News Centre

The Algo Group Goes Live With New Connectivity And Colocation Services For LSE Group Markets - Live On First Day Of Activation Of New LSE Vendor Colocation Area

Date 10/03/2011

The Algo Group today announced that it has gone live as a provider of connectivity and colocation services to the London Stock Exchange Group’s new ultra-low latency trading platform, Millennium Exchange.

CPSS-IOSCO Principles For Financial Market Infrastructures

Date 10/03/2011

New and more demanding international standards for payment, clearing and settlement systems have today been issued for public consultation by the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).

Thomson Reuters Equity Market Share Reports Updated To Include February Data

Date 10/03/2011

Trading is fragmenting between exchanges and competing venues. But by how much and which venues? Find out in the Thomson Reuters summarised monthly reports.

Vienna Stock Exchange Welcomes Belgrade Stock Exchange As A New Member Of The Data Alliance

Date 10/03/2011

Starting today, Vienna Stock Exchange data vendors – financial information providers acting as wholesalers that disseminate the data worldwide – can subscribe to the price data of the Belgrade Stock Exchange via their existing data lines in the same format and structure as the VSE data. Including this new member, the data network of the Vienna Stock Exchange now comprises the exchanges of the CEE Stock Exchange Group (Vienna, Budapest, Ljubljana and Prague) and the stock exchanges of Bucharest, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Macedonia and Belgrade. Additionally, data dissemination includes the data of the CEGH Gas Ex-change of the Vienna Stock Exchange, the power exchange EXAA (Energy Exchange Austria) and the PXE (Prague Energy Exchange). 

Derivatives Market Committee Advise RTS To Amend FORTS Fee

Date 10/03/2011

On March 4, 2011 the RTS Derivatives Market Committee recommended that the Board of Directors of RTS Stock Exchange consider the following amendments to fees on FORTS, the derivatives market of RTS:

• Cancel the fee for opening own or a client’s section of the Clearing member’s clearing registers.
• Halve  an Exchange’s fee for executing trades in futures contracts on ordinary shares of JSC VTB Bank , JSC "RusHydro", "Surgutneftegas" OJSC , Tatneft and preferred shares of Sberbank.
• A twofold increase of an Exchange’s fee for executing trades in options.
• After the Exchange’s trading and clearing system and internal systems of market participants have been improved it is recommended to consider increasing the Exchange’s fee for trades in futures contracts excluding scalpers trades. This recommendation may be implemented in the 3rd quarter of 2011.

Price Steps On A Selection Of NZX Main Board Stocks

Date 10/03/2011

Further to the NZX's announcement on the 23 February 2011, NZX wishes to advise the market that the trial of $0.005 price steps in TEL, KIP, GPG, FPA and AIA will apply from market open tomorrow, 11 March 2011. 

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Comments On Media Reports Over Possible Mergers

Date 10/03/2011

Some media have today reported that there could be possible mergers between Tokyo Commodity Exchange and other exchanges. Howver, the Exchange is not aware of any such fact.

FlexTrade Named "Best In Trading Technology" At Asia Asset Management Awards

Date 10/03/2011

FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a global leader in  multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced it has been named  “Best in Trading Technology” during the Asia Asset Management 2010 Best of the Best Awards ceremony held at the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong on March 9. 

NYSE Group Inc. Issues Short Interest Report

Date 09/03/2011

The NYSE Group, Inc. today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of February 28, 2011.

Written Testimony Of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner Before The House Committee On Appropriations Subcommittee On State, Foreign Operations, And Related Programs On The Fiscal Year 2012 International Programs Budget Request

Date 09/03/2011

Chairwoman Granger, Ranking Member Lowey, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the President's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request for the Department of the Treasury's International Programs.