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Exponential-e To Provide Low Latency Connectivity Into London Metal Exchange - Direct Connectivity Of Up To 100Gig To The World’s Oldest And Largest Non-Ferrous Metals Market Offers Trading Institutions Ultra-Fast Deal Execution Speeds

Date 22/08/2012

Exponential-e Ltd, one of the UK’s most innovative technology enablers announced today that the London Metal Exchange (LME) is the latest addition to Exponential-e’s growing portfolio of on-net financial exchanges. Exponential-e will provide direct ultra-low latency connectivity into the trading platform over its network.

HKEx To Introduce RMB Currency Futures On 17 September

Date 22/08/2012

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce renminbi (RMB) currency futures on 17 September.  The US Dollar vs Renminbi (Hong Kong) or USD/CNH* Futures contract will be the world’s first deliverable RMB Currency Futures.

1,000 ETFs Tradable On Xetra - Deutsche Börse Has Largest Product Offering And Highest Turnover In Europe

Date 22/08/2012

The five new equity index ETFs from db X-trackers mean that more than 1,000 ETFs have been tradable on Xetra since Wednesday. The product offering in the Deutsche Börse XTF segment thus remains the largest of all the European stock exchanges. This selection, together with an average monthly trading volume of €12 billion, makes Xetra Europe’s leading trading venue for ETFs. Its market share in European ETF trading is around 38 percent, with funds of more than €170 billion invested in ETFs.

Thai Bourse To Showcase Strong Fundamentals Of Thailand In Thailand Focus 2012

Date 22/08/2012

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), together with Phatra Securities pcl and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, will hold “Thailand Focus 2012” during August 29-31 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Bangkok, under the theme, “Positioning Thailand for the Next Growth Phase,” to present Thailand’s growth opportunities and strengths of Thai listed companies to investors around the globe.

Positive First Half-Year For SIX

Date 22/08/2012

SIX posted upbeat results in the first half of 2012. While operating income fell by 7.4% toCHF 582.3 million, Group net income more than doubled year-on-year to CHF 250.9 million, mainly due to the income from the sale of the Eurex participation. Adjusted for the Eurex effect in both reporting periods and in local currency, operating income was in line with the year-back figure, and Group net income was up 47.9% at CHF 78.8 million.

KVH Announces Appointment Of New Sales Division Leaders - Sales Organization Realignment To Deliver Industry-Specific Solutions

Date 22/08/2012

KVH Co., Ltd., Asia’s leading information delivery platform, today announced that Mitsuhiro Takeda and Takato Hirai have joined KVH both as Senior Vice Presidents of the Sales Division, effective immediately.

Platts Introduces Ash Differential To Thermal Coal Pricing - New Pricing Specificity Broadens Usefulness, Additive To Market Confidence

Date 22/08/2012

Platts, a leading source of energy, petrochemicals and metals benchmarks, today introduced a valuation mechanism that will bring greater clarity and specificity to thermal coal pricing based on ash content. Ash is the non-combustible residue left after coal is burnt. 

TABB Group Says Confidence In US Equity Market Structure Sinks To New Low

Date 21/08/2012

A few days after the initial shock of the enormous problems facing Knight Capital (NYSE Euronext: KCG) began to subside, only months after the Facebook IPO and its subsequent fall-out, TABB Group decided to measure the institutional community’s confidence in US equity market structure.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Announces Changes To The S&P/TSX Canadian Indices - A Deletion From The S&P/TSX SmallCap And Global Mining Indices

Date 21/08/2012

S&P Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices:

The shareholders of Extorre Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX:XG) have accepted the cash and share takeover offer from Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI). Extorre Gold shares will be exchanged for $CDN3.50 cash and 0.0467 shares of Yamana. Extorre Gold will be removed from the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Global Mining and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Indices effective after the close of Friday, August 24, 2012. 

Statement Of Support On Proposed Relief For certain RTO And ISO Electricity Transactions - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 21/08/2012

I support the proposed relief from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) swaps provisions for certain electricity-related transactions entered into on markets administered by regional transmission organizations (RTOs) or independent system operators (ISOs). The relief responds to a petition filed by a group of RTOs and ISOs.