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U.S.A Agencies Seek Comment On Regulatory Capital Rules And Finalize Market Risk Rule

Date 12/06/2012

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) are seeking comment on three notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRs) that would revise and replace the agencies' current capital rules. The agencies also announced the finalization of the market risk capital rule that was proposed in 2011.

Enyx FPGA Based Trading Platform Certified For Chi-X Canada

Date 12/06/2012

Chi-X® Canada ATS Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of alternative trading venue operator Chi-X® Global Holdings LLC, today announced that Enyx, a firm specializing in Hardware acceleration, now supports the Chi-X Canada market from its FPGA (field-programmable gate array)-based trading platform. The Enyx FPGA-based trading platform is the first FPGA board-based solution to successfully integrate full hardware networking, decoding, filtering and normalization features, with a wire-to-software solution below 1.2 microseconds. The solution also accelerates order entry to the ATS. With a hardware TCP/IP TX performance of 150 nanoseconds, the Enyx FPGA-based trading platform is offering an all-in-one solution that encompasses both market data acquisition and order execution from the same hardware board.

CME Group And BarclayHedge Honor Managed Futures Leaders

Date 12/06/2012

CME Group and BarclayHedge recognized leaders in the managed futures industry during the inaugural Managed Futures Pinnacle Awards yesterday at the Museum of Broadcast Communications. The ceremony preceded MFA's Forum 2012 in Chicago and featured live entertainment by Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live.

Borsa Italiana Monthly Update – May 2012

Date 12/06/2012

Please click here to download Borsa Italiana monthly update for May 2012.

Euroclear Belgium, Euroclear France And Euroclear Nederland To Sign Up To TARGET2-Securities

Date 12/06/2012

Three Euroclear central securities depositories (CSDs) operating in the euro-zone, namely Euroclear Belgium, Euroclear France and Euroclear Nederland, have agreed to sign up to the Eurosystem's TARGET2-Securities (T2S) project.

MeritKapital Goes Live With SunGard’s SGN For Direct Market Access

Date 12/06/2012

MeritKapital Limited, an investment firm licensed by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, is providing its clients with direct market access (DMA) to the London Stock Exchange via the SunGard Global Network (SGN) international order routing service. MeritKapital also selected SGN to leverage the network’s international user community and be able to receive order flow from asset managers and sell-side firms already connected to the SGN cloud.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Derivatives Market In May 2012

Date 12/06/2012

• The volume of trading in all derivatives was 1.15 million instruments in May, an increase of 6.4% year on year.
• The number of open interest was 212.17 thousand at the end of May. 

NEO Investimentos Chooses FlexTRADER EMS - Will Also Utilize FlexSpread Pairs Algo And FlexOPT For Equity Options Volatility Trading

Date 12/06/2012

FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a global leader in broker-neutral, multi-asset trading systems, today announced that Brazilian investment management firm NEO Investimentos has deployed its award-winning EMS, FlexTRADER.

Time For Big Steps, European Commissioner Olli Rehn Tells Economic And Monetary Affairs Committee

Date 12/06/2012

Commissioner Olli Rehn joined ECB chief Mario Draghi in calling for a clear path towards full economic and political union when he addressed Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs on Monday night. Questioned by MEPs, Mr Rehn also conceded that it was time to consider using bailout money to recapitalise banks directly, as had been done in the case of Spain.

Appointment Of Anthony Browne As Chief Executive Of The British Bankers' Association

Date 12/06/2012

Anthony Browne has been appointed as the next chief executive of the British Bankers' Association (BBA) to succeed Angela Knight who is stepping down to join Energy UK. Mr Browne will take up his appointment on 1 September 2012.