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Brazilian And Colombian Exchanges Search For Market Interconnection

Date 11/07/2011

The Colombian Stock Exchange (BVC) and BM&FBOVESPA announced their interest in exploring alternatives focused on a possible interconnection of their Equities, Fixed Income and Derivatives markets to promote the development of the capital markets.

Palestine Exchange (PEX) Monthly Investor Newsletter- June 2011

Date 11/07/2011

Click here to download the June edition of the PEX Investor Newsletter.

Equinix Launches Second Phase of State-of-the-Art London Data Center - Expansion Of Platform Equinix In London Will Support Growth Of Financial And Cloud Services Provider

Date 11/07/2011

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of data center services, today announced the opening of the second phase of its latest London (LD5) International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center. This expansion of Platform Equinix™ adds another 4,000 square meters of customer space and capacity for 1,400 cabinet equivalents in the London metropolitan area.

Instinet’s Meet The Street Enters Into Exclusive Agreement With MZ Group

Date 11/07/2011

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, today announced that its Meet the Street™ LLC subsidiary* has entered into an exclusive agreement with MZ Group, the world’s largest independent investor relations consulting firm, whereby MZ will leverage the Meet the Street online corporate access platform when arranging non-deal roadshows in North America for its Brazilian and Taiwanese client base.

Peter Reitz New CEO Of EEX

Date 11/07/2011

At today’s meeting of the Supervisory Board of European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) Peter Reitz was appointed the new CEO of EEX AG. At the same time, the Supervisory Board of European Commodity Clearing AG (ECC) also appointed him as CEO of ECC AG. Peter Reitz, who has a diploma in mathematics, will take office in Leipzig in both of these functions on 1 August 2011.   

Alan Yarrow, Chartered FCSI (Hon) Is Elected Sheriff Of The City Of London

Date 11/07/2011

Alderman Alan Yarrow, Chartered FCSI (Hon) and Chairman of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has been elected Sheriff of the City of London for the year 2011/12.

Mark Price To Join ICAP As Group Chief Operating Officer

Date 11/07/2011

ICAP plc (IAP.L), the world’s premier interdealer broker and supplier of post trade risk and information services, today announced that Mark Price will be appointed Group Chief Operating Officer of the firm, subject to FSA approval.

Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony For HKEx’s New Data Centre

Date 11/07/2011

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) held a foundation stone laying ceremony today (Monday) for its data centre in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate.  The ceremony was officiated by the Honourable Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.  He was joined by HKEx Chairman Ronald Arculli, Chief Executive Charles Li, Hong Kong’s Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Financial Services) Au King-chi, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Julia Leung, Securities and Futures Commission Chairman Eddy Fong and other HKEx Directors at the event.

Twelve New db X-Trackers ETFs Launched On Xetra - First ETFs On Emerging Markets Sector Indices

Date 11/07/2011

Twelve new ETFs issued by db X-trackers have been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Monday.

LME Non-Ferrous Trading Climbs 16 Per Cent In H1

Date 11/07/2011

• Non-ferrous trading up 16 per cent with 68.6 million lots traded in H1 2011
• Total value of non-ferrous contracts traded equivalent to $7.8 trillion
• LME contracts account for 82 per cent of non-ferrous tonnes traded on exchanges globally