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Energy Markets: European Commission Welcomes Adoption Of New Rules On Wholesale Electricity And Gas Trading

Date 10/10/2011

The EU has adopted today new stringent rules on wholesale energy trading. The main objective is to prevent use of insider information and other forms of market abuse which distort wholesale energy prices and normally mean that businesses and consumers pay more for their energy than they need. The new law will enter into force by the end of this year. For the first time energy trading will be screened at EU level to uncover abuses. National authorities in Member States will put in place penalties to help stop and prevent market manipulation.
Netik Recruits Team For Delta One Division To Focus On Delta One Market

Date 10/10/2011

Netik, the global leading provider of financial data creation, management and distribution services and solutions today announced a major investment push in the Delta One space with the recruitment of a new team to its Delta One index and ETF data division. The Delta One team spans technology, product management and sales across Netik’s three key regional centres of New York, London and recently opened Hong Kong.
New Market Maker On The Natural Gas Spot Market

Date 10/10/2011

The European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) welcomes Optimization Engineers GmbH as a new market maker for the Natural Gas Spot Market. As of now, the Hattingen-based company will quote in 1 MW contracts on the Natural Gas Spot Market (GASPOOL and NCG market area).
Marshall Wace Selects ITRS Geneos For Its Entire Application And Infrastructure Monitoring

Date 10/10/2011

ITRS Group plc, the leading global provider of predictive, real-time monitoring and proactive application performance management products to the world’s financial community, announced today that Marshall Wace, one of Europe’s leading hedge fund managers, has selected ITRS Geneos for application and infrastructure monitoring across the entire organisation.
FORTS: Final Settlement Price Determined For Futures On The Russian Volatility Index

Date 10/10/2011

October 7, 2011 was the last trading day for October futures contract on the Russian Volatility Index.

Arcontech Expands Adapter Strategy

Date 10/10/2011

Arcontech, supplier of “CityVision”, the leading vendor-independent real-time market data distribution, contribution and cross-platform connectivity software, has outlined its strategy for “adapter” technology, to support flexibility and increase customer choice of data vendor, technology provider and architecture.
Investment Company Institute Launches ICI Global, First Trade Body To Focus Exclusively On Global Fund Industry - Dan Waters, Former FSA Senior Regulator, Appointed Managing Director; Jamie Broderick, Head Of J.P. Morgan Asset Management In Europe, To Chair Steering Committee

Date 10/10/2011

The Investment Company Institute (ICI) today announces the launch of ICI Global, a new trade organisation to focus on regulatory, market and other issues for global investment funds, their managers and investors. ICI Global members will include regulated U.S. and non-U.S. based funds publicly offered to investors in jurisdictions worldwide, making it the first industry body to focus exclusively on the perspective of globally active funds. The new organisation will be based in London.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Market Assessment Report For Reuters Transaction Services Limited

Date 10/10/2011

ASIC has released the market assessment report for Reuters Transaction Services Limited. This report summarises ASIC’s seventh annual assessment of Reuters Transaction Services Limited (RTSL) under s794C of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act).This assessment covers the period 30 June 2010 to 1 July 2011 (the assessment period).
A World First: Structured Products In The Trading Currency Gold - Scoach Switzerland Is The First Exchange In The World To Offer Trading In Gold Structured Products

Date 10/10/2011

As of 10 October 2011, Scoach Switzerland will support trading in structured products with gold as the trading currency. The Swiss central depository, SIX Securities Services, is responsible for the processing. The initial spark for innovation in the sector originates from EFG Financial Products, one of the most innovative issuers of exchange-traded structured products on Scoach Switzerland.
New Record For MarketDataPeaks.com - 07-October-2011 - Peak Of 6.65 Million Messages Per Second

Date 10/10/2011

Exegy, Inc., the market data appliance company, announced today that the Exegy Ticker Plant driving the MarketDataPeaks web site hit a new processing peak of 6.65 million messages per second. This compares to 6.1 million on 12 September when the market turned up and down rapidly in reaction to news and rumours about the debt crisis in the Euro zone.