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Shanghai Stock Exchange's President Zhang Yujun: Call On All Listed Banks To Be SSE Bond Market Participants

Date 24/05/2011

After Bank of Communications' successful participation in the SSE bond market through a business units rented from a broker, urging more listed commercial banks to enter the SSE bond market seems to be a hot issue in the discussion at the session "Building a Prosperous Chinese Bond Market" of the Lujiazui Forum. President Zhang Yujun of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) said at the forum that all 16 listed banks are expected to enter the SSE market before the end of this year.
Exegy In London - Victor Tohux Joins Exegy

Date 23/05/2011

Exegy Incorporated, the ultra-high performance market data appliance company, announced today that the firm now has a local presence in London with the addition of Victor Tohux to the sales staff. Victor joins Exegy as Director of Sales for the UK. Prior to joining Exegy, Victor worked for Thomson Reuters providing market data services to banks, brokers, proprietary trading firms, and hedge funds.
Statement Before The Subcommittee On Oversight And Investigations, House Committee On Financial Services - CFTC Commissioner Jill E. Sommers

Date 23/05/2011

Good afternoon Chairman Neugebauer, Ranking Member Capuano and members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to today’s hearing on “The Costs of Implementing the Dodd-Frank Act: Budgetary and Economic.” I am Jill Sommers. I have worked in the derivatives industry for over fifteen years and have been a Commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission since August of 2007. The views I present today are my own and not those of the Commission.
FINRA Fines Nuveen $3 Million For Use Of Misleading Marketing Materials Concerning Auction Rate Securities - Brochures Failed To Disclose Risks Arising From Events In Early 2008

Date 23/05/2011

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Nuveen Investments, LLC, of Chicago, $3 million for creating misleading marketing materials used in sales of auction rate preferred securities (ARPS).
Joint Associations Committee Releases Combined Principles For Retail Structured Products

Date 23/05/2011

The Joint Associations Committee on Retail Structured Products is pleased to announce it is reaffirming the set of principles for managing the provider-distributor relationship (PD Principles) in retail structured products and the principles for managing the distributor-individual investor relationship (DI Principles), originally published in July 2007 and July 2008 respectively.

Atrium Network Extends Its Low-Latency Network To Equinix’s Zurich Data Centre

Date 23/05/2011

Atrium Network, provider of smarter connectivity solutions for the financial community, today announced it has opened a new point of presence (POP) at Equinix’s ZH4 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centre in Zurich. Atrium Network’s POPs in Equinix facilities in Geneva and now Zurich, ensure customers benefit from low latency access to both Swiss and non-Swiss markets.
Batterymarch Financial Management Deploys FlexTRADER EMS

Date 23/05/2011

FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a global leader in broker-neutral execution and order management systems, today announced Batterymarch Financial Management, Inc. has deployed FlexTRADER, the award-winning EMS world-renowned for its combined high performance and multi-asset trading capabilities.
Platts Data Selected As Basis For 27 New ICE Energy Contracts

Date 23/05/2011

Platts’ physical market price assessments for oil, refined petroleum products, and North American natural gas have been selected as the basis for 27 new cleared over-the-counter (OTC) energy contracts by the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), a U.S.-based operator of derivatives and OTC markets. Platts is a leading global provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information and a top publisher of global benchmark price references.
Bloomberg Tech Survey Finds CIOs Shifting To Managed Solutions - First Enterprise Technology Summit Draws Top Industry Leaders

Date 23/05/2011

Leading financial technology executives say they want innovations that allow them to process more data more quickly, cheaply and reliably, according to results of a Bloomberg survey revealed today. The poll was taken at Bloomberg LINK's first Enterprise Technology Summit, an invitation-only seminar that brought together more than 100 Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and technology decision-makers from major financial services firms.
Semi-Annual Changes To The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index

Date 23/05/2011

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and CRD Analytics announced today the results of the semi-annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index (Nasdaq:QCRD), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, May 23, 2011.