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MCO Europe Launches As McObject’s Exclusive Financial Tech Distributor In UK & Europe

Date 06/10/2014

MCO Europe Ltd announced today that it is now the exclusive European distributor forMcObject’s eXtremeDB Financial Edition®, the ultra-high speed data management technology for prop- and algo-trading applications. The growing popularity of the product is due to a market-winning combination of unbeatable processing speeds and readily-available programmers.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Esprit Holdings Futures

Date 06/10/2014

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 8 October 2014, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange Purchases The Denodo Data Virtualization Platform To Enable Its New Enterprise Data Access Layer

Date 06/10/2014

Denodo Technologies, the leader in data virtualization, today announced that the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (the JSE) has purchased the Denodo Data Virtualization Platform and will deploy it to enable its new project.

Exegy Enhances Virtual Order Book, Java API, And Appliance Capacity

Date 06/10/2014

Exegy Inc. has released new versions of its hardware-accelerated Ticker Plant and Market Data System appliances along with an updated Exegy Client API to meet growing demands from sell-side agency businesses, market makers, and proprietary traders.  The 3.3 versions of the appliances and API significantly enhance Exegy’s virtual order book capabilities which provide composite views of financial instruments across multiple markets.  In addition to dynamically selecting the markets that contribute to a composite data view, applications may now view the normalized trading state of the instrument on each contributing market.  In addition, applications may optionally choose to filter price contributions to the composite view based on the normalized trading state of the instrument on the given market.  The Exegy normalized data model also has been enhanced to allow users to respond to Request For Quote (RFQ) events.  “Smart Order Routing applications represent a significant and growing proportion of the Exegy user base,” says chief technology officer David Taylor.  “We worked closely with our customers to identify product enhancements that would result in higher fill rates and more profitable trading decisions,” adds Taylor.

TriOptima And LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear Complete The First South African Rand Compression Cycle For Cleared Swaps - $284.3 Billion Eliminated In Notional

Date 06/10/2014

October 6 2014 TriOptima, leading provider of OTC derivative post trade services, announces that LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear members have eliminated $284.3 billion in notional in the first triReduce and SwapClear compression cycle for cleared South African rand (ZAR) interest rate swaps. 

Third Quarter 2014: Equity Trading On Vienna Stock Exchange Still Brisk, Market Sentiment Dims

Date 06/10/2014

• Equity trading still at high levels (+25% ytd), but gloomier sentiment weighs on ATX performance
• UK and US institutional investors show renewed interest in Austrian stocks, accounting for approx. 40% of trading – investor base continues to diversify as far as UAE and China
• BKS Bank capital increase starts today
• Shorter settlement cycle for securities (2 days) from 6 October

Tokyo Stock Exchange: ETF/ETN Monthly Report For Sep 2014

Date 06/10/2014

Increased Activity seen in REIT Index ETFs

• Trading value in the ETF/ETN market in September 2014 was about JPY 1.725 trillion, with daily average trading value reaching about JPY 86.2 billion.
• Listed Index Fund J-REIT (Tokyo Stock Exchange REIT Index) Bi-Monthly Dividend Payment Type (1345) saw trading value gains and ranked 17th overall.
• Trading in NEXT FUNDS TOPIX-17 ELECTRIC & PRECISION INSTRUMENTS ETF (1625) and other ETFs tracking electric sector also saw significant gains.

Statement From New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman On JPMorgan Cyberattack

Date 04/10/2014

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued the following statement in response to the latest news regarding a cyberattack at JPMorgan:

“The news that JPMorgan was targeted in a massive cyberattack affecting millions of account holders and small businesses is troubling for all New Yorkers. JPMorgan account holders can take some bas

BM&FBOVESPA Publishes September Market Performance

Date 04/10/2014

Shaping Company Disclosure: Remarks Before The George A. Leet Business Law Conference, Keith F. Higgins, SEC Director, Division of Corporation Finance, Oct. 3, 2014

Date 03/10/2014

Introduction

Thank you for your kind introduction and for inviting me to participate in this discussion on securities disclosure. The topic is certainly a timely one. Before I begin, I need to provide the standard disclaimer that my remarks are my own views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission or any of my colleagues on the staff of the Commission.