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ICE CEO Jeff Sprecher Discusses Planned Merger With NYSE In An Exclusive Interview In Futures Industry

Date 28/01/2013

The January issue of Futures Industry magazine includes an interview (attached to this email as a PDF) with Jeff Sprecher, the chief executive officer of IntercontinentalExchange, discussing how the merger agreement with NYSE Euronext came about and his strategic vision for ICE. The interview also covers how Liffe and the European rates business will fit into ICE’s business plan and what Sprecher’s plans are for the U.S. equities business once the deal is finalized. Any coverage of this interview should cite the January 2013 Issue of Futures Industry.
ACTIV Launches Canadian/US Interlisted ActivFeed Service - Combination Of US And Canadian Data Provides Comprehensive View Of Canadian Markets

Date 28/01/2013

ACTIV, a global provider of real-time, multi-asset financial market data and solutions, today announced it has launched a Canadian / US Interlisted ActivFeed service into its Toronto data center from its Metro NYC PoPs. The new offering, which takes Canadian listings from the US, is a highly optimized, FPGA accelerated, arbitrated broadcast feed. With approximately 40% of trading volumes from Canadian companies trading on US stock exchanges, access to US listed company data is essential for a comprehensive view of the Canadian securities market.
Kyte Group Goes Live On AlgoSpan Low Latency Infrastructure And Exchange Access

Date 28/01/2013

AlgoSpan, the specialist market infrastructure provider, is pleased to announce that The Kyte Group has gone live with AlgoSpan’s low latency exchange market access platform, “AlgoNet’.
Xetra/FWB: Deutsche Börse IPO Indicator Gives Positive Prognosis For IPOs In Frankfurt

Date 28/01/2013

Deutsche Börse published the IPO sentiment indicator forecasting issue activity for the 1st quarter of 2013 on Monday. According to the indicator, the IPO climate, which reflects the sentiment of investors, companies and underwriters on the primary market, remained positive at 32.43 points compared to 32.8 points in the previous quarter.
HKEx Provides Additional AHFT Information To Legco Panel

Date 28/01/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) provided additional information on its planned After-hours Futures Trading (AHFT) to the Legislative Council’s Panel on Financial Affairs (Legco's PFA) today (Monday) during a panel meeting. HKEx’s Head of Global Clearing Gerald Greiner, Co-head of Equities, Fixed Income and Currency Calvin Tai and Co-head of Clearing Risk Management Felix Wang represented HKEx at the meeting.

BM&FBOVESPA Launches New Commodity Derivatives For The Sugar/Ethanol Sector Today - Portfolio Gains Crystal Sugar And Anhydrous Fuel Ethanol Contracts

Date 28/01/2013

BM&FBOVESPA begins trading today new commodity derivatives developed for the sugar/ethanol sector. The first of these is the cash-settled crystal sugar futures contract. The contract is authorized for trading from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (São Paulo time), with after-hours trading from 2:35 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., under ticker symbol ACF and as of the April 2013 contract month. Each futures contract is quoted in Brazilian Reals and the contract size is 508 50-net kilogram bags.
Tribunal Upholds UK's Financial Services Authority Decision To Fine Firm £8m For Market Abuse

Date 28/01/2013

The Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) has directed the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to fine Swift Trade, a non-FSA authorised Canadian company with global operations, £8m for market abuse. The Tribunal described this as being “as serious a case of market abuse of its kind as might be imagined”.
HKEx Announces Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Date 28/01/2013

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the following holiday risk management arrangements.
ITRS CEO Kevin Covington Recognised In Institutional Investor’s Trading Technology Top 40

Date 28/01/2013

Kevin Covington, CEO of ITRS Group Ltd, the leading global provider of performance monitoring and management technology, has been recognised as one of the top 40 most prominent innovators in providing trading technologies to the world’s financial market community by Institutional Investor.
Wells Fargo Opens New International Branch In DIFC - Company’s 10th International Branch - Located In Dubai International Financial Center

Date 28/01/2013

To better serve its Global Financial Institutions (GFI) customers throughout the Middle East and North Africa, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced today it has opened a new branch in Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC). The new branch will help to expand the company’s existing GFI services, which include trade, payments, deposits, credit and foreign exchange services to financial institutions in the Middle East and North Africa region.