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Toro Trading Selects Orc Software For Options Market Making On Chicago Climate Futures Exchange

Date 26/04/2010

Orc Software (SSE: ORC), the leading global provider of solutions for advanced trading and connectivity, today announced that New York-based options market maker Toro Trading has selected Orc’s options market making solution for connectivity to the Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE) options platform. Toro Trading intends to become one of the first options market makers connected to CCFE’s options platform. The order was booked in Q1, 2010, and the contract is based on Orc’s licensing subsc
NASDAQ OMX Announces First Quarter 2010 New Listings Statistics - NASDAQ Captured 41 New Listings, Including 15 IPOs

Date 26/04/2010

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that The NASDAQ Stock Market(R) (NASDAQ(R)) captured a total of 41 new listings in the first quarter of 2010, highlighted by a promising IPO market which brought 15 new companies to NASDAQ. The two largest domestic technology IPOs of the quarter chose to list on NASDAQ. SS&C Technologies (Nasdaq:SSNC), a leading provider of financial management software, and QuinStreet (Nasdaq:QNST), a leader in vertical marketing and media on the I
Borsa Italiana MTA Market: New Segmentation And New Methods And Trading Hours

Date 26/04/2010

Starting 28 June 2010 some regulatory amendments on segmentation, methods and hours of trading for instruments listed in the MTA market will enter into force.
Milestone For ISE As Membership Exceeds 40 Firms Admission Of Fortis Bank Global Clearing N.V.

Date 26/04/2010

The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) has admitted a new member firm, bringing about a key milestone for the ISE - a membership base of more than 40 firms. The ISE’s membership has now grown by almost 50% since 2006 with most of this growth coming from global investment banks, international securities houses and proprietary trading firms. At that time, the international segment of the ISE membership base represented just over half of the total membership, it now stands at almost 80%. Fortis
Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen): Response To The EU’s Proposal For Changed Capital Adequacy Rules

Date 26/04/2010

The recent financial crisis has revealed a number of weaknesses in the existing capital adequacy rules. It is therefore important to impose stricter capital adequacy requirements for the banks, stress FI, the Swedish Ministry of Finance and the Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) in a joint response to the EU Commission's Capital Requirements Directive, CRD.

Fixnetix Completes US Expansion Of Ultra Low Latency Networks Using Cisco - Premier Low Latency Provider Extends Multi-Asset Class Connection Footprint With Global Technology Leader

Date 26/04/2010

Cisco today announced that Fixnetix, one of the leading providers of low-latency trading, market data, hosting and direct market access (DMA) services for the financial service industry, has completed its US low latency network expansion using Cisco technology. The ability to trade the “Fastest” in any market from any location has enabled Fixnetix and Cisco to set the bench mark for low latency trading and market data access. Fixnetix has now completed its ultra high speed 10Gb+ network wit
Dubai Mercantile Exchange: CEO Thomas Leaver Addresses Industry Leaders At MPGC 2010 Conference - DME Oman Contract Ensures Transparent Pricing For Producers And Consumers, Says CEO

Date 26/04/2010

Addressing global energy executives and leaders of the Kuwaiti oil and gas industry at the 18th Middle East Petroleum and Gas Conference (MPGC) in Kuwait City today, Thomas Leaver, Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME), cited the DME Oman contract as the most transparent and strategically viable price benchmark for East of Suez crude oil markets.
Irish Stock Exchange To Rename Two Of Its Securities Markets From 10th May 2010

Date 26/04/2010

Market Name Changes The Irish Stock Exchange (“ISE”) is renaming two of its three securities markets with effect from Monday, 10th May 2010:
April 2010 Monthly Preliminary Performance Report Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Indexes

Date 26/04/2010

The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 2.95% for the month of April. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Wheat, Natural Gas and Nickel had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 9.20%, 8.93%, and 8.06%, respectively. The three most significant downside performing single commodity indexes were Sugar, Coffee and Copper, which were down -6.74%, -4.32%, and -1.18% respectively, in April.
Direct Edge Appoints Independent Board Members To Its New Exchange - Industry Veterans Join Board Of Directors To Oversee EDGA And EDGX Exchange Platforms

Date 26/04/2010

Direct Edge, America’s newest stock exchange, today announced the appointment of 10 leading industry professionals and academics who will serve as independent directors on the Boards of its two new exchanges, which were granted approval by the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission in March.