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Euronext To Wind Down Alternext Amsterdam

Date 09/04/2014

Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), today announced that, following a strategic review, it will wind down Alternext 1 Amsterdam by the end of the year, or as soon as possible thereafter.  

Vienna Stock Exchange: Immofinanz To Remain In The ATX Five Index

Date 09/04/2014

As announced on 4 March 2014, the ATX committee discussed about the future membership of Immofinanz AG in the ATX five. In today’s meeting the ATX committee decided not to exclude Immofinanz AG from the ATX five index after the planned spin-off of a company share of Immofinanz AG to BUWOG AG. The next revision of the composition of the ATX five is part of the next semi-annual revision of the composition of the ATX five in September 2014.

MCX-SX Announces Launch Of Its Bank Index, ‘SXBANK’

Date 09/04/2014

• SXBANK, designed to measure the performance of the Indian banking sector, comprises of 10 most liquid and large capitalized banking stocks, as classified by ICB® - the leading global Industry Classification System from FTSE
• This is the first sectoral index, developed for the Indian banking sector, that has a cap on the weight of the individual stocks, thereby making the index more evenly distributed without skewness
• A first in sectoral indices series from the Exchange; MCX-SX, had earlier unveiled its flagship index, ‘SX40’, a free float-based index of 40 large cap & liquid stocks representing diverse sectors of the economy
• MCX-SX is the first and only exchange in India to have adopted FTSE’s Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) to design the indices. The ICB is adopted by the world’s leading exchanges, including NASDAQ, LSE and Singapore Stock Exchange

SunGard Helps Firms Operate Smarter By Integrating XSP Corporate Actions With SGN’s SWIFT Connectivity

Date 09/04/2014

SunGard’s XSP is now providing connectivity to the SWIFT network for the automation of corporate actions messaging through the SunGard Global Network (SGN). The XSP-SGN connectivity helps firms achieve smarter operations by providing XSP customers with access to the SWIFT gateway and the ability to integrate ISO corporate actions message types through SGN. These capabilities are now available to customers of the XSP v5 cloud-hosted platform and XSPrisa SaaS solutions.

Azul Systems Extends Zulu Runtime For Java To Support Java 8 - Azul’s Commercialized Build Of OpenJDK Now Supports The Latest Version Of Java SE Plus Java SE 6 And SE 7

Date 09/04/2014

Azul Systems, Inc. (Azul), the award-winning leader in Java runtime solutions, today announced the general availability of Zulu 8.0, a commercialized build of OpenJDK that is compatible and compliant with the Java SE 8 standard. Zulu 8.0 is available immediately and freely downloadable fromwww.azulsystems.com/products/zulu/downloads.

Securities Commission Malaysia: High Court Maintains Two Year Jail Sentence And RM3 Million Fine On Market Manipulator

Date 09/04/2014

The High Court today dismissed Dato Phillip Wong Chee Kheong’s appeal against a two-year jail term and a fine of RM3 million meted out by the Sessions Court upon his conviction under section 84(1) Securities Industry Act 1983.

TFEX’s Q1 Average Daily Trading Volume At 56,000 Contracts

Date 09/04/2014

• Q1 avg trading volume keeps at 56,000 contracts despite uncertainties
• To raise trading margins ahead of Thai new year holidays
• To launch mini SET50 futures on May 6

ICAP Aligns With Perseus - Boosts High Precision Trading Access In Brazil And LATAM - Leading Markets Operator chooses LiquidPath From Perseus

Date 09/04/2014

Perseus Telecom, a leading provider of high-speed global connectivity, High Precision Time™ and Market-to-Market networks, announced today ICAP is a global customer accessing the award-winning LiquidPath®  network in Brazil and Latin America.

Reed Smith Team Advises ETF Securities On Launch Of 3x Short And Leveraged Equity Securities Platform - One Of The First New Structured Derivative Products Following The New UKLA Retail Prospectus Approval Process

Date 09/04/2014

Global law firm Reed Smith’s derivatives team has advised ETF Securities on its ground-breaking new 3x Short and Leveraged Equity Securities ETP Platform.  This is one of the first new structured derivatives products to go through the revised UKLA retail prospectus approval process.

Third Clearing House In Europe - EU Authorisation Of KDPW_CCP Clearing House - From Spin-Off To Authorisation Of KDPW_CCP

Date 09/04/2014

The authorisation of the clearing house KDPW_CCP is yet another step in the harmonisation of the Polish financial market with the international standards and legal requirements. The preparations for the authorisation began at the time of the spin-off of KDPW_CCP from the structure of the Central Securities Depository of Poland (KDPW) according to the KDPW growth strategy adopted in 2009.