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  • Tokyo Stock Exchange Downplays Media Talk Of Merger With Osaka Securities Exchange

    Date 28/09/2011

    There have been news reports by some media institutions regarding specific details of merger discussions between Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange.

  • Bank For International Settlements: High-Frequency Trading In The Foreign Exchange Market

    Date 28/09/2011

    High-frequency trading (HFT) has increased its presence in the foreign exchange (FX) market in recent years. A discussion is emerging about its benefits and risks, though the assessment is often hampered by difficulties in identifying and quantifying HFT as distinct from other forms of automated trading. It is crucial to have a clearer understanding of what HFT is (and is not) and what it does (and does not do) before assessing its implications from a policymaker's point of view.

  • Otkritie And QuantHouse Launch Low Latency Market Data For MICEX - Accessible From Both London And Moscow

    Date 28/09/2011

    Otkritie Capital, one of the largest financial groups in Russia, has partnered with QuantHouse, the leading provider of next generation trading solutions, to launch low latency market data for MICEX, the country’s main equity market, via the company’s QuantFEED solution.

  • European Commission - Financial Transaction Tax: Making The Financial Sector Pay Its Fair Share

    Date 28/09/2011

    Today the Commission has presented a proposal for a financial transaction tax in the 27 Member States of the European Union. The tax would be levied on all transactions on financial instruments between financial institutions when at least one party to the transaction is located in the EU. The exchange of shares and bonds would be taxed at a rate of 0.1% and derivative contracts, at a rate of 0.01%. This could approximately raise €57 billion every year. The Commission has proposed that the tax should come into effect from 1st January 2014.

  • NYSE Euronext To Publish Weekly Commitments Of Traders Reports

    Date 28/09/2011

    NYSE Liffe, the global derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, announced that it will begin publishing weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) reports for the commodities futures contracts listed on its London market from Monday, 3 October 2011.