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Mark Price To Join ICAP As Group Chief Operating Officer

Date 11/07/2011

ICAP plc (IAP.L), the world’s premier interdealer broker and supplier of post trade risk and information services, today announced that Mark Price will be appointed Group Chief Operating Officer of the firm, subject to FSA approval.

Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony For HKEx’s New Data Centre

Date 11/07/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) held a foundation stone laying ceremony today (Monday) for its data centre in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate.  The ceremony was officiated by the Honourable Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.  He was joined by HKEx Chairman Ronald Arculli, Chief Executive Charles Li, Hong Kong’s Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Financial Services) Au King-chi, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Julia Leung, Securities and Futures Commission Chairman Eddy Fong and other HKEx Directors at the event.

Twelve New db X-Trackers ETFs Launched On Xetra - First ETFs On Emerging Markets Sector Indices

Date 11/07/2011

Twelve new ETFs issued by db X-trackers have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Monday.

LME Non-Ferrous Trading Climbs 16 Per Cent In H1

Date 11/07/2011

• Non-ferrous trading up 16 per cent with 68.6 million lots traded in H1 2011
• Total value of non-ferrous contracts traded equivalent to $7.8 trillion
• LME contracts account for 82 per cent of non-ferrous tonnes traded on exchanges globally

QuantHouse Provides Sub-Millisecond Access To Direct Edge Data

Date 11/07/2011

QuantHouse, the leading provider of next generation trading solutions, today announced the availability of its Direct Edge feed handler, allowing algorithmic trading firms sub-millisecond access to America’s newest stock exchange.

Eurex: Further Milestone Reached In Agricultural Derivatives

Date 11/07/2011

The international derivatives exchange Eurex has recently reached a further milestone in the agricultural derivatives segment.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Good Delivery Material Price Differential For July 2011 Rubber Contract

Date 11/07/2011

The price differential of the Good Delivery material for the July 2011 contract month in the Rubber market has been determined.

SIX Securities Services Announces New Head Of Clearing And New Head Of Clearing Relations

Date 11/07/2011

SIX Securities Services has appointed Urs Wieland as CEO of SIX x-clear Ltd. He succeeds Marco Strimer, who has led SIX x-clear Ltd for the past six years. In addition, Tomas Kindler, former Managing Director of LinkUp Markets, has joined SIX x-clear Ltd as the new Head of Clearing Relations.

CME Group Announces The Launch Of New Yuan FX Futures Contracts - Innovative New Product Design Developed To Suit Global Customers' Needs

Date 11/07/2011

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace and the largest regulated market for foreign exchange, today announced the launch of new foreign exchange (FX) futures contracts based on the Chinese Yuan (CNY), or Renminbi.  In order to meet growing global customer demand for products denominated in the Chinese currency, these innovative new futures contracts will be quoted in interbank (European) terms, reflecting the number of CNY per US dollar. These futures products are aligned with the OTC market convention for non-deliverable forwards while providing the benefits of counterparty risk mitigation from exchange-traded derivatives. These new currency products, which will be listed on and subject to the rules and regulations of CME, will launch Monday, 22 August for September 2011 settlement and will be allocated to the IMM (International Monetary Market) Division.

Key Milestone Passed For New Zealand’s Own Dairy Futures

Date 11/07/2011

NZX Dairy Futures have now exceeded 1,000 lots traded since the launch of the market in October 2010.