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BATS Global Markets October Highlights: U.S. Antitrust Clearance Of Direct Edge Merger - Europe ETF, Trade Reporting Launches - BATS Chi-X Europe Remains Europe’s Largest Stock Exchange, U.S. Equities Market Share Increases

Date 04/11/2013

BATS Global Markets (BATS) today reports October market share and activity, which includes U.S. Department of Justice clearance for the BATS-Direct Edge merger, and the launch of BATS Chi-X Europe’s pan-European listings business and BXTR pan-European Trade Reporting Service.

Xignite Joins NASDAQ OMX FinQloud To Enhance Data Storage And Computing Resources - First Market Data Vendor To Join Financial Services Cloud Ecosystem

Date 04/11/2013

Xignite, Inc. a leading provider of financial market data cloud solutions, announced today that they will use NASDAQ OMX FinQloud, a cloud computing platform designed exclusively for the financial services sector and powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Xignite will leverage FinQloud for all storage and elastic computing resources used by its Market Data Cloud platform, including its financial data APIs, and its Market Data Distribution and Enterprise Data Distribution solutions. 

SunGard Develops Service To Help Protect Trading Firms From Trio Of Risks

Date 04/11/2013

Technology, operational and regulatory risks are combining to form a trio of risks that many trading firms are only partially addressing, according to SunGard.

BBVA Deploys Broadridge PROactive Operational Control Solutions For Enterprise-Wide Reconciliations Processing - Smoothly Executed Project And Superior Technology To Deliver Advanced Automation For Bank’s Cash And Securities Reconciliation Controls

Date 04/11/2013

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) today announced that BBVA Group has selected the PROactiveReconciliation and PROactive Control for Investigations solutions to automate reconciliations processing for its Corporate & Investment Banking and Asset Management divisions.  Following a successful implementation period, both divisions are now live with the Broadridge solutions.

Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Rings The Bell To Celebrate Listing Of Two Emirates Islamic Bank Sukuk With Value Of AED 3.67 Billion On NASDAQ Dubai

Date 04/11/2013

• Listings hailed by Higher Committee for Development of the Islamic Economy as major step forward for the ‘Dubai, the global Sukuk centre inititative’

EPEX SPOT: Power Trading Results In October 2013: Monthly Volumes Hit 30 TWh

Date 04/11/2013

In October 2013, a total volume of 30.4 TWh was traded on EPEX SPOT’s Day-Ahead and Intraday markets (October 2012: 29.3 TWh). It is the second time ever that the overall monthly trading volumes on EPEX SPOT’s markets hit the 30 TWh mark, after the record volume in December 2011 (30.9 TWh). The result is partly due to record volumes on the German Day-Ahead market (21.7 TWh), exceeding its previous record from December 2011 by 15 GWh. 

ICE Reports October Daily Futures Volume

Date 04/11/2013

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today reported futures volume for October 2013. ICE's average daily volume (ADV) for futures and options was 3.36 million contracts, a decrease of 1% from the prior October. Year to date through October, average daily volume decreased 1% over the prior year to date period to 3.40 million contracts.

CME Group Volume Averaged 11.1 Million Contracts Per Day In October 2013, Up 12 Percent From October 2012

Date 04/11/2013

Julian Jaffe Joins LIQUITY As Director Of Operations And Technology

Date 04/11/2013

LIQUITY has appointed Julian Jaffe as Director of Operations and Technology. He has a remit to strengthen the board of directors and take the leadership role in designing and implementing the company’s high-level technology strategy. 

NASDAQ OMX Nordic Trading Statistics October 2013

Date 04/11/2013

NASDAQ OMX today publishes monthly trade statistics for the Nordic1 and Baltic2 markets.