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Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Global Markets Advisory Committee To Meet November 7, 2012 - Committee To Discuss Cross-Border Issues Related To OTC Derivatives Reform Implementation

Date 31/10/2012

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will convene a meeting of its Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC) on Wednesday, November 7, 2012, to obtain the views of international regulators, futures industry professionals, and market participants on cross-border issues related to OTC derivatives reform implementation. There will be two panels, the first featuring regulators from around the globe and the second featuring GMAC members.

Autorité Des Marchés Financiers User’s Guide Related To The Net Short Position Notification In Accordance With Regulation (EU) N°236/2012 On Short Selling And Certain Aspects Of Credit Default Swaps

Date 31/10/2012

As referred to in the AMF press release of 17 October 2012 about the Short Selling Regulation, the AMF has published a document describing the new reporting system for short positions. This new system will be available as of 1st November 2012.

Industry Partners Join Forces; Help Banks with Trading Technology Challenges - Initiative Called Leading In A Time Of Change

Date 31/10/2012

QuantHouse, a part of S&P Capital IQ, Interxion, GreySpark Partners and TMX Atrium have joined forces to launch a new consortium, which leverages their knowledge and experience of the sell-side community to address the various challenges facing the industry.

SEC Chairman Schapiro Statement On Reopening Of Securities Markets

Date 31/10/2012

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro today made the following statement:

“I am pleased that the nation’s securities markets were able to open today despite the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

“Since the weekend, the staff of the SEC and I have been in constant communication with the exchanges, market participants, and other regulators assessing the situation and coordinating with the relevant parties."

Statement By The President Of The Eurogroup, Jean-Claude Juncker, Following The Eurogroup Conference Call Of Today

Date 31/10/2012

The Eurogroup took note of the progress made towards a full staff level agreement between Greece and the Troika on updated programme conditionality, including ambitious and wide-ranging measures in the areas of fiscal consolidation, structural reforms, privatisation and financial sector stabilisation. We called on the Greek authorities to solve remaining issues so as to swiftly finalise the negotiations with the Troika institutions.   

NASDAQ OMX Agrees To Acquire Index Business Of Mergent, Inc., Including Indxis

Date 31/10/2012

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), parent of the world's first electronic stock market and a leading index provider, today announced it has agreed to acquire the index business of Mergent, Inc., including Indxis. Mergent is an established index provider and a renowned supplier of business and financial data on global publically listed companies.

Revolutionary Breakthrough In Real Time Monitoring Of Market Data Feeds Delivers A High Performance, Low Cost Solution For Large Scale Deployments For Banks, Hedge Funds, And Network Providers - TradeView Is A Radical New Approach To The Monitoring Of Critical Trading Infrastructure -- Delivering Major Performance And Cost Benefits -- Rendering Traditional, Server-Based Technology Obsolete

Date 31/10/2012

Datacom Systems today announced the launch of TradeView, a breakthrough in high performance monitoring of market data feeds. TradeView has been specifically developed for large-scale deployments that are not currently addressed by existing, server-based, solutions. It is ideally suited to investment banks, hedge funds, and network providers who operate in a distributed environment and need to monitor data feeds at multiple locations, cost-effectively. TradeView is part of the new Datacom Trading Solutions portfolio, also launched today.

Direct Edge Status Update

Date 31/10/2012

This update confirms that the EDGX and EDGA Exchanges are open for trading. All systems are operating normally.

MIG Capital Announces New Chief Operating Officer

Date 31/10/2012

Paul Chrimes has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of MIG Capital (Europe) Ltd, the London based subsidiary of MIG Bank.

Revision In BSE Indices

Date 31/10/2012

The Executive Management Committee of the Exchange in its meeting held on October 31, 2012 has decided to revise the composition of BSE indices as detailed below: 

It has been decided to have the following changes in SENSEX on the effective date: 

·        Merger of Sterlite Industries Ltd. with Sesa Goa Ltd.