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KCBT Presidents' Day Trading Hours - Schedule For Days Surrounding The Upcoming Presidents' Day Holiday

Date 08/02/2011

In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observe the following trading hours on the days before and after the upcoming Presidents' Day holiday on Monday, February 21, 2011.
SEC Charges Hedge Fund Managers And Traders In $30 Million Expert Network Insider Trading Scheme

Date 08/02/2011

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New York-based hedge fund and four hedge fund portfolio managers and analysts who illegally traded on confidential information obtained from technology company employees moonlighting as expert network consultants. The scheme netted more than $30 million from trades based on material, nonpublic information about such companies as AMD, Seagate Technology, Western Digital, Fairchild Semiconductor, and Marvell.
SWIFT Launches SSI Initiatives To Reduce Settlement Errors And Increase Automation - New Suite Of Services Will Ensure Accurate Settlement Data And Eradicate An Estimated $700 Million In Costly Payment Failures

Date 08/02/2011

SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 9,500 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries, today announced the roll-out of a range of new initiatives designed to reduce costly settlement errors and improve the rates of automation of Standing Settlement Instructions (SSIs).
Andrea Michelli Joins BTG Pactual

Date 08/02/2011

BTG Pactual – Brazil’s leading investment bank with offices in Brazil, London, New York and Hong Kong – has announced another senior hire to join its European team in its asset management business. Andrea Michelli has been appointed Head of EMEA Distribution at BTG Pactual Asset Management. Prior to joining BTG Andrea was Head of Global Banks and Emerging markets at Stenham Asset Management in London, having been with the firm from 2004-2010. Prior to this she worked at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in London as Associate and then Vice President in Global Equity Sales, with a particular focus on European institutional clients. Graduated with a first class Bachelor of Economics degree from the Universidade de São Paulo and subsequently qualified as a Bachelor of Public Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil, Andrea completed her MBA at Bocconi University in Milan.
TMX Group Welcomes Fidessa Canada To Its Co-Location Facility - Fidessa Demonstrates Its Continued Commitment To The Canadian Marketplace By Choosing World-Class Data Centre

Date 08/02/2011

TMX Group and Fidessa Canada Corporation today announced that Fidessa has selected TMX's co-location facility to operate its trading solutions. Fidessa, along with other co-located clients, receives the benefits of direct high-speed access to the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange and Montreal Exchange trading engines and market data feeds.

HKEx On-Floor & Off-Floor Trading Statistics - January 2011

Date 08/02/2011

Transaction in Terms of Turnover and Number of Trades Conducted On-floor and Off-floor
EDHEC-Risk Indices & Benchmarks Newsletter - February 2011

Date 08/02/2011

The first issue of the new EDHEC-Risk Indices & Benchmarks newsletter was posted on the web.
HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - January 2011

Date 08/02/2011
Highlights

- Securities Market

The average daily turnover in January 2011 was $75,016 million, a decrease of 4 per cent when compared with $77,966 million for the same period last year.

The average daily turnover of derivative warrants in January 2011 was $14,565 million, an increase of 51 per cent when compared with $9,628 million for the same period last year.

There were nine* newly listed companies in January 2011, an increase of 350 per cent when compared with two for the same period last year.
Interxion Expands And Upgrades Dusseldorf Data Centre

Date 08/02/2011

INTERXION HOLDING NV, (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced the expansion and upgrade of its Dusseldorf data centre. The 500 m2 expansion, scheduled for completion in the spring, will enable Interxion to continue to meet growing customer demand for colocation space and services, in particular from customers in the fast-growing digital media, carrier, and enterprise sectors. Simultaneously, a number of significant upgrades are being made, including an increase in the data centre’s power grid connection to 20 MVA, and the installation of new transformers and new air conditioning systems, bringing total recent investment in the site to €10 million.
Customers Need Simplified Advice, British Bankers’ Association Tells Regulator

Date 08/02/2011

Regulatory proposals to reform the financial advice regime need to provide a way for mass market customers to get the advice they need, the British Bankers’ Association has told the Financial Services Authority.