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Fidessa Explores Challenges And Opportunities Of Best Execution In Australia - Third White Paper In Series On Australia Looks At How Firms Can Turn Regulatory Burden Into Competitive Edge

Date 07/02/2012

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA), provider of high-performance trading, investment management and information solutions for the world’s financial community, has today announced the publication of the third in its series of white papers looking at issues raised by the new market integrity legislation in Australia. Entitled Beauty and the Best - the perils and opportunities of Best Execution in a multi-market structure, the paper examines different ways in which equity brokers might approach the new obligation for Best Execution, and how their buy-side clients will be affected.

EEX Launches CO2 Products For Airline Industry

Date 07/02/2012

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will soon offer emission allowances for the airline industry for trading. The so-called European Aviation Allowances (EUAA) are special EU emission allowances which can only be used by airline companies for compliance purposes.

Thai Futures Exchange Announces Broker Ranking For January

Date 07/02/2012

The Thailand Futures Exchange plc (TFEX), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) group, launches monthly broker ranking report to announce top active derivatives brokers which have the most client trading volumes by markets, which are equities, precious metal, and energy.

Deutsche Börse: New ComStage ETF Launched On Xetra - First Leveraged ETF On Emerging Markets

Date 07/02/2012

An additional equity index fund issued by ComStage ETF has been tradable on Xetra since Tuesday. For the first time, investors have the opportunity to participate in the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index with a double leverage.

DGCX January 2012 Volumes Jump 95% From 2011 - Gold Futures Rise 355.7% From December 2011 To Reach 30,567 Contracts - Monthly Volumes Of 475,942 Contracts Represent Value Of $ 19.32 Billion - India Rupee Record The Highest Monthly Volume Every Of 431,902 Contracts In January

Date 07/02/2012

Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) got off to a strong start in 2012 with January volumes rising 95% from the same month last year to hit 475,942 contracts, valued at $ 19.32 billion.

Palestine Exchange Investor Monthly Newsletter Issue #22, January 2012

Date 07/02/2012

Brady’s Latest Acquisition Extends Its Energy Footprint

Date 07/02/2012

Brady plc (BRY.L), the leading supplier of trading and risk management solutions for energy, metals and soft commodities, announced today its intended acquisition of Navita Systems AS(”Navita”), a premier provider of software and services to the global energy and commodity trading community. This acquisition will further extend Brady’s footprint in the energy market as Navita’s solutions support trading and risk management in a number of segments already familiar to Brady, including electric power, gas, emissions / carbon and related commodities. Furthermore, Brady will gain an extended functional footprint in the areas of physical power and gas, as well as data management, scheduling and nominations, which will enhance its current product offering to the energy markets.

UBS Full-Year Pre-Tax Profit CHF 5.5 Billion; Wealth Management Businesses' Full-Year Net New Money CHF 35.6 Billion; End-2011 Basel 2.5 Tier 1 Ratio 16.0%; Dividend Of CHF 0.10 To Be Proposed For 2011

Date 07/02/2012

UBS ended the year with an even stronger capital position and sound liquidity and funding positions, and maintained its standing as one of the world's best capitalized banks. In the fourth quarter, the firm made clear progress towards achieving its strategic goals, reducing Basel III risk-weighted assets (RWA) by an estimated CHF 20 billion and building capital ratios further. UBS's wealth management businesses together delivered quarterly net new money inflows of CHF 5.0 billion, demonstrating clients' continued confidence in the firm amid ongoing market uncertainty. UBS also continued to make progress delivering its previously announced cost reduction program.

Brady Extends Into Physical Power Trading

Date 07/02/2012

Brady plc (BRY.L), the leading provider of trading, risk management and settlement solutions to the energy, metals and soft commodities sectors, is pleased to announce it has extended Brady Energy’s product offering through the acquisition of syseca AG (“syseca”). syseca is a Swiss-based company providing logistics software for the electricity markets and adds up-to-date physical electricity trading capabilities to Brady. syseca has been operating since 1994 and its clients are based throughout Europe.

ASIC Releases Third Market Supervision Report

Date 07/02/2012

ASIC today issued its third report on the supervision of Australian financial markets and market participants.