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NYSE Euronext Welcomes AXWAY On Its European Market

Date 14/06/2011

AXWAY, the Business Interaction Networks specialist, today celebrated its listing on NYSE Euronext in Paris.

Korean Investment Corporation Selects FTSE Index Strategies For Diversification

Date 14/06/2011

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the award winning global index provider, continues to expand relationships with top-tier asset allocators in Asia and is pleased to confirm that the Korean Investment Corporation (“KIC”) has selected three FTSE index strategies to help diversify its Public Markets investment program. KIC focused on three FTSE developed non market-cap weighted index strategies and is expected to implement some combination of these strategies in 2011.

Fixnetix Raises The Bar: World’s Fastest Nanosecond Trading - Managed Services Company Breaks 1 Microsecond Barrier

Date 14/06/2011

Fixnetix announced today, iX-eCute, an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) microchip for ultra-low latency trading is now the world’s fastest trading appliance for the financial markets. Customers are now seeing latencies as low as 740 nanoseconds through the stack (wire-to-wire). Fixnetix is offering live demonstrations of nanosecond trading at the New York SIFMA Show, held at The Hilton Hotel, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, 14 – 16 June in Booth 1611 and the Midtown Suite. http://www.fixnetix.com/email/new-york.html

SIX Telekurs Launch Real Time Market Data Service From Qatar

Date 14/06/2011

SIX Telekurs, a leading global financial information provider, has announced today that live trading data from Qatar Exchange is available to investors across the globe via its platform. The real time service, featuring last trade and full orderbook data, is sourced via the Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) network, a connectivity solution that provides direct access to this rapidly growing Middle East market.

UK's Financial Services Authority Secures Its First Criminal Conviction For Boiler Room Fraud. Approved Person Also Fined And Prohibited From Significant Influence Functions

Date 14/06/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has secured a criminal conviction for boiler room fraud against David Roger Griffiths Mason, who has been sentenced to two years in prison and disqualified from being a director for six years. 

Eurex Exchange To Further Expand Commodities Derivatives Segment - Option On The Dow Jones UBS Commodity Index To Be Launched On 27 June 2011

Date 14/06/2011

The international derivatives exchange Eurex announced today that it will admit a new option on the Dow Jones UBS Commodity Index for trading on the Eurex Exchange on 27 June 2011. The new option will complement the future on the Dow Jones UBS Composite Index already listed as well as the nine other futures on the entire range of the Dow Jones UBS family subindices.

UK's Financial Services Authority Publishes Product Intervention Feedback Statement

Date 14/06/2011

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published its feedback statement summarising the responses to its Product Intervention discussion paper (DP), published on 25 January 2011.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange Lists First ‘Can-Do’ Currency Options

Date 14/06/2011

In a move to offer currency traders greater choice and flexibility, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and Absa Capital have listed the first exotic style currency options contracts.

Tradar Unveils Insight’s New Risk Management Functionality

Date 14/06/2011

Tradar, provider of portfolio management and accounting software to the buy-side globally, has today unveiled significant new risk functionality in its flagship product, Insight^TM. The development of the risk module follows the introduction of advanced compliance tools in Insight, and builds further on the platform’s core strengths in portfolio accounting.

MTS Launches Spanish Sovereign Debt Indices

Date 14/06/2011

• First real-time independent indices for Spanish sovereign bonds
• Index to provide benchmark of local market
• New index series to include six sub-indices on maturity bands
• Latest addition to EuroMTS range of sovereign debt indices