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FTSE Adds New Assets To FTSE APCIMS Private Investor Indices

Date 18/06/2007

FTSE Group (FTSE), the global index provider, has today enhanced the FTSE APCIMS Private Investor index series with the addition of hedge fund and commercial property holdings using the FTSE Hedge Index and the FTSE UK Commercial Property Index. In doing so, this brings together FTSE’s expertise in equity, fixed income, hedge, property, and cash benchmarking.
Mercado Alternativo Bursátil Segment For Venture Capital Firms Starts

Date 18/06/2007

Venture capital fund BBVA Capital Privado F.C.R, managed by BBVA Gestión, will start trading as of June 27th on the Mercado Alternativo Bursátil (MAB). Its listing will thus mark the start of operations on this segment for venture capital firms, following its approval by the Board of MAB.
Orc Software Releases CameronFAST For Delivering FAST-Encoded-FIX

Date 18/06/2007

Orc Software, the leading global provider of technology for advanced trading, brokerage and connectivity, today announced the release of CameronFAST — the reliable and fast industry standard implementation of the FAST protocol (FIX Adapted for STreaming).
HKEx Noteworthy Market Statistics On 18 June 2007

Date 18/06/2007

The following statistics are made available in response to media enquiries: Securities market - The Hang Seng Index closed at a record high of 21582.89 today, up 565.84 points.
SWX Swiss Exchange Reprimands Kardex AG

Date 18/06/2007

The Executive Committee of the Admission Board of the SWX Swiss Exchange has issued a reprimand, with publication, against Kardex AG for breaching the provisions of the IFRS accounting standards. The SWX reprimand concerns the incorrect valuation of long-term construction contracts in the consolidated IFRS financial statements for 2005. Correcting this error and other related balance sheet items resulted in the rectification of the corresponding consolidated financial statements to report a loss

HKEx Welcomes Government Re-Appointments To Its Risk Management Committee

Date 18/06/2007

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the Government's re-appointments of Chan Ka-lok and Fong Hup as members of HKEx's Risk Management Committee (RMC). The re-appointments were made under the Securities and Futures Ordinance and will be effective from 1 July this year to 30 June 2009.
Skyler Technology, Inc. Partners With Reuters To Offer Real-Time Aggregated Order Book Solution

Date 18/06/2007

Skyler Technology, Inc., an innovator in providing ultra low latency trading solutions, announced that it has entered into a partnership with Reuters to make available Skyler's aggregated Order Book Solution to Reuters Data Feed Direct customers.
London Stock Exchange’s New Trading System Goes Live

Date 18/06/2007

TradElect, the London Stock Exchange’s new electronic trading system, has today gone live in London. With the launch of this entirely new technology platform, market participants will benefit from significant increases in both speed of trading and system capacity.
EEX: Exchange Council Welcomes Launch Of Gas Trading On EEX - Exchange Council Informs Itself Of Current Status Regarding Gas Trading – Transparency Initiative To Be Continued – Exchange Council Reinforced

Date 18/06/2007

In its regular meeting in Leipzig on 14 June 2007 the exchange council informed itself comprehensively of the status of the project for gas trading on the European Energy Exchange (EEX). In this process, EEX is right on schedule: The products have been implemented and the IT systems have been tested. The simula-tions, which are currently under way, are successful. At the moment, 16 trading partici-pants have already been licensed for trading in gas products. Further trading partici-pants will
London Stock Exchange And Yipes Team To Deliver Low Latency, Global Access To Exchange’s Market Data Service - Yipes’ Ethernet-Based Extranet Service Provides Direct Access To Infolect, LSE’s Real-Time Information Delivery System

Date 18/06/2007

Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc., the leading global provider of managed Ethernet services, announced today that it has been approved by the London Stock Exchange to provide worldwide, low latency access to the exchange’s Infolect™ market data service. The London Stock Exchange is the world’s premier international equities exchange, transacting more than £6.7 trillion of equity business in 2006. The strategic alliance between the two companies allows customers across the U.S. and ar