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ESMA Publishes Letter To The IFRS - Response To The Consultation Regarding IFRS As The Global Standard: Setting A Strategy For The Foundation's Second Decade (Ref: ESMA/2011/212)

Date 26/07/2011

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Brown Brothers Harriman Goes Live On Fidessa's Trading Platform - Robust And Flexible System To Support Global Trading And Future Growth

Date 26/07/2011

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA), provider of high-performance trading, investment management and information solutions for the world’s financial community, has today announced that Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) has successfully gone live with Fidessa’s US sell-side trading system on a Software as a Service (SaaS) basis.

CFTC Announces First Public Meeting Of The Technology Advisory Subcommittee On Data Standardization - Subcommittee Will Look Into Public/Private Solutions For Creating Well-Accepted Standards For Describing, Communicating, And Storing Data On Complex Financial Products

Date 26/07/2011

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that on August 5, 2011, the Subcommittee on Data Standardization, a new Subcommittee of the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee, will hold a public meeting.

SGX Makes Board And Committee Changes

Date 26/07/2011

Ms Jane Diplock is appointed as an independent and non-executive director of SGX with effect from 25July 2011.

HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li’s Views On HKEx’s Market Reforms

Date 26/07/2011

HKEx Chief Executive Charles Li has published today (Tuesday) an article in Chinese on HKEx’s market reforms.  Fifteen months have passed since HKEx announced its Strategic Plan 2010-2012 in March 2010.  As HKEx is now mid-way through the plan, Mr Li is taking this opportunity to review the past, examine the present and ponder the future.  The article is available on the following link.  A summary of the English version will be published soon.  

Irish Stock Exchange Publishes Quarterly Statistical Report For Q2 2011

Date 26/07/2011

Tradeweb Launches Electronic European Repo Marketplace

Date 26/07/2011

Tradeweb Markets LLC, a leader in building and operating financial markets, today announced the launch of a European repo marketplace. The electronic dealer to-customer platform mirrors the existing voice and message-based trading process, while enabling efficient trade execution and substantially simplifying the post-trade complexities of collateral assignment and allocation.

London Stock Exchange Welcomes SPDR® ETFs

Date 26/07/2011

The London Stock Exchange today welcomes SPDR ETFs as a new issuer of exchange traded funds (ETFs) on its Main Market. The company has issued 11 new products offering exposure to fixed income, global and emerging equity markets.

DFJ Esprit Backs Market Surveillance With Investment In Redkite - Expansion Capital To Enable Redkite To Meet Increased Global Demand For Specialist Market Surveillance

Date 26/07/2011

Redkite Financial Markets, a specialist in real-time financial markets surveillance solutions, today announced it has raised a Series A investment from DFJ Esprit, a leading European venture firm with just under $900 million under management. The investment will accelerate the growth of the firm whose next-generation solution enables the financial services sector to ensure compliance to global regulatory initiatives that demand real-time trade monitoring.

New EDHEC-Risk Position Paper Confirms No Consensus Exists On Link between Speculation And Price Volatility

Date 26/07/2011

In a new EDHEC-Risk Institute position paper, “A Review of the G20 Meeting on Agriculture: Addressing Price Volatility in the Food Markets,” Hilary Till, Research Associate with EDHEC-Risk Institute, and Principal of Premia Capital Management, examines food price volatility in the context of the G20 meeting of agriculture ministers.