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Admission Of An Arcelormittal Convertible Bond To The Regulated Market Of The Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Date 07/04/2009

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange has admitted to trading on its regulated market a con vertible bond offering from ArcelorMittal for a total of EUR 1.25 billion. The bonds will bear interest of 7.25%, have a maturity of five years and an initial conversion ratio of one share for one bond. Admission to trading on the secondary market was begun on 1 April 2009.
New ETF On The IBEX 35® Short

Date 07/04/2009

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) has granted Lyxor International Asset Management a new licence to issue an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on the IBEX 35® SHORT.
Clearstream’s Activity Figures For March 2009

Date 07/04/2009

In March 2009, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered a 5 percent decrease at EUR 10.0 trillion (compared to EUR 10.5 trillion in March 2008), primarily due to lower equity market valuations and despite an increase in bonds. Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 9 percent from EUR 4.9 to EUR 5.3 trillion while domestic German securities held under custody decreased by 17 percent from EUR 5.6 trillion to EU
NZX Operating Metrics - March 2009

Date 07/04/2009

NZX has today released the NZX Operating Metrics for March and Q1 2009. NZX releases the Operating Metrics on the first Tuesday of every month.
NZX: Capital Raised Over $1 Billion, Debt Raised Up 87%

Date 07/04/2009

NZX Operating Metrics released today show debt raised in the first quarter of 2009 up 87% on 2008, with over $1.2 billion raised on the NZDX Market year to date.

SGX To Offer Faster Access To Its Securities Market And Data - New Access Platform Will Cut Trading Latency By More Than 10 Times At A More Competitive Pricing Structure

Date 07/04/2009

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) is pleased to announce today that it will be launching a new access platform to its securities market and data. The new access platform, SGXAccess API1, will offer latency improvements of more than 10 times, achieving up to an average of 16 milliseconds for order acknowledgments. It will be an alternative to the existing SGXAccess FIX2 solution, which will continue to be offered. SGXAccess API utilises OMNet API, the native protocol of SGX’s Quest-ST securities t
Australian Financial Technology Companies Merge To Form The Unrivalled World Leader In Market Surveillance Technologies

Date 07/04/2009

Australian based financial services technology companies SMARTS Group Pty Ltd and Capital Markets Surveillance Services Pty Ltd (CMSS) today announced the successful merger of the two groups. The newly merged organisation is operating as SMARTS Group Holdings Pty Ltd (SMARTS Group). This new company is now the undisputed global leader in market surveillance technology for exchanges, regulators and brokers.
CA Cheuvreux Incorporates Smart Trade’s Technology Into Its Blink European Equity Crossing Network - Enables Broker’s Clients To Execute Orders From Their Desktops, Optimise Execution And Reduce Latency

Date 07/04/2009

CA Cheuvreux, the global equity agency-only brokerage and a subsidiary of Calyon, the corporate and investment banking arm of the Credit Agricole Group, announced today that it has implemented the Smart Trade LiquidityCrosser™, a robust, fast-time-to-market crossing engine as part of its internal crossing strategy, matching retail, institutional, program, algorithmic and direct market access (DMA) flow coming into the firm. By drawing on its broad reach and market share throughout Europe, CA
BM&FBOVESPA Monthly Operational Figures Report - March, 2009

Date 06/04/2009

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U.S., Switzerland Begin Negotiations To Bolster Tax Information Exchange - Parties Intend To Amend Information Exchange Provisions Of Bilateral Income Tax Treaty

Date 06/04/2009

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced today that the United States and Switzerland will begin negotiation of a protocol to amend their bilateral income tax treaty, which entered into force in 1996. Consistent with the announcement made by the Swiss Federal Council on March 13, 2009, the two countries intend to revise the tax treaty so the two countries can exchange information for tax purposes to the full extent permitted by Article 26 of the Organization for Economic Co-operation a