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SEC Charges Three Firms With Violating Custody Rule

Date 28/10/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today sanctioned three SEC-registered investment advisory firms for violating the “custody rule” that requires them to meet certain standards when maintaining custody of their clients’ funds or securities.

Armanta Secures Additional Patent - Enhances Sandbox™ Scenario “What If” Capability

Date 28/10/2013

Armanta Corporation, which provides analytic technology that enables enterprise wide, self-constructed, current time analytics by users, today announced that it has been awarded the second in a series of patents tied to its Sandbox capability.

ESMA: Proxy Advisors Launch Consultation On Best Practice Principles

Date 28/10/2013

The Drafting Committee of the Best Practice Principles for Governance Research Providers has launched a public consultation on the draft Principles which concern activities associated with the provision of shareholder voting and analytical services.

Moscow Exchange To Launch Transportation Index

Date 28/10/2013

Moscow Exchange plans to launch a transportation sector index on 11 November. The key constituents are to be Aeroflot, Fesco, NCSP, Transcontainer, and UTair, which are already included in the exchange"s Broad Market Index. As with other sector indices, the Transportation Index is to be rendered in RUB (code MICEXTRN) and USD (RTStn).

BNP Paribas Launches 39 EasyTRACKERS On NYSE Euronext Paris ETN Segment

Date 28/10/2013

BNP Paribas and NYSE Euronext Paris have teamed up to facilitate access to Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) for professional investors by launching 39 EasyTRACKERS. Offering its product line on NYSE Euronext’s ETN segment represents a major new stage in BNP Paribas’ expansion on the French market, and gives fresh momentum to NYSE Euronext’s European ETN offer for qualified investors.

ESMA Publishes Updated Q&As On The Prospectus Directive

Date 28/10/2013

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an updated Questions and Answers on the Prospectus Directive (PD), revising a number of current market practices and addressing a number of new issues related to the implementation of the PD.

BME Will Bring Its CCP Activities Under One UMBRELLA BME Clearing

Date 28/10/2013

• In compliance with the European Regulation EMIR, BME has separated the exchange activity from the CCP activity
• BME Clearing will include the clearing of cash markets

MIAX Options - End of Daylight Savings Time 2013

Date 28/10/2013

Please be advised the MIAX Options Exchange is scheduled to end Daylight Savings Time at 2:00AM on Sunday, November 3, 2013.  The MIAX will adjust the system time back one hour for trading beginning Monday, November 4, 2013.

easyJet And Commerzbank First To Benefit From Clearstream Cooperation With 360T - Trade On The 360T Trading Platform Between easyJet And Commerzbank Settles Successfully Via Clearstream - Cash Borrowers Benefit From Proven Access To Corporate Cash Providers Such As easyJet For Triparty Trades - Increased Focus On Offering For Non-Financials

Date 28/10/2013

On 17 October, a first triparty trade between easyJet as cash giver and Commerzbank as cash taker was conducted on the trading platform of 360 Treasury Systems AG and settled via Clearstream, thus effectively validating the partnership announced earlier in the year. This was the first triparty trade on 360T, making easyJet and Commerzbank the first counterparties to benefit from Clearstream’s collateral management services via 360T.

Ultra High-Performance FPGA Trading Gateway Launched By NanoSpeed

Date 28/10/2013

NanoSpeed, the provider of ultra-fast FPGA solutions to the trading community, has today announced the launch of Nano-TG, an ultra-low latency trading gateway. NanoSpeed provides the lowest latency, highly-robust FPGA-based trading, market data and risk management solutions to investment banks, prop traders and hedge funds, as well as exchanges and other financial institutions.