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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. 

HKEx Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting And Suspensions

Date 31/10/2012

Egyptian Exchange: Clarification Regarding The Separate Trading Of The Rights' Issue

Date 31/10/2012

In light of having listing and trading of rights' issues separately from the company's shares in the near future, EGX would like to clarify some points in this regard as the trading of rights' issues separately is considered a financial instrument related to a specific stock during the subscription period for the capital increase of this stock.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For New World Development Futures

Date 31/10/2012

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, 2 November 2012, 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.

Prescient Ridge Management Signs Connamara Systems For New Trading Infrastructure And Support Services - New Trading Infrastructure Provides Entry Into New Markets And Upgrades Automated Execution Capabilities

Date 31/10/2012

Connamara Systems, LLC (Connamara), provider of services to exchanges, swap execution facilities, CTAs and Hedge Funds, today announced signing Prescient Ridge Management, LLC (PRM) a managed futures fund which specializes in short-term, automated trading strategies, for Connamara’s Made-to-Measure Trading Solutions to design and implement an updated trading infrastructure for PRM. This engagement is a result of PRM’s Investment Committee decision to trade new markets which opens new growth opportunities and new trading strategies for the firm going forward.