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FORTS: The number of trades in the US dollar futures contract exceeds 15 000

Date 21/01/2009

On January 20, 2009 a record number of trades in US dollar futures contracts was registered on FORTS.
Hellenic Exchanges: Margin Parameter Change

Date 21/01/2009

As of Thursday 22/01/2009 the fixed volatility parameter that RIVA uses for the margin calculation for the derivative products on the indices FTSE/ASE-20 and FTSE/ASE Mid-40 is being adjusted from 52% to 58%.
RTS Realtime Systems Group Forges Technology Partnership With First Insight - Algorithmic Trading Of Commodities Incorporating Weather Fundamentals And Technical Indicators

Date 21/01/2009

RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a leading trading solutions provider, announced a new technology partnership with First Insight, the fastest provider of weather information to the trading and financial markets. The recently launched alliance enables commodity traders employing algorithmic trading to feed digitized real-time data on weather-related news, government weather forecasts and technical indicators into their automated or semiautomated trading strategies and execution.
CESR Publishes A Comment Letter On IASB’s Exposure Draft Of Proposed Amendments To IFRIC 9 And IAS 39 Embedded Derivatives

Date 21/01/2009

CESR published today a comment letter on IASB’s Exposure Draft of proposed amendments to IFRIC 9 and IAS 39 Embedded Derivatives.
Hong Kong Exchanges And Clearing And Shanghai Stock Exchange Enter Into A Closer Cooperation Agreement

Date 21/01/2009

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) today (Wednesday) signed a Closer Cooperation Agreement which commits the two exchanges to work together more closely towards the common goals of meeting the domestic and international fund-raising needs of Chinese enterprises for their continued development, and contributing to the greater development of China's economy.

DIFC Releases Intellectual Property Law For Public Consultation

Date 21/01/2009

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has released a draft of its proposed Intellectual Property laws for public consultation.
HKEx: PCCW Options and Futures and Revised PCCW Privatisation Proposal

Date 21/01/2009

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced trading arrangements for PCCW options and futures in the event the revised scheme for the proposed privatisation of the company is approved by the company's shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting scheduled to be held on 4 February 2009.
UAE Financial Services Regulatory Body Announces Implementation Of Mandatory Regime To Upskill Emiratis With SII Support

Date 21/01/2009

The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), the regulatory body for the securities and investment market in the UAE and the Securities & Investment Institute (SII), announced the implementation of the first mandatory qualifications and licensing regime.
Mutual Societies Mergers: UK’s Financial Services Authority Move Allows Separate Deposit Protection Limits

Date 21/01/2009

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today introduced a rule change which will enable a building society which merges with the subsidiary of another mutual society, which is not itself a building society, to keep its separate deposit or protection compensation limit providing the merging society continues to operate the business of the merged firm under its former name.
Chi-X Europe Extends Trading To Spanish Stocks

Date 21/01/2009

Chi-X® Europe Limited, operator of the largest pan-European equity multilateral trading facility (MTF), today announced that it is successfully trading, clearing and settling the following six component stocks of the Spanish IBEX 35 Index: