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CME Group Announces Treasury Futures Trading Volume Record

Date 27/02/2013

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced a record in daily trading volume for its Treasury futures complex on Tuesday, February 26, 2013. These contracts are listed by and subject to the rules of CBOT.

ConvergEx Group Rolls Out New Premarket Trading Algorithm

Date 27/02/2013

ConvergEx Group, a leading technology company, today announced that it is now offering a new premarket trading algorithm that allows customers to capture liquidity outside of traditional market hours. This is particularly valuable during earnings seasons or during market moving news when traders are more frequently looking to buy or sell positions before the market open.

Compliance Teams Continue To Struggle, Says Thomson Reuters Annual Survey - Increased Regulatory Scrutiny, Maturing Regulatory Frameworks And Expectations Around Risk Framework Delivery Are Piling Pressure On Constrained Compliance Resources

Date 27/02/2013

Compliance professionals globally continue to struggle under the weight of global regulation and need the support of the Board and supervisory authorities within their firms to deliver effective and stable risk management, according to a new survey by Thomson Reuters. Already stretched compliance functions will need to find ways to build and maintain relationships with regulators as well as help their Boards deliver an increasingly risk-focused agenda.

UK Government Announces LIBOR Administrator Tendering Committee

Date 27/02/2013

Yesterday, the Government announced the membership of the independent Committee which will recommend a new administrator for the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The Committee’s work is now underway.

R.J. O’Brien Introduces Mobile Trading Application For iPhone, Android

Date 27/02/2013

R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, today announced the release of the firm’s first-ever mobile trading application, RJO Mobile Trader (RJO MT). Available for clients of the firm and its introducing brokers (IBs) who use an iPhone or Android phone, RJO Mobile Trader is a secure application accessible via Apple’s App Store and Google Play.

SunGard Named Best OTC Derivatives Trading Platform

Date 27/02/2013

SunGard has been named “Best OTC Derivatives Trading Platform” in the 2013 Wall Street Letter Institutional Trading Awards for its Front Arena solution.

Platts Begins Follow-The-Sun Forward Price Curves In Oil And Expands Americas Oil Forward Curve Offering - Prices Reflect Three Market Periods – Americas, Asia, Europe; More Forward-Dated U.S. Data

Date 27/02/2013

Platts, a leading global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider, has expanded its offering of forward-dated price assessments, known as forward curves, for crude oil and refined products. Just launched is a new Platts Follow-the-Sun series of global price curves and an extension of the time period captured in the Americas curves data.

FTSE And TMX Datalinx Create New Global Fixed Income Index Business: FTSE TMX Debt Capital Markets

Date 27/02/2013

• FTSE TMX Debt Capital Markets will be one of the leading global fixed income ETF index providers
• Will combine TMX Datalinx's fixed income index business, PC-Bond, with FTSE's existing international fixed income business

HKEx 2012 Remuneration Committee Report

Date 27/02/2013

Click here to download HKEx's 2012 remuneration committee report.

Three Arrested In UK's Financial Services Authority Insider Dealing Investigation

Date 27/02/2013

The Financial Services Authority (FSA), with the assistance of the Metropolitan Police Service, have this morning executed six search warrants in the City of London and Greater London Area. Three men aged 33, 37 and 39 have been arrested and are currently in custody to be questioned in connection with an investigation in to insider dealing and market abuse.