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ISE Announces Selection Of Equinix As Primary Data Center - New Facility Will Support Rollout Of The New Global Trading System

Date 24/06/2009

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Equinix to serve as the primary data center for its new Global Trading System (GTS), scheduled to begin its rollout in late 2010. Equinix will provide a Tier 3+, state-of-the art facility that is highly reliable and will accommodate future growth requirements of the exchange. The new data center will also support co-location for ISE member firms as well as connectivity to other key financial exch

BondDesk Group Selects Progress Apama CEP Platform To Deliver Faster Real-Time Analytics & Decision Support - Apama Platform To Be Used Within BondDesk™ Alternative Trading System

Date 24/06/2009

Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a global provider of application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced that BondDesk Group, a leading fixed income trading platform and one of the largest market destinations for trading odd-lot fixed income in the U.S., will use the industry-leading

Tokyo Grain Exchange: Daily Price Limits From June 25, 2009

Date 24/06/2009

The daily price limits will change from June 25, 2009. Soybeans will be reverted to 1,800yen. Raw sugar will be expanded to 1,500yen.

Tadashi Ezaki Appointed Head Of Tokyo Commodity Exchange

Date 24/06/2009

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc. (TOCOM or “the Exchange”) held its first annual meeting of shareholders and board of directors meeting today, where Tadashi Ezaki, Special Advisor, has been elected as the new President & CEO effective on the same day. The former President & CEO, Masaaki Nangaku, accepted his new office as Senior Executive Adviser.

Dow Jones Indexes, LVA Indices And Proveedor Integral De Precios Team Up To Launch Fixed-Income Indexes For Latin America - Five Indexes Licensed To Barclays Global Investors For Exchange-Traded Funds

Date 24/06/2009

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, LVA Indices (LVA), the leading fixed income index and pricing provider in Chile, and Proveedor Integral de Precios (PIP), a leading index and pricing provider in Latin America, today announced that they have signed a joint marketing agreement to help raise the profile and contribute to the transparency of the region’s growing fixed-income market. Under the agreement, the parties will calculate, market and license the Dow Jones LATixx Indexes

IOSCO Publishes Recommendations In Response To The Financial Crisis In Emerging Markets

Date 24/06/2009

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Emerging Markets Committee (EMC) has published a consultation report entitled Impact on and Responses of Emerging Markets to the financial crisis. The conclusions of the Report, which was prepared by the EMC Chairman’s Crisis Task Force (Task Force), are drawn from the results of a survey of EMC jurisdictions which assessed the impact of the financial crisis on members’ markets and their regulatory responses. It also in

KCBT: Independence Day Trading Hours - Schedule For Days Surrounding Independence Day Holiday

Date 24/06/2009

In coordination with U.S. stock and commodity exchanges, the Kansas City Board of Trade will observe the following trading hours on the days before and after the upcoming Independence Day holiday on Saturday, July 4, 2009.

NYSE Technologies Launches Market Data Platform V5 - Next Generation Low-Latency Technology Delivering Microsecond Performance - 10 Times The Throughput With One-Tenth The Latency

Date 24/06/2009

NYSE Technologies, the innovative commercial technology unit of NYSE Euronext, today announced the launch of its next generation market data infrastructure, NYSE Technologies’ Market Data Platform V5.   This revolutionary ticker plant technology is designed specifically for high-volume and latency sensitive markets, delivering data in microseconds rather than milliseconds.  It offers 10 times the overall performance of previous generation market data platforms while allow

AIAF Lists A ¥ 71.90 Bn Issue By Bankinter, The First To Be Denominated In Foreign Currency

Date 24/06/2009

AIAF, BME’S Fixed Income Market, today admitted to trading a new issue by Bankinter, which was made in two tranches with bonds secured by the Spanish government and denominated in yen, for the amount of ¥71.90 bn, thus becoming the first issue denominated in currencies other than the euro that is listed on the Spanish Fixed Income Market.

CME Group Statement On PSI Analysis Of Wheat Markets

Date 24/06/2009

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today made the following announcement regarding the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations' report on the performance of the CBOT Wheat futures contract: