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Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee To Meet October 12, 2010 - Committee To Continue Discussion Of High Frequency And Algorithmic Trading Practices And The Role Of Technology In Pre- And Post-Trade Transparency In Implemen

Date 07/10/2010

The second meeting of the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (TAC), titled “Technology: Achieving the Statutory Goals and Regulatory Objectives of the Dodd-Frank Act,” will be held on October 12, 2010 at 1:00 p.m., at the CFTC’s Washington, DC headquarters’ Hearing Room. The TAC will continue its discussion of computerized trade strategies and their role in the events of May 6, 2010 as they inform and guide regulatory reforms under Dodd-Frank. Andrei Kirilenko, a Senior Financial Economis
SEC Halts Web-Based Scheme Defrauding Deaf Investors

Date 07/10/2010

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged an Internet-based investment company with securities fraud for soliciting several million dollars from U.S. investors and promising them guaranteed returns of 1.2 percent per day while in reality siphoning the funds into foreign bank accounts and not paying a single penny back to investors.
Program Trading Averaged 30.8 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Sept. 27-Oct. 1

Date 07/10/2010

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Sept. 27-Oct. 1.
IBM Senior Manager Dr. David Ferrucci Receives 2010 CME Group Fred Arditti Innovation Award

Date 07/10/2010

The CME Group Center for Innovation (CFI) today announced Dr. David Ferrucci, IBM's senior manager for its Semantic Analysis and Integration Department, is the 2010 CME Group Fred Arditti Innovation Award recipient. Ferrucci is the principal investigator for the DeepQA project at

BATS OPTIONS Unveils New Risk Management Tools - Available Immediately To All BATS Options Members

Date 07/10/2010

BATS Options has unveiled a new suite of risk management tools available at no charge to help its members mitigate risk.

Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner For Taxation And Customs Union, Audit And Anti-Fraud - "Taxing The Financial Sector" - Press Conference, Brussels, 7 October 2010

Date 07/10/2010

Ladies and Gentlemen,I am pleased to present to you today the Commission's vision for the taxation of the financial sector. In recent months, there has been very wide public debate on this issue. Many different opinions have been voiced on whether and how to introduce a new bank tax, and indeed it is a subject that attracts a lot of popular attention.
European Commission: Questions And Answers: Financial Sector Taxation

Date 07/10/2010

What is a Financial Transactions Tax? A financial transaction tax (FTT) is a tax applied to financial transactions, usually at a very low rate. Financial transaction means any exchange of financial instrument between two or more parties. There are possible scopes for such a tax. A financial transaction tax applied only to stocks and bonds, or a currency transaction levy, would be two examples of narrow base FTT. At the opposi
MiFID: Spirit And Reality Of A European Financial Markets Directive

Date 07/10/2010

‘FESE has purchased the distribution rights of an independent research report on MiFID published on 28th September 2010. The report is entitled ‘MiFID: Spirit and Reality of a European Financial Markets Directive’ and is published jointly by the Chair of e-Finance at Goethe University, Frankfurt and Celent. Written by experts from the academic and business spheres, the report is a comprehensive analysis of the European equity markets from a legal, economic and business perspective. It draws on a
TOPIX Futures To Launch On NYSE Liffe On 18 October 2010

Date 07/10/2010

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc (“TSE”) and NYSE Liffe today announce that TOPIX Futures will be available for trading on NYSE Liffe from 18 October 2010, making this benchmark index available in both Tokyo and London.
ICE Clear Europe Awarded Best OTC Clearing House At Financial News Excellence In Trading And Technology, Europe 2010 Event

Date 07/10/2010

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced that ICE Clear Europe has been awarded Best OTC Clearing House by Financial News at the 8th Annual Awards for Excellence in Trading and Technology, Europe 2010, in the City of London. ICE Clear Europe is a leading global central counterparty clearing house, which provides clearing services for all ICE Futures Europe contracts an