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Comment On Future Of Computer Trading Report - 'An Excellent Hors D'oeuvre But Leaves Vital Questions Unanswered'

Date 23/10/2012

Professor Brian Scott-Quinn said:

“The Report provides an excellent hors d’oeuvre to future studies of computer trading. As the report sadly notes, we simply do not have enough data at present to be able to provide sound scientific evidence in support of new regulations of this area of financial activity. Thus despite producing a valuable report, we still do not know the answers that the Report might have hoped to find.

NYSE Euronext Launches CAC And AEX Low Risk Indices - Low Risk Indices Respond To Growing Demand For Better Risk Control Mechanisms

Date 23/10/2012

NYSE Euronext today announced the expansion of its range of  indices with the launch of the CAC® Low Risk Index and the AEX® Low Risk Index.  These low risk indices, developed in partnership with Finvex Group, are  based on the successful European national blue chip indices and provide new risk adjusted investment possibilities for investors and  Exchange Traded Product (ETP) providers.

European Parliament Economic And Monetary Affairs Committee: Banking Supervision: An Accountable System OpenTo All

Date 23/10/2012

Draft banking supervision legislation tabled in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Monday would give national supervisors a greater role than do earlier Commission proposals, while at the same time retaining the European Central Bank's power to decide to supervise any bank directly. A second text approved by the committee would put the European banking watchdog at the head of a single supervisory system. Both texts would increase the supervisory system's democratic accountability.

Southern European Private Companies Healthier Than Public Peers, Finds S&P Capital IQ

Date 23/10/2012

Privately-held businesses in debt crisis-stricken Portugal, Spain and Italy are in many respects in better financial health than their publically-listed peers, according to analysis from S&P Capital IQ, a leading provider of multi-asset class data, research and analytics.

b-next Launches CMC:Lite To Provide Entry Level Market Abuse Compliance - An Entry Level Version Of The b-next CMC:Suite Providing Automated Surveillance Of Equities, Derivatives And Fixed Income Instruments - Solution Of Compliance Scenarios And Market Abuse Monitoring And The Detection Of Suspicious Trading Activity

Date 23/10/2012

b-next, a specialist provider of Market Abuse Surveillance, Insider Dealing, Best Execution and Compliance software solutions, announces CMC:Lite, an entry level version of its successful CMC:Suite. This unique service provides clients with a key set of compliance scenarios required to perform effective surveillance and analysis of trading activity. b-next has identified the core functional requirements needed for a firm to become compliant with their market abuse and best execution obligations. These have been packaged in CMC:Lite along with market data and system hosting. This service and the wide range of available b-next surveillance scenarios help financial institutions to meet regulatory requirements such as those established by ESMA and MAD as well as other national and international supervisory authorities. The system is simple to use, ready to implement and cost effective to maintain.

Palestine Exchang Eid-Al-Adha Market Holiday

Date 23/10/2012

The Palestine Exchange (PEX) will be closed Thursday through Tuesday 25-30 of October 2012 celebrating Eid-Al-Adha holiday. Business will resume as usual on Wednesday 31/10/2012.

Bursa Malaysia Sector Update

Date 23/10/2012

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”) has decided to update the classification of sectors for 9 Public Listed Companies (“9 PLCs”) to come into effect on 9.00 a.m., Monday, 29 October 2012.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Announces New Rates Of Exchange Fees

Date 23/10/2012

• New rates of exchange fees for operations on the WSE financial instruments market will apply as of the beginning of 2013.
• The WSE fee system is a tool of pursuing the international growth strategy of the Polish capital market.

SunGard Makes its Business Process Management Suite Available For Open Source via the Eclipse Foundation

Date 23/10/2012

SunGard’s Infinity Process Platform is now available from the Eclipse Stardust project, an open source business process management (BPM) suite designed to help improve the infrastructure behind many of the finance industry’s key operations.

Dalian Commodity Exchange Circular On Trading Of New Contracts

Date 23/10/2012

It is hereby noticed that as from October 22, 2012, such contracts may be traded as Coke 1310 contracts, linear low density polyethylene 1310 contracts, RBD Palm Olein 1310 contracts and polyvinyl chloride 1310 contracts, with their base prices as the follows:

J1310 contracts       CNY 1,669 /ton
L1310 contracts       CNY 10,190 /ton
P1310 contracts       CNY 7,290 /ton
V1310 contracts       CNY 6,755 /ton