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Federal Reserve Board Proposes Rule To Further Strengthen The Capital Positions Of The Largest, Most Systemically Important U.S. Bank Holding Companies

Date 09/12/2014

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday proposed a rule to further strengthen the capital positions of the largest, most systemically important U.S. bank holding companies.

NASDAQ Announces End-Of-Month Open Short Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks As Of Settlement Date November 28, 2014

Date 09/12/2014

At the end of the settlement date of November 28, 2014, short interest in 2,262 NASDAQ Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,925,524,925 shares compared with 8,208,446,111 shares in 2,258 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of November 14, 2014. The end-of-November short interest represents 4.87 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 4.31 days for the prior reporting period.

CFTC Chairman Massad To Testify Before U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition And Forestry Committee

Date 09/12/2014

CFTC Chairman Tim Massad to testify before the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. EST.

Maize Capital Selects Tbricks For Flexible Market Making On CME - Takes Advantage Of App-Based Architecture To Optimize Trading


Date 09/12/2014

Tbricks (www.tbricks.com) today announced that the Chicago-based trading firm Maize Capital has selected Tbricks for making markets on the CME. Maize will use Tbricks for market making and point-and-click trading. 

BGC Extends Tender Offer To Acquire GFI Group - Satisfies Regulatory Closing Condition

Date 09/12/2014

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," or "BGC"), a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced that it has extended the expiration date of its tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: GFIG) ("GFI Group" or "GFI") it does not currently own for $5.25 per share in cash. 

MCX-SX Complies With SEBI’s Conditions

Date 09/12/2014

• Board of Directors of MCX-SX issued shares to new investors post conversion of warrants
• The Exchange has also complied with main conditions imposed by SEBI
• Net-worth of the Exchange now stands comfortably above the regulatory minimum

EPEX SPOT: Successful launch of 15-Minute Intraday Call Auction in Germany

Date 09/12/2014

EPEX SPOT has successfully launched the Intraday call auction for 15-minute contracts on the German power market. 58 trading participants joined the first auction session today at 3 pm. 17,690 MW were traded. The base price – the average price of all contracts traded for delivery 10 December – came out at 32.53 Euro/MWh. More detailed market data on the first trading day can be found on the website of the European Power Exchange (www.epexspot.com). Another five to ten trading participants are expected to join the 15-minute call auction until the end of the year. Please find below the price curve and the traded volumes per 15-minute period for the first delivery day.

CTAs Exit Drawdown, Setting New High Watermarks In November 2014 - Trend Following Strategies Post The Largest Monthly Gain Since 2008

Date 09/12/2014

Newedge, the prime services division of Societe Generale and a global leader in multi-asset brokerage and clearing, today announces the November performance data for its CTA performance indices. 

BMO Financial Group Wins American Financial Technology Award - Deployment Of Xignite Enterprise For Cloud-Based Data Distribution Solution Named “Best Cloud Initiative”

Date 09/12/2014

BMO Financial Group (TSX, NYSE: BMO) and Xignite , the leading provider of market data cloud solutions, announced today that BMO has  implemented  Xignite Enterprise, a cloud-based data distribution solution that helps large financial institutions centralize, distribute and optimize access to market and reference data licensed by Bloomberg and other vendors. BMO’s deployment of Xignite Enterprise - dubbed BMO Skyway - was recognized as the industry’s Best Cloud Initiative at the 2014 American Financial Technology Awards ceremony on December 8th, 2014 in New York City.

EEX Exchange Council: Customer Satisfaction Again Reaches A New High In 2014 - Order Book Trading For Spanish And Swiss Power Futures Approved – New Day And Weekend Futures On The Power Derivatives Market

Date 09/12/2014

On 5 December 2014, this year’s last meeting of the Exchange Council of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) was held in Vienna. It was chaired by Peter Heydecker (Vitol SA). At the meeting, the results of the customer satisfaction survey for 2014 were presented and the introduction of new products on the power market was approved.