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Standard & Poors: Italy Ratings Lowered To 'A/A-1' - Outlook Negative

Date 20/09/2011

Major Rating Factors

Strengths:

• High levels of per capita GDP.
• Strong household and corporate balance sheets.
• Limited external imbalances.

Thomson Reuters Grows Legal Entity Data Solution To Address Risk Management And Regulatory Compliance

Date 20/09/2011

Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of an expanded legal entity data solution, which will be available for retrieval via Thomson Reuters DataScope Select and Thomson Reuters DataScope Onsite. This offering significantly expands the firm’s legal entity content capability, which is approaching coverage of 1 million entities across nearly 250 markets and 50 languages. Thomson Reuters DataScope Legal Entity Data gives customers access to high-quality, fully linked data that can be integrated into their workflow and help mitigate risk exposure, reduce regulatory burdens and cost-effectively manage their content requirements.

GDF SUEZ Trading Selects Trayport's GlobalVision Trading Gateway

Date 20/09/2011

Trayport Limited, a leading provider of multi-asset-class electronic trading solutions, today announced that GDF SUEZ Trading will use GlobalVision Trading Gateway from mid Q4 2011. 

BME: REGIS-TR To Launch Trade Repository Service For FX OTC Derivatives In November 2011 - REGIS-TR To Become First Trade Repository For Foreign Exchange Derivatives - Members Benefit From A Growing Range Of Products In Preparation For New Global OTC Derivatives Regulations - Further OTC Derivatives Product Classes And Value-Added Services In Preparation

Date 20/09/2011

REGIS-TR, the global OTC derivatives trade repository, will launch its foreign exchange (FX) reporting service in November 2011. This service development enhances its existing reporting service for interest rate derivatives that was launched in December 2010.

Thai Bourse To Improve Internet Trading Technology

Date 20/09/2011

Settrade.com Co., Ltd. (Settrade), under The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) group, is planning to improve Internet trading platform and expand more capacity by the end of this year in order to cope with increasing trading volume.

Dow Jones Indexes Launches Eight New Indexes In Major Expansion Of European Product Line - Strategic Additions To Region’s Suite Of Offerings - Underscore Debut Of Firm’s ‘Focus Europe’ Marketing Campaign - New Market Gauges Come From Dow Jones Indexes’ - Dividend And Real Estate Index Families

Date 20/09/2011

In a significant expansion of its European suite of offerings, Dow Jones Indexes today announced the launch of new dividend-focused and real estate indexes.

FlexTrade Certified By National Stock Exchange Of India - Receives FISV Registration For Capital Markets And Futures & Options Segments - Also Opens Office In Mumbai

Date 20/09/2011

FlexTrade Systems, a global leader in broker-neutral multi-asset algorithmic trading systems, today announced its Asian subsidiary, FlexTrade Systems Pte. Ltd., is registered as a Foreign Independent Software Vendor (FISV) in the Capital Markets segment and Futures and Options segment of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited.

Thai Bourse To Launch Oil Futures Trading On October 17

Date 20/09/2011

The Thailand Futures Exchange plc (TFEX), under  The Stock Exchange of Thailand group, plans to launch oil futures on October 17. The new product is expected to help entrepreneurs to manage energy related cost and will serve as alternative investment for investors and diversify risks for their portfolio.

The Capital Structure Of Listed Companies In Singapore

Date 20/09/2011

1. There has been recent interest in dual classes of shares. The use of imprecise terms in public commentaries might have contributed to confusion in the marketplace. Investors should not mistake a capital structure of ordinary and preference shares with a capital structure involving dual-class ordinary shares (known as common stock in some jurisdictions). They are completely different. The purpose of this regulatory column is to provide clarity on differences between the two.

FircoSoft And Systar Announce Partnership At Sibos 2011

Date 20/09/2011

FircoSoft (Sibos booth #D138), the leading global provider of watchlist filtering solutions, and Systar (Sibos booth #C103), a leading provider of Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) solutions, today announced at Sibos 2011 that they have formed a
technology and reseller partnership.