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Fixnetix And Equiduct Continue Strong Relationship - Ultra-Low Latency Data And Trading Provider Secures Long Term Agreement With European Equities Venue

Date 15/02/2011

Fixnetix announced today that Equiduct has renewed a multi-year contract for ultra-low latency market data. Equiduct leverages Fixnetix data to facilitate pan European best execution for the retail community and to create proprietary data products including a pan European consolidated order book and the volume weighted best bid and offer (VBBO). The continued relationship is an endorsement of both organisations, strategically positioned to provide the fastest and most robust European equities platform.

Eurosif: Infrastructure Investments Lag Significantly Behind Population Growth Trends

Date 15/02/2011

According to Eurosif’s Infrastructure Report, the major issues affecting the infrastructure sector include a growing population, under financing, security and climate change.  Demand for infrastructure and public utilities is increasing, putting pressure on governments, infrastructure assets and resources. The OECD predicts that about €1.5 trillion will be required annually to finance world infrastructure by 2030. As governments struggle to make ends meet, private investors are filling in the gaps for these projects, and the implications for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors on the sector are intensifying.

RTS Launches Trading In Futures On Federal Loan Bonds Basket

Date 15/02/2011

On February 17, 2011 trading in futures contracts on a basket of federal loan bonds will start on FORTS, options and futures market of OJSC RTS.

New ASX-SGX Governance Arrangements And Commitments To Strengthen The Merger Proposal

Date 15/02/2011

• Equal number of Australian and Singaporean directors
• Commitments to maintain operations, assets and key staff in Australia
• Commitments to invest in, develop and introduce new products and services in Australia and Singapore

SIFMA Market Close Recommendation For Presidents’ Day Holiday In The US, UK And Japanese Markets

Date 14/02/2011

SIFMA has confirmed its previous recommendation for a full market close on Monday, February 21 for the trading of US dollar-denominated fixed-income securities in observance of the US Presidents’ Day Holiday in the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan.

TMX Group Inc. Regular Quarterly Trading Window

Date 14/02/2011

TMX Group opened a trading window for employees on Thursday February 10, 2011, following disclosure of the company's fourth quarter and full year 2010 financial results, and following the announcement of TMX Group's plans to merge with London Stock Exchange Group plc. In accordance with TMX Group's Timely Disclosure Policy, this trading window is expected to remain open until March 3, 2011. After this trading window closes, optionholders (including reporting insiders) will be prevented from completing transactions involving the exercise of TMX Group options and subsequent sale of the underlying TMX Group common shares until the next trading window opens. It is currently unknown when that will occur. Therefore, certain optionholders may elect to exercise stock options during the current trading window, particularly where those options are set to expire in the current trading window.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton On The President’s FY 2012 Proposed Budget

Date 14/02/2011

“President Obama’s request presents an admirable equilibrium. It proposes both fiscal restraint and needed resources for market oversight and enforcement.

Chief Financial Officer And Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy To Depart NASDAQ OMX

Date 14/02/2011

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announces that Adena Friedman, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy will be leaving the company, effective March 4, 2011. Ms. Friedman will be joining The Carlyle Group as Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Operating Committee, based in Washington, D.C.Former NASDAQ OMX CFO David Warren has been appointed special advisor to the CEO and Ronald Hassen, Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer will become interim CFO, while a permanent replacement is sought.

BOX Options Exchange Adds Sales & Marketing Power - Patty Kevin-Schuler joins As Vice President Of Sales & Marketing

Date 14/02/2011

The BOX Options Exchange (BOX) announced that Patty Kevin-Schuler has joined as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. 

Dissent Of CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia To Fiscal Year 2012 President’s Budget & Performance Plan

Date 14/02/2011

I respectfully dissent from signing the fiscal year 2012 budget request for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The budget request of $308 million provides for a 45-percent increase in federal spending from FY’11 levels.¹ This request provides for the hiring of 316 additional Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employees in FY’12 and an additional 218 contractors. This budget fails to outline a specific strategy for implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act that utilizes technology as a means to leverage budgetary and staff resources in fulfilling the Commission’s oversight and surveillance responsibilities. Recognizing the budget deficit challenges facing this nation, I believe this proposal ignores the likelihood of multiyear budgetary constraints and recommends a funding request and hiring strategy that is unsustainable over the long term. This is especially so given that increasing staff without providing the technological resources to permit them to effectively do their jobs will most certainly cost taxpayers more. I believe the Commission must commit to a more focused technology-based strategy, like those which have determined the evolution and success of the futures markets for the past two decades.