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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner Testimony Before The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs

Date 06/10/2011

Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Shelby, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on behalf of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (the “Council”).  

TSX Top 20 Largest - Consolidated Short Position Report – Highlights - September 30, 2011

Date 06/10/2011

Please find below the Top 20 Largest Consolidated Short Position Report Highlights. The report is produced twice monthly, effective the 15th and the end of each month. The report below covers the 2-week period ending September 30, 2011.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner To Host APEC Finance Ministers Meeting, November 9-10, 2011

Date 06/10/2011

The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will travel to Honolulu, Hawaii to host the 2011 Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Meeting of Finance Ministers on November 9-10, 2011. The Secretary will chair a meeting of regional finance ministers focused on policies to strengthen the global recovery and bring about strong, sustained and more balanced growth in order to boost job creation and incomes in the United States and throughout the APEC region. The APEC economies, comprising many of the most dynamic and fastest-growing economies in the world, account for 58 percent of U.S. goods exports. 

Program Trading Averaged 33.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Sept. 26-30

Date 06/10/2011

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Sept. 26-30.

IRESS Selects TMX Atrium As Its Exclusive Canadian Network Connectivity Provider For ION

Date 06/10/2011

IRESS, Canada's leading trading access vendor and supplier of sophisticated trading solutions, and TMX Datalinx, TMX Group's information services division, today announced that IRESS has chosen TMX Atrium™ as its Canadian network connectivity provider as part of the IRESS Optical Network (ION).

Instinet Market Structure Research: Trade And HFT Observations For August 2011

Date 06/10/2011

Highlights

• August showed marked increases in quote volume and volatility over that observed in July especially during US market hours.
• August was analyzed over two distinct periods relative to July. The first half of the month exhibited both elevated volatility and volume, but the second half showed increases in volatility only.
• Intraday volatility mostly increased proportionally to the previous month.
• Though HFT activity increased overall in August, a sizable relative decrease was observed in early hours trading. High volatility and depressed HFT activity at the beginning of the trading day appear to be correlated.

Palestine Exchange Monthly Investor Newsletter- September 2011

Date 06/10/2011

Fidessa Named Best Sell-Side Trading Platform At The Financial News Awards - Takes The Title For The Fourth Consecutive Year

Date 06/10/2011

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA), provider of high-performance trading, investment management and information solutions for the world’s financial community, has once again been named best sell-side trading platform at the 2011 Financial News awards, which were held at London's Connaught Rooms on October 4th.

Monthly Turnover Of More Than EUR 8.6 Billion At Boerse Stuttgart - Following August’s Record Figures, September Statistics Show Year-On-Year Increase In Turnover In Almost All Asset Classes

Date 06/10/2011

Boerse Stuttgart’s order book statistics show its turnover was more than EUR 8.6 billion in September 2011, bringing trading volumes back in line with the level achieved in the months prior to August’s volatile markets. The total turnover for the first nine months of the year was just under EUR 87 billion, about 25 percent higher than in the first nine months of 2010.

Exchange Council Backs Planned Merger Of Deutsche Börse And NYSE Euronext - Opportunity For Real Economy To Widen Its Access To Global Capital Markets - Positive Effects On Stability And Transparency Expected

Date 06/10/2011

The Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has discussed the planned merger of Deutsche Börse with the New York Stock Exchange in an additional meeting.