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  • METRO2C Alliance And Volta Data Centres Add Low Latency Connectivity To Key Trading Venues - Unique Low Latency Environment Created For Trading Firms In Ireland And The UK

    Date 10/09/2013

    Sea Fibre Networks (SFN), owner and operator of Europe’s most advanced sub-sea telecoms network, CeltixConnect, today announced Volta Data Centres as a member of the METRO2C Alliance. The addition of Volta, with its City of London data centre, to the Alliance creates a unique low latency eco-system between Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) and London’s financial services trading community. The METRO2C Alliance enables latency sensitive trading participants, including exchanges, brokers and high-frequency traders, to transmit millions of orders at lightning speed from the IFSC, Dublin directly to Volta’s Great Sutton Street Data Centre via the CeltixConnect submarine network.

  • The Australian Hedge Funds Sector And Systemic Risk - A Speech By ASIC Commissioner, Greg Tanzer, Delivered At The AIMA Australia Hedge Fund Forum, Sydney, 10 September 2013

    Date 10/09/2013

    Introduction


    Today I am pleased to release our report, The Australian hedge funds sector and systemic risk, setting out the findings of our 2012 survey into the systemic risk posed by local hedge funds. This is our second such survey: the first was in 2010.

  • Moscow Exchange: Equities Trading Volumes Strong For First Week Of T+2

    Date 10/09/2013

    Moscow Exchange announces it has completed a smooth transition from TO to T+2, as almost all market participants were well prepared for the move to the new settlement regime. Equity trading volumes for the first week of September were strong. The average daily turnover in shares was RUB 31 bln during the week, 35% higher than the RUB 23 bln average seen so far this year. The number of transactions was around 980,000 on Friday totaling RUB 56 bln, a 70% increase over the average daily turnover and number of transactions this year. 229 participants traded as of Friday, versus 175 on 2 September, the first day of complete migration from T0 to T+2 settlement for equities.

  • ASIC; Hedge Funds - No Systemic Risk To Financial System

    Date 10/09/2013

    Australian hedge funds do not currently pose a systemic risk to the Australian financial system, an ASIC report released today has found.

  • CFTC Releases Rule Enforcement Review Of ELX Futures, L.P.

    Date 09/09/2013

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has notified ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX or Exchange) of the results of a rule enforcement review completed by the Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (Division).  The review covered the target period from June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012.  The Division assessed the Exchange’s compliance with Core Principles 4 and 5, pre- and post-Dodd–Frank Act, relating to the Exchange’s market surveillance program.  ELX contracted with the National Futures Association (NFA) to perform certain regulatory services on behalf of the Exchange, including market surveillance. Therefore, the review also examined NFA’s performance of its market surveillance responsibilities.