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RTS Group And Saint Petersburg Exchange: Open Interest In Gasoil Futures Grows 3.5 Times

Date 20/04/2010

On April 16, 2010 RTS Group and Saint Petersburg Exchange started providing their clients with an opportunity to trade in a new cash-settled futures contract on summer-grade gasoil (FORTS trading system code - DS) with settlement in June, July and  August.

Trade Haven Colocates In Interxion’s Frankfurt And Dusseldorf Financial Hubs

Date 20/04/2010

Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centres, today announced that Trade Haven, a hosting and housing specialist for the financial services sector, is to colocate to its financial hubs in Frankfurt and Dusseldorf. Trade Haven provides trading platforms and trading systems to a variety of international customers, including private banks, brokerage houses, brokers, asset managers, day traders and other sophisticated market participants.

Deutsche Börse: New ETC Provider Standard Commodities Limited launched On Xetra

Date 20/04/2010

Since Tuesday, an ETC issued by the provider Standard Commodities Limited, the ETC platform of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has been tradable for the first time on Xetra®. Standard Commodities Limited is the sixth issuer to be included in the ETC segment of Deutsche Börse.

BFX Appoints Standard Chartered Bank As Its Clearing And Settlement Bank

Date 20/04/2010

The Bahrain Financial Exchange (BFX), the Multi-Asset exchange in the Middle East and North Africa, which will be internationally accessible to trade cash instruments, derivatives, structured products and Shariah-compliant financial instruments, today, announced the appointment of Standard Chartered Bank as the clearing & settlement bank of the BFX Clearing and Depository Corporation (BCDC) which is a wholly owned clearing corporation of the BFX.

Thomson Reuters Transforms Financial Markets With The Launch Of Elektron - Unique Global Fabric Delivers Supreme Performance, Unrivaled Access And Connectivity To Power Trade Automation

Date 20/04/2010

Thomson Reuters today unveiled Elektron, its next generation data distribution network. Thomson Reuters Elektron is a global, ultra-high speed network and hosting environment that enables financial firms to access and share information faster and more cost effectively. Hedge funds, asset managers, banks, brokerages, exchanges and other participants will for the first time be able to connect to the world’s largest financial community and securely reach trading partners over the network.

The MICEX Launches A New High-Performance Version Of Its Trading And Clearing System

Date 20/04/2010

The MICEX Group has put into operation a trading and clearing system (TCS) based on a 64-digit platform for the MICEX standard contracts (derivatives) market. The launch of a new version of the MICEX TCS has enabled to greatly increase the information capacity and the performance of the system. This provides the capacity needed to handle the rapidly growing number of transactions sent by pa

Opening Keynote Address By Mr Heng Swee Keat, Managing Director, Monetary Authority Of Singapore, At The Asian Banker Summit, Resorts World Sentosa, 19 April 2010

Date 20/04/2010

Introduction 1. Good morning. It gives me great pleasure to join you today at this 11th Asian Banker Summit. 2. The inaugural Asian Banker Summit was held in Singapore about 10 years ago. At that time, Asia was staging a strong recovery from the financial crisis which shook the region in 1997.  Today, we find ourselves at a similar inflection point.

Tokyo Commodity Exchang: CB Trigger Level Expansion

Date 20/04/2010

As of 13:50 today (4/20th), the CB trigger level has been expanded as shown below: Commodity: Rubber Contract Month: All contract months CB Trigger Level: +/- 40 yen from the settlement price of the previous clearing period  

ELX Futures To Launch Eurodollar Futures Contract On June 18, 2010

Date 19/04/2010

ELX Futures, L.P. (ELX Futures), a fully electronic futures exchange, announced today that it will launch its Eurodollar Futures contract on Friday, June 18, 2010. The Eurodollar Futures contract will join ELX’s suite of U.S. Treasury futures products already trading, including the 2, 5 and 10 Year Notes, and the 30 Year and the Ultra Long-Term Bonds.

CalPERS Opposes Citigroup Directors, Also Weak Executive Pay Vote Proposal

Date 19/04/2010

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced its opposition to the re-election of two Citigroup Inc., directors – in part for their accountability in the financial crisis.