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Platts: Continental European Day-Ahead Power Prices Fell 6.7% In December - But Natural Gas Prices In Europe & U.K. Up Versus November And Year Over Year

Date 09/01/2013

Continental Europe’s day-ahead power prices fell in December, while day-ahead natural gas prices edged higher, according to Platts, a leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information. But in the United Kingdom, power and natural gas prices moved in the same direction last month, higher versus November and up versus December 2011.

FXSpotStream Takes Morgan Stanley Live In New York And London As The 7th Liquidity Provider Of FXSpotStream’s Price Aggregation Service

Date 09/01/2013

FXSpotStream LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC, today announced that Morgan Stanley is now live as a liquidity provider of FXSpotStream’s price aggregation service from FXSpotStream’s sites in New York and London. Morgan Stanley is now the 7^th bank available to clients connected to FXSpotStream’s service. In addition to Morgan Stanley, FXSpotStream’s liquidity providers include BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi, Commerzbank AG, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and J.P. Morgan all of which are live globally.

NICE Utilizes Voice Biometrics Technology To Expand Fraud Prevention Suite To Contact Centers - The Solution Enables Businesses To Better Protect The Phone Channel From Fraudsters, Thereby Reducing Fraud Losses And Protecting Customers

Date 09/01/2013

NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) today announced the launch of its Contact Center Fraud Prevention solution, which tracks fraud patterns and screens all phone interactions for fraud against a watch list of known fraudsters. The solution brings together NICE Actimize’s extensive expertise in fraud with NICE’s years of experience in the contact center. The solution can be deployed as a standalone contact center solution or as part of the NICE Actimize enterprise fraud offering.

Markit Selected By OCC To Supply Implied Volatility Data On Equities

Date 09/01/2013

Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced that it has been selected by OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organisation, to provide daily implied volatility data on the S&P 500 index.

NASDAQ OMX Commodities Launches New German Futures And Options, Extends Nordic And Carbon Product Offerings

Date 09/01/2013

NASDAQ OMX Commodities is pleased to announce the launch of new instruments in Genium INET. Genium INET will be upgraded to version 0222 during the weekend 23-24 March, 2013. Thereafter, subject to successful testing and regulatory approval, the enhancements listed below will be activated for members according to a detailed time plan which will be published in due course.

RTS Realtime Systems To Offer Connectivity To NLX

Date 09/01/2013

RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a leading global trading solutions provider, announced today that it will offer connectivity to Nasdaq OMX NLX (“NLX”), the new London interest rate derivatives market. NLX will offer a range of both short-term interest rate (STIRs) and long-term interest rate (LTIRs) euro- and sterling-based listed derivatives products, pending Financial Services Authority approval.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Ping An Insurance Futures

Date 09/01/2013

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 11 January 2013, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below.  The adjustments are based on the clearing company’s normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) Receives ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard Certificate

Date 09/01/2013

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has received the international quality certification ISO 9001.2008 for its outstanding quality management systems. This certificate was presented to ADX by TÜV NORD Group following a thorough assessment.

Press Conference By Taro Aso, Japan's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Of Finance And Minister For Financial Services

Date 09/01/2013

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(Thursday, December 27, 2012, from 1:13 a.m. to 1:50 a.m.)

In the new Cabinet, there is not a dedicated minister for financial services. Could you explain why?

SGX Welcomes Swissco Holdings To Mainboard

Date 09/01/2013

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is pleased to welcome Swissco Holdings Limited to the Mainboard under the stock code, “5FD”.