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Remarks Before The Futures Industry Association - CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler

Date 11/10/2011

Good morning. I thank the Futures Industry Association (FIA) for inviting me to speak today and John Damgard for that kind introduction. This is the third year that I’ve spoken at FIA’s Chicago event, and it’s always a good opportunity to hear directly from the futures industry.

Citi Selects Fidessa To Deliver Global Derivatives Platform

Date 11/10/2011

Citi has selected Fidessa to provide it with a class-leading workflow and trading platform for the bank's global listed derivatives business.

Federal Reserve Board Seeks Comment On Proposal To Implement "Volcker Rule" Requirements Of The Dodd-Frank Act

Date 11/10/2011

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday requested public comment on a proposed regulation implementing the so-called "Volcker Rule" requirements of section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Section 619 generally contains two prohibitions. First, it prohibits insured depository institutions, bank holding companies, and their subsidiaries or affiliates (banking entities) from engaging in short-term proprietary trading of any security, derivative, and certain other financial instruments for a banking entity's own account, subject to certain exemptions. Second, it prohibits owning, sponsoring, or having certain relationships with, a hedge fund or private equity fund, subject to certain exemptions.

JonesTrading Paper On Relationship Based Trading: "The Algo of Choice In Tough Times: - The Human Equation"

Date 11/10/2011

Dante begins the Divine Comedy by taking a journey though the rings of hell. By contract, Winston Churchill had healthier attitude about hell when he said: “When you’re going through hell, keep going.” These days can seem like we’re closer to Dante but what we need is Churchill.

PerTrac And Leading Italian Hedge Fund Database, MondoAlternative, Join Forces - Partnership Will Exclusively Add Italian And Swiss Hedge Funds And 700 Alternative UCITS Funds To PerTrac Analytics

Date 11/10/2011

In its continuing effort to provide investment professional access to the most comprehensive source of hedge fund data and analytics, PerTrac today announced an exclusive partnership with MondoAlternative, Italy’s largest provider of hedge fund data.  The MondoAlternative database contains qualitative and quantitative records on over 2,200 hedge funds, including all the Italian “fondi speculativi”, more than 1,200 European hedge funds, all of the Swiss-registered hedge funds, in excess of 700 alternative UCITS funds and Investable Indices.

RTS Launches Its Next Generation RTD Tango Algorithmic Product Suite

Date 11/10/2011

• RTD Tango Ultra Gateway - Significantly Reduced Microsecond Latency
• RTD Tango Trader - Hybrid Solution Now Offers Customized or Pre-coded Off-the-Shelf Algos
• RTD Tango QUANT - Algo Trading for Quantitative Traders
• Professional Services Unit - to Implement Customer Specific Algorithms

CISI Launches Global Financial Compliance Qualification At Its Compliance Professionals Summit

Date 11/10/2011

Ruth Martin, Managing Director of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) will today announce the launch of the CISI’s new Global Financial Compliance qualification (GFC) at the CISI annual Compliance Professionals Summit in London.

Instinet Releases Newport 3.10

Date 11/10/2011

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, today announced the completion of the global rollout of the 3.10 release of Newport®, its award-winning execution management systems (EMS). 

Nomura Chooses Traiana Harmony For Exchange Traded Derivatives Client Service

Date 11/10/2011

Traiana, the leading provider of real-time post-trade solutions, announced today that Nomura, a global leader in exchange traded derivatives (ETD) execution and clearing, has chosen Traiana to expand its ETD client service platform. 

Statement By The European Commission, The ECB And IMF On The Fifth Review Mission To Greece

Date 11/10/2011

Staff teams from the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB), and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have concluded their fifth review mission to Greece to discuss recent economic developments. The mission has reached staff-level agreement with the authorities on the economic and financial policies needed to bring the government’s economic program back on track.