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Hellenic Exchanges S.A. - Change In The Composition Of The Board Of Directors

Date 23/09/2013

The Board of Directors of Hellenic Exchanges, at its meeting today, elected Mr. Fokion Karavias as new non-executive member, in place of the non-executive member Mr. Konstantinos Vousvounis who resigned. Mr. Karavias is Chairman of the Board of Directors at Eurobank Equities, General Manager of Capital Markets & Wealth Management and a Member of the Executive and the Management Committee at Eurobank.

MEPs To Discuss NSA Tapping Into SWIFT Data With Commissioner Malmström

Date 23/09/2013

MEPs will debate the NSA's tapping of the SWIFT network of international bank-transfer-data and the findings of the last meeting of EU and US experts on data protection with Commissioner Malmström on Tuesday.

Announcing The First Ever UK Crowdfunding Day - November 1, 2013

Date 23/09/2013

The explosion of crowdfunding onto the UK startup landscape is to be recognised with a special annual event - UK Crowdfunding Day.

DealVector Adds Kroll Bond Ratings President Jim Nadler To Advisory Board And Closes Over-Subscribed Seed Round - Advisory Team Appointment, Exceeding Of Funding Goal And Appointment Of New Head Of Business Development Headline First Six Months

Date 23/09/2013

DealVector, providers of the first secure electronic communication network for the fixed income and structured credit space, today announced that it has added Jim Nadler, the President of Kroll Bond Ratings, to its advisory board, and appointed Jim Kranz as Head of Business Development. Both appointments were made in conjunction with the company exceeding its funding goal. The support from the marketplace for this offering is highlighted by the participation of key investors that include former Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer, Data Explorers founder Mark Faulkner, and Data Explorers CEO Donal Smith. 

World Federation Of Exchanges To Award The 2013 WFE Award For Excellence To Nobel Laureates Robert C. Merton And Myron S. Scholes

Date 23/09/2013

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) announced today that the 2013 WFE Award for Excellence will be awarded to Professor Robert C. Merton, MIT Sloan School of Management, and Professor Myron Scholes, Stanford Graduate School of Business and the late Fischer Black, former Director of the Quantitative Strategies Group at Goldman Sachs, in recognition of their development of the groundbreaking Black-Scholes Model in 1973.

Tehran Stock Exchange Semi-Annual Performance Set New Records

Date 23/09/2013

The broad Index (TEDPIX) of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) has beaten the 60000 level for the first time in the first half of the current Iranian year (21st March – 22nd September 2013), and stood at 61707 point at the end of the period with more than 62 percent return.

Azul Systems Zing® And Push Technology Deliver Crushing Low-Latency Java Benchmark Results - Combination Of Solarflare Ethernet Controllers And Zing Delivers 67x Lower Peak Latency And 3x Higher Throughput

Date 23/09/2013

Azul Systems®, the award-winning leader in Java runtime scalability, today announced the results of a data distribution benchmark performed by Push Technology, an Application and Integration Gartner Cool Vendor best known for its leading high-performance, scalable and real-time data distribution solution, Diffusion™.  The results show convincingly that Zing’s performance is unmatched for applications and service level agreements (SLAs) that require high throughput and consistently low latency. Compared to a legacy JVM, Zing was able to handle 3x more connections while simultaneously reducing peak latencies by over 67x.

NYSE Liffe U.S. To Launch Futures On The NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index (GDM)

Date 23/09/2013

• Collaboration across  NYX markets delivers unique value to global customers
• A new hedging and investment tool offering efficient exposure to the precious metals sector
• Complements the NYSE Arca market for the GDX® ETP and U.S. Options markets for GDX® Options

IntercontinentalExchange Swap Execution Facility Approved By CFTC - ICE Swap Trade Granted Temporary Registration Status

Date 23/09/2013

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, announced that the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has granted temporary registration status to ICE Swap Trade, ICE's swap execution facility (SEF), which is expected to launch on September 30, 2013

HKEx Announces US Access To Its CES 120 And VHSI Volatility Futures

Date 23/09/2013

The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today (Monday) that investors in the US can now trade its CES China 120 Index (CES 120) futures and HSI Volatility Index (VHSI) futures contracts directly from within the country, after they were certified by the US’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).