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Trading Volume On FORTS Soars To USD6.4 Billion

Date 11/05/2010

On May 7, 2010 trading volume in derivatives contracts during the main trading session on FORTS reached 4,257,519 contracts representing RUB194.815 billion or USD6.4 billion in terms of notional value.
QuantHouse Announces Support For Inter Process Communication Allowing Sub-Microsecond Communication Performance

Date 11/05/2010

QuantHouse, the leading independent provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions announced today the release of a major enhancement of its QuantFEED technology allowing sub-microsecond communication performance between market data normalisation and client trading strategy processes.
José Manuel Durão Barroso President Of The European Commission Statement By President Barroso On The Occasion Of The Hand-Over Of The Report By Professor Mario Monti On A New Strategy For The Single Market Hand-Over Of The Report By Professor Mario Monti

Date 11/05/2010

Ladies and gentlemen, It is a pleasure to receive from Mario Monti this report, a report for a new strategy for the Single Market.
UnaVista To Offer Transaction Reporting Service - FSA Grants Platform Approved Reporting Mechanism Status - Member Firms To Benefit From More Flexible Service With Improved Validation Functionality

Date 11/05/2010

The London Stock Exchange announced today that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has given UnaVista Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) status for transaction reporting. In addition to providing the basic validation services required under MiFID, UnaVista will offer firms validation tools to monitor the quality of their transaction reports, significantly reducing the risk of providing incorrect data to the FSA.
Exegy Partners With Solace Systems To Provide Hardware-Accelerated Market Data

Date 11/05/2010

Exegy, the hardware-accelerated market data appliance company, and Solace Systems, the leading provider of hardware-based middleware, announced today an alliance for market data collection and distribution. Large trading groups are increasingly using hardware-based systems to cope with the ever increasing volumes of market data, and traders need to collect and distribute data with extremely low, consistent latency. The Exegy Total Connect, Exegy's low-latency market data appliance, will

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For HSBC Futures

Date 11/05/2010

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 13 May 2010, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining met
Eurex To Launch Options Contract On The EURO STOXX 50 Dividend Future - Introduction On 25 May - Further Extension Of Established And Successful Dividend-Based Derivatives Product Suite

Date 11/05/2010

The international derivatives exchange Eurex will launch a new options contract based on the EURO STOXX 50® Dividend Points (DVP) future as of 25 May 2010.
EEX Demands Extension Of Reverse Charge Procedure To Trading In Power And Natural Gas

Date 11/05/2010

As in the case of CO2 trading, possible sales tax fraud in trading in power and natural gas would also cause considerable tax losses. For this reason, trading in power and natural gas also needs to be protected against sales tax fraud. Iris Weidinger, CFO of European Energy Exchange AG (EEX), emphasises: “An extension of the reverse charge procedure to national power and natural gas trading transactions can effectively prevent sales tax fraud. For this reason, EEX demands the introductio
Speech By Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong At The Singapore Corporate Awards 2010 At The Ritz-Carlton Millenia, On Monday, 10 May 2010 At 7.30PM

Date 11/05/2010

Good evening. I am glad that the Singapore Corporate Awards has gained in reputation since its inauguration in 2006. However, I cannot say the same for the global financial industry. Even now, the Greek sovereign debt crisis threatens to spread its contagion effects to the international financial markets.
Summary Of April 2010 Activities At Tokyo Commodity Exchange

Date 11/05/2010

Tokyo Commodity Exchange today announced that April trading volume averaged 120,612 contracts per day, up 20.66% from March 2010. The average daily volume in all individual listed commodities except TOCOM NEXT increased from the previous month? gold standard, which is the Exchange’s most traded commodity, increased by 15.9% from the previous month to 49,545 contracts per day, gold mini increased by 19.9% to 10,061 contracts, platinum increased by 28.9% to 22,633 contracts, crude oil increase