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Timothy Taylor Named CalPERS Chief Of Enterprise Solutions Development

Date 17/02/2012

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced the appointment of Timothy W. Taylor as Chief of the Enterprise Solutions Development Division.

CFTC Charges Mitchell Brian Huffman Of North Carolina With Operating A Fraudulent $3.2 Million Commodity Pool Scheme - Huffman Allegedly Misappropriated Participants’ Funds For Personal Uses, Such As Purchasing Automobiles, Personal Travel, Luxury Vacations, And Making Charitable Contributions

Date 17/02/2012

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a complaint in federal court in North Carolina, charging defendant Mitchell Brian Huffman of Charlotte, N.C., with operating a fraudulent commodity pool scheme that defrauded participants of more than $3.2 million in connection with exchange-traded commodity futures contracts. Huffman has never been registered with the CFTC.

TOM MTF Statistics Week 7 2012

Date 17/02/2012

Click here to download the weekly statistics update of TOM MTF for week 7 - 2012.

Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority - Finansinspektionen - Press Conference – Report On High Frequency Trading In Sweden

Date 17/02/2012

On Tuesday, 21 February, Finansinspektionen (FI) will present a report on high frequency and algorithmic trading on the Swedish equity market.

Keynote Speech By Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Chairman Of The AMF, Tradetech Conference, February 13 2012, Pullman Tour Eiffel Hotel, Paris, The AMF Response To MiFID 2

Date 17/02/2012

Right Honourable Members of Parliament, Presidents and Chief Executives, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am delighted to have been given this opportunity to address you all this morning. This conference is very timely indeed, coming as it does during a crucial period for the financial brokerage industry. A combination of rapid technological development and increased competition between different trading facilities, coupled with major changes to the regulatory framework, means that trading techniques have evolved more over the past four years than they did in the previous twenty. With the public authorities working flat-out to reform MiFID, I think it is important that we take a step back and think about the improvements which could be madeto the regulatory framework.

BM&FBOVESPA Special Trading Hours On Ash Wednesday

Date 17/02/2012

BM&FBOVESPA informs you that the special trading hours on February 22, Ash Wednesday, that date will be as follows:

Equities

Regular hours – Continuous session from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

After-Market - from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

NASDAQ Welcomes Brightcove Inc. To The NASDAQ Global Market

Date 17/02/2012

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today that the trading ofBrightcove Inc., (Nasdaq:BCOV) commenced on the NASDAQ Global Market on February 17, 2012.

CBOE And CFE To Expand ETF-Based Volatility Index Products - Brazil ETF Volatility Index Futures And Options Next New Listings

Date 17/02/2012

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced today that Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) will each launch a new ETF-based volatility index product in the coming weeks:

Correlix Raises Additional Funding For Continued Growth - Appoints Industry Veteran Richard Wilkins As VP Of Sales

Date 17/02/2012

Correlix Ltd., the provider of the industry leading RaceTeam™ service for monitoring, measuring and reporting order and market data flows in real-time, today announced it has secured additional funding from existing investors including Sequoia Capital, Blumberg Capital, and Vernon & Park and Xenia Ventures; reaffirming its strategy. Correlix will use the new financing to further enrich its Latency Intelligence solutions and to expand globally to meet the demands of its growing, global customer base.

SEC Charges Oregon-Based Expert Consulting Firm And Owner With Insider Trading In Technology Sector

Date 17/02/2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged John Kinnucan and his Portland, Oregon-based expert consulting firm Broadband Research Corporation with insider trading. The charges stem from the SEC’s ongoing investigation of insider trading involving expert networks.