Press Release 6131-11 The CFTC approved the application of Eris Exchange, LLC ("Eris") for designation as a contract market. Eris will list for trading interest rate swap futures contracts. Clearing services for Eris will be provided by CME Clearing House. Regulatory services for Eris will be performed by the National Futures Association. Cross References: 17 CFR Part 38

76 FR XXX (SEC Release No. 34-65648; SR-OCC-2011-12) October 27, 2011 The SEC granted approval to a rule change of the Options Clearing Corporation to establish fitness standards for directors, clearing members, and certain other individuals. The rule change is a result of new requirements imposed on clearing organizations in Dodd-Frank. Cross References: SEC Release No. 34-65338 (9/14/11) (Proposal); 76 FR 722 (1/6/11) (related CFTC proposal)

76 FR XXX (SEC Release No. 34-65654; SR-OCC-2011-08) October 28, 2011 The SEC granted approval to a rule change of the Options Clearing Corporation that will allow the OCC to use an auction process as one of the possible means by which it may liquidate a defaulting clearing member's account. (An auction process is commonly used to liquidate futures positions for an insolvent FCM.) Cross References: SEC Release No. 34-64982 (7/28/11) (Proposal)

76 FR XXXX The CFTC approved a final rule requiring certain advisors to private funds that are dually registered with the CFTC and the SEC to report information to the SEC for use by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) in monitoring risks to the U.S. financial system. The SEC had previously approved the joint rule on October 26, 2011. The Commissions' final rules, which implement Sections 404 and 406 of the Dodd-Frank Act, require SEC-registered investment advisers and dually registered CFTC registrants with at least $150 million in private fund assets under management to

Press Release 6126-11 CFTC No-Action Letter 11-07 The CFTC's Office of General Counsel today announced that it issued a no-action letter on October 24, 2011, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Taiwan Futures Exchange's futures contract based on the GTEX. The GTEX is a broad-based, free-float, market-capitalization-weighted composite index of highly capitalized and actively traded stocks listed on the board of the GreTai Securities Market, a non-profit organization modeled after the NASDAQ Cross References: CEA Section 2(a)(C)(ii).