog post in full here(links externally to MFA website).

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is amending its regulation governing lending limits for national banks to consolidate the lending limit rules applicable to national banks and savings associations and remove its separate regulation governing lending limits for savings associations. The OCC also is amending its rules to implement section 610 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which amends the statutory definition of "loans and extensions of credit" to include credit exposures arising from derivative transactions, repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase agreements, securities lending

On June 20, 2012, CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton gave a brief opening statement before the Technology Advisory Committee Meeting 2.0 in Washington, DC. View speech in full here(links externally to CFTC website).

On June 20, 2012, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler gave a brief statement before the Technology Advisory Committee Meeting 2.0 in Washington, DC. View speech in full here(links externally to CFTC website).