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Direct Edge Monthly Volume For August 2009 - Record Matched Market Share - Direct Edge Now The Second Largest Marketplace For NASDAQ-Listed Stocks

Date 03/09/2009

Direct Edge announced today statistical information regarding its volume for August 2009. Direct Edge reported 1.75 billion shares handled per day in August, representing a 119% year-over-year increase. Direct Edge had a record matched share of 12.90%. Direct Edge’s matched market share ranked third among all U.S. equity markets, behind only the NYSE and NASDAQ.
ICE CDS Clearing Reaches $2.2 Trillion And 24,000 Transactions Cleared To Date - ICE Trust Announces Addition Of Newest Clearing Member - Global Buy-Side Solution On Track For October

Date 03/09/2009

IntercontinentalExchange(R) (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, today announced that BNP Paribas was approved as a clearing member of ICE Trust U.S. (ICE Trust(TM)) and is actively clearing beginning this week. BNP Paribas is the thirteenth clearing member of ICE Trust.
UK's Financial Services Authority Publishes Industry-Level Complaints Data To Increase Transparency

Date 03/09/2009

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today for the first time published aggregate figures showing how many complaints regulated firms have received and how they have dealt with them.
Specialist Alternative Asset Management Firm Targeting MENA Region Gets Licence To Operate From DIFC - Gulfmena To Introduce Flagship Arab Opportunities Fund In The Last Quarter Of 2009

Date 03/09/2009

Gulfmena Alternative Investments Ltd (Gulfmena) has been granted Licence by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate as an asset management company from the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
CESR Publishes Its Response To EFRAG’s Draft Comment Letter On The IASB’s Exposure Draft Classification Of Rights Issues

Date 03/09/2009

CESR's letter to EFRAG can be viewed here.

Strate, South Africa CSD, Joins Link Up Markets

Date 03/09/2009

Strate Ltd, South Africa’s Central Securities Depository (CSDs) has become the latest and first non-European member of Link Up Markets, the joint venture created in 2008 by CSDs to improve efficiency and reduce costs of post-trade processing of cross-border securities transactions.
RTS Indices Monthly Review

Date 03/09/2009

Monthly review: August, 2009 (in pdf, 153Kb) All reviews of RTS Indices
Neonet Strengthens Sales Force - Peter Johansson Extends Responsibilities To Global Head Of Equities based in Stockholm - Patrik Ristner Appointed To Global Head of Sales based in London

Date 03/09/2009

Neonet, the provider of global agency brokerage and trading technology, today announces the appointment of two senior members to lead its global sales and trading team, and announces further additions to the team. The team is bolstered to serve and focus on the needs of the buy-side community, ensure dark pool provision, low latency access and liquidity seeking algos.
HKIA Precious Metals Depository Opens To Boost Bullion Trade - Will Provide Storage for Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Gold Futures Contracts

Date 03/09/2009

The Hon John Tsang Chun-wah, JP, Financial Secretary of the HKSAR, officiated at the opening of the Precious Metals Depository at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) today. A signing ceremony was also held to mark the appointment of the HKIA Precious Metals Depository by the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) as a gold storage and physical settlement venue for its members and market participants.
Survey Shows Volumes In European Repo Market Stabilising

Date 03/09/2009

The European Repo Council of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) today released the results of its 17th semi-annual survey of the European repo market. The survey, a snapshot of the volume of repo trades outstanding on a single day in June 2009, based on returns received from 61 financial institutions, sets the baseline figure for market size at EUR 4,868 billion, representing a small increase of 5.1% on the figure of EUR 4,633 billion for the previous survey in December and a