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UK’s Financial Services Authority Confirms Traded Life Policy Investments Should Not Generally Be Promoted To UK Investors

Date 25/04/2012

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has confirmed guidance that traded life policy investments (TLPIs) are high risk products that should not be promoted to the vast majority of retail investors in the UK.

Euroclear: New EMX Message System Record: 30,000 Orders Routed Daily

Date 25/04/2012

Euroclear’s EMX Message System recently reached a new record of transmitting 30,000 fund order messages in a single day. Growth in the use of Euroclear UK & Ireland’s EMX Message System continues to expand since a record 39 million messages were routed in 2011.

Gary Anderson Named New CEO Of DGCX

Date 25/04/2012

The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) today announced the appointment of Gary Anderson as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Equiduct Selects EuroCCP To Provide Interoperable Clearing Services

Date 25/04/2012

EuroCCP, the pan-European cash equities clearing house, today announced that it has been selected by Equiduct to provide interoperable Central Counterparty (CCP) clearing. Equiduct is a pan-European trading platform, operated by the regulated market Börse Berlin.

Hearing At The Committee On Economic And Monetary Affairs Of The European Parliament - Introductory Statement By Mario Draghi, President Of The ECB, Brussels, 25 April 2012

Date 25/04/2012

Madam Chair,

Honourable members of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs,

It is a pleasure to be back here in Parliament and in front of your Committee for our regular exchange of views.

Orc Integrates With Cscreen To Provide OTC Pricing And Reporting Functionality

Date 25/04/2012

Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, today announced that it has integrated the Orc Trading products with Cscreen, NYSE Liffe’s global pre-trade price discovery platform, providing traders with a more efficient way of interfacing Indications of Interests (IOIs) for equity and index derivatives from inter-dealer brokers (IDBs).

Fixnetix Is 1st Fintech Company In Europe To Offer Altera’s Stratix V FPGA Chip - Aligns With BittWare For Maximum Performance With iX-eCute

Date 25/04/2012

Fixnetix, global managed services provider for trading, market data and risk control, announced today they are the first fintech (financial technology) company in Europe to offer the Altera Stratix V FPGA on the BittWare PCI Express slot-cards. The Altera Stratix V FPGA with integrated 10GigE and BittWare PCIe Gen 2 and 3 slot card is ideal for iX-eCute, the Fixnetix FPGA firmware announced November 2010.

Thai Bourse Enhances Securities Depository Services

Date 25/04/2012

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announces that it has scheduled to launch Thai Depository Portal on May 1 for securities depository services of bonds and funds listed on SET. The system, as a communication channel for registrars through Thailand Securities Depository Co., Ltd. (TSD), helps increase security of information transmission, while reducing risks, and procedures.

FFastFill Announces Further LME Trading Win With Tullett Prebon -25 LME Members Now Contracted With FFastFill

Date 25/04/2012

FFastFill plc (LSE: FFA), the leading provider of Software as a Service ("SaaS") to the global derivatives community, is pleased to announce the signing of Tullett Prebon to its Horizon multi-broker trading network. FFastFill is the leading supplier of SaaS to the London Metal Exchange (LME) community.

Hong Kong's Securities And Futures Commission Court Refuses Leave To Appeal Over Fake Fund

Date 25/04/2012

The Court of First Instance today refused an application by Mr Chan Chun Wai, the director of Billion Global Asset Management Limited, for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal.