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Instinet Records 84 Percent Growth In Options Contract Volume - Enhancements To Newport 3 EMS, Options CBX And Distribution By Third-Parties Drive Global Agency Broker’s Growth

Date 18/04/2011

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, today announced that its US brokerage subsidiary, Instinet, LLC, recorded an 84 percent increase in execution of options contracts for Q1 2011 vs. Q1 2010 and a 38 percent increase versus Q4 2010. The increase in volumes follows a set of broad strategic initiatives by the firm to enhance its derivatives trading capabilities, including the addition of significant options trading and analytics functionality to Instinet’s Newport^® 3 EMS, the launch of the Options CBX^™ dark pool and integration with several third-party platforms.
ESMA: Questions And Answers On MiFID: Common Positions Agreed By CESR Members Of The Investor Protection And Intermediaries Standing Committee

Date 18/04/2011

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Maria Helena Santana Of CVM Brazil To Chair IOSCO’s Executive Committee

Date 18/04/2011

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Maria Helena Santana as Chairman of IOSCO’s Executive Committee. Ms. Santana will take up her appointment at the close of the Annual Conference in Cape Town on Thursday 21 April. Her term will run until 2012 when IOSCO will merge its constituent committees into the IOSCO Board.
Fixnetix Hires Ultra-Low Latency Industry Expert To Lead Customer Projects - Tony Cossey Joins Fixnetix As Project Manager

Date 18/04/2011

Fixnetix announced today Tony Cossey has joined the company as Project Manager. Mr. Cossey is a 15 year financial markets expert who has lead technical projects for the likes of ICE, Bridge/Telerate, COLT and most recently, headed EMEA project management for IDC 7Ticks. This strategic hire continues with the Fixnetix hiring philosophy of employing leading experienced experts to best serve the needs of their worldwide customer base, including investment banks, hedge funds, proprietary trading groups and market makers.
HKEx Announces Details Of Temporary Holiday Risk Management Arrangements

Date 18/04/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced the details of the holiday risk management arrangements below, following its news release dated 8 April 2011.

Johannesburg Stock Exchange Weekly Stats Report - Week Ending 15 April 2011

Date 18/04/2011

Click here to download Johannesburg Stock Exchange's weekly stats report for the week ending 15 April 2011.
Nine Securities Regulators To Join IOSCO’s Fight Against Cross Border Market Misconduct

Date 18/04/2011

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has announced that nine further securities regulatory authorities have been invited to become full signatories of the IOSCO Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding concerning Consultation, Cooperation and the Exchange of Information (MMoU). They are Estonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Liechtenstein, Pakistan, Sweden, Chinese Taipei and Tanzania.
FlexTrade Wins Best Automated Trading Product For Execution At Technical Analyst Awards 2011

Date 18/04/2011

FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced its FlexTRADER EMS was chosen as the “Best Automated Trading Product: Execution” during The Technical Analyst Awards 2011 ceremony held at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London on April 14.
Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges April 2011 Newsletter

Date 18/04/2011
- Istanbul SE: “Responsible investment”, which includes social, environmental and ethical business performance in addition to economical performance to company valuation criteria, has become an important investment theme recently. In consideration of this fact, Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) continues to work in cooperation with the Turkish Business Council for Sustainable Development on the Istanbul Stock Exchange Sustainable Index (ISESI) project, within the framework of which, seminars, panels and workshops have been organized in the last two days.
- MONGOLIA SE: London Stock Exchange Group ("LSEG") and the Mongolian State Property Committee ("SPC") today announce that they have signed a Master Services Agreement ("MSA"), confirming their intention to modernise the Mongolian Stock Exchange ("MSE"), and agreeing details of how the partnership will be implemented.
- PALESTINE SE: The Palestine Exchange’s index “The Al-Quds Index” led all Arab markets’ indices as at 31 March 2011where it closed up by 1.65% compared to the close of 2010.
1st Quarter ETF/ETP Industry Report From Blackrock: Global ETF Assets Increase 6.7% Year-To-Date, Now Total US$1.399 Trillion - ETFs/ETPs Attract US$41.4 Billion in Net Inflows In “Tumultuous” 1st Quarter, Double The Same Period In 2010 - Investors Adjust Allocations in 1st Quarter - Middle East Unrest Drives Interest In Energy Sector

Date 18/04/2011

In 2011’s first quarter, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded products (ETPs) attracted US$41.4 billion of net new assets, more than double the level of 2010’s first quarter, according to BlackRock’s Global ETF Research and Implementation Strategy Team.