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PerTrac And Leading Italian Hedge Fund Database, MondoAlternative, Join Forces - Partnership Will Exclusively Add Italian And Swiss Hedge Funds And 700 Alternative UCITS Funds To PerTrac Analytics

Date 11/10/2011

In its continuing effort to provide investment professional access to the most comprehensive source of hedge fund data and analytics, PerTrac today announced an exclusive partnership with MondoAlternative, Italy’s largest provider of hedge fund data.  The MondoAlternative database contains qualitative and quantitative records on over 2,200 hedge funds, including all the Italian “fondi speculativi”, more than 1,200 European hedge funds, all of the Swiss-registered hedge funds, in excess of 700 alternative UCITS funds and Investable Indices.

RTS Launches Its Next Generation RTD Tango Algorithmic Product Suite

Date 11/10/2011

• RTD Tango Ultra Gateway - Significantly Reduced Microsecond Latency
• RTD Tango Trader - Hybrid Solution Now Offers Customized or Pre-coded Off-the-Shelf Algos
• RTD Tango QUANT - Algo Trading for Quantitative Traders
• Professional Services Unit - to Implement Customer Specific Algorithms

CISI Launches Global Financial Compliance Qualification At Its Compliance Professionals Summit

Date 11/10/2011

Ruth Martin, Managing Director of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) will today announce the launch of the CISI’s new Global Financial Compliance qualification (GFC) at the CISI annual Compliance Professionals Summit in London.

Instinet Releases Newport 3.10

Date 11/10/2011

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, today announced the completion of the global rollout of the 3.10 release of Newport®, its award-winning execution management systems (EMS). 

Nomura Chooses Traiana Harmony For Exchange Traded Derivatives Client Service

Date 11/10/2011

Traiana, the leading provider of real-time post-trade solutions, announced today that Nomura, a global leader in exchange traded derivatives (ETD) execution and clearing, has chosen Traiana to expand its ETD client service platform. 

Statement By The European Commission, The ECB And IMF On The Fifth Review Mission To Greece

Date 11/10/2011

Staff teams from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have concluded their fifth review mission to Greece to discuss recent economic developments. The mission has reached staff-level agreement with the authorities on the economic and financial policies needed to bring the government’s economic program back on track.

Prime Minister's Office - Monetary Authority Of Singapore - Addendum To The President’s Address - Tharman Shanmugaratnam - Deputy Prime Minister And Chairman, MAS

Date 11/10/2011

The global economic environment has become more uncertain.  There is a general lack of confidence that the major advanced countries have the will to address the structural problems that underpin their weak economic growth and unsustainable fiscal positions.  In this environment of heightened risk and volatility, MAS will continue to provide the basis for economic and financial stability in Singapore.

Cinnober: How To Measure “Market Quality” As Trading Patterns Change

Date 11/10/2011

A working definition of “market quality” might be “the prospects for a market participant to successfully match his/her order at a competitive price on a given trading venue”. This means that detailed measurements and analysis of liquidity become central to market quality, and by implication, market attractiveness to investors.  Cinnober has published a white paper on how to measure market liquidity and understand the true impact of algorithmic trading on the market. The required functionality is supplied by the market surveillance system, Scila Surveillance, going beyond market surveillance in its traditional sense.

FinArch Signs Aldermore Bank

Date 11/10/2011

FinArch, a global software provider of integrated finance, risk and compliance solutions announced today that Aldermore Bank has selected Financial Studio to meet the Bank of England and FSA compliance requirements.

KDPW, Poland: Number Of Securities Accounts In September 2011

Date 11/10/2011

The number of securities accounts operated by KDPW Participants grew by 1,8 thousands in September 2011. Banks and brokerage houses operated 1,517,466 accounts at the end of last month.