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MGEX Announces Launch Of Apple Juice Concentrate Contract

Date 10/07/2012

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), today announced the official launch date of August 13, 2012 for its new Apple Juice Concentrate (AJC) futures and options contract.  MGEX developed the AJC contract after thorough preparation and collaboration with many segments representing the AJC industry.  

Abacus Group Launches StorageBurst - Scalable Service Offers Immediate High-Capacity Storage For Data-Intensive Hedge Funds

Date 10/07/2012

Abacus Group LLC, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, today unveiled StorageBurst^TM, an on-demand service that offers hedge funds a highly available, secure and redundant platform to store large amounts of data off-site. Offering flexible disaster recovery and archiving options, StorageBurst helps funds easily store and back up tick level data to meet regulatory requirements, easily scale to accommodate changing business needs, and reduce storage costs.

Opening Statement On CFTC Open Meeting - Commissioner Mark P. Wetjen - Product Definitions

Date 10/07/2012

Product Definitions

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’d like to commend the staff of the Commission and the Securities Exchange Commission for their efforts on the final Product Definitions rulemaking before us today. Congress tasked the commissions—two agencies with different statutory responsibilities and different histories—with jointly resolving key definitional issues that affect the scope of their respective mandates under Dodd-Frank. In a number of areas, this has proved to be quite a challenge. But the persistence and dedication of the professional staff at both agencies have produced a set of recommendations that I am pleased to support.

Carnival Corporation & Plc Selects SunGard’s SaaS-Based Kiodex Solution For Fuel Risk Management

Date 10/07/2012

Carnival Corporation & plc, the largest cruise company in the world, has selected SunGard’s SaaS based Kiodex commodities risk management solution to help monitor and manage its fuel derivatives program.

SIX Swiss Exchange: Index Adjustments On The Occasion Of The Ordinary Index Review

Date 10/07/2012

The Management Committee of SIX Swiss Exchange has decided to make changes to SIX Swiss Exchange index baskets on the basis of a recommendation from the Index Commission and in compliance with the SMI, SLI, SPI and SXI index rules. The indices will be adjusted on 21. September 2012 after closing. The adjustment takes effect on 24. September 2012.

Press Conference By Tadahiro Matsushita, Japan's Minister for Financial Services - Insider Trading

Date 10/07/2012

[Opening Remarks by Minister Matsushita]

I have a statement to make concerning the review of the system for managing corporate information.

In light of the series of cases of leakage of insider information at major Japanese securities companies, today, July 3, the Financial Services Agency decided to ask 12 major securities companies that play an important role in the underwriting of public offering of new shares to review their systems for managing corporate information.

Bloomberg Creates First NDF Clearing Link From FXGO To CME Group

Date 10/07/2012

Bloomberg executives today announced the industry’s first integration between a foreign exchange (FX) trading platform and a clearinghouse for clearing of non-deliverable forwards (NDFs). The connectivity was established to prepare for the mandatory clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives traded on swap execution facilities (SEFs).

EBS Announces New Dealing Rules

Date 10/07/2012

EBS, ICAP’s market leading electronic FX platform, today announces that it has published new Dealing Rules for its customers and is relaunching the EBS brand. 

TOM Insight June 2012

Date 10/07/2012

Click here to download TOM’s June‘ 12 Insight, a document describing matching statistics on TOM MTF and savings made for the retail client by TOM Smart Execution.

Thomson Reuters Launches Eikon For Compliance Management To Put Compliance Front And Centre Of The Trading Floor - Launch Comes On Back Of Poll That Reveals Only One In Three Traders Are Aware Of All Regulatory Rules Associated With Their Activity

Date 10/07/2012

Thomson Reuters today announced a solution to help streamline compliance workflows and provide simultaneous access to regulatory and market content. Thomson Reuters Eikon for Compliance Management, a version of its flagship Eikon desktop dedicated to trading floor compliance, combines Thomson Reuters market leading global regulatory intelligence with Eikon’s rich market data, news and analytics, to facilitate simple, timely and auditable compliance communication with the front office.