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RTS Indices Weekly Review

Date 21/06/2010

Weekly review: June 7 - 11, 2010 (pdf, 239 Кб)
Securities Technology Analysis Center Releases New Market Data Benchmark With Results From Kx And Oracle

Date 21/06/2010

The Securities Technology Analysis Center (STAC®) today released STAC-M3TM Benchmark results for a solution from Kx Systems and Oracle Corporation. STAC-M3 provides a common measuring methodology for solutions that manage large timeseries datasets (tick databases). The measurement standard is currently a community proposal developed by the STAC Benchmark Council, comprised of trading organizations and vendors. The Council de
Unified Settlement Of FORTS And RTS Standard: 2nd Stage Of Implementation Completed

Date 21/06/2010

On June 17, 2010 options and single stock futures were settled through unified settlement technology implemented on FORTS and RTS Standard. On June 9, 2010 front-month options and futures on individual stocks expired and were settled into relevant positions on RTS Standard. Market participants made and took physical delivery on these positions on June 17, 2010.
Preqin: Investor Pressure Leads To Concessions In PE Fund Terms & Conditions - 81% Of Investors See Negotiating Power Move In Their Favor Over Past Year;Significant Drops In Management Fees For Newest Funds

Date 21/06/2010

Private equity fund terms and conditions have drawn a lot of attention from institutional investors in the past year following the 2009 release of the ILPA Private Equity Principles, which set out a series of preferred terms. In order to assess current investor attitudes to fund terms, Preqin surveyed 50 prominent institutional investors in private equity funds during May 2010.
New Online Forum Eurex Innovate Launched - Ideas And Discussion Platform For All Market Participants Went Live In Mid-June

Date 21/06/2010

The international derivatives exchange Eurex has been launched Eurex Innovate recently, its new ideas and discussion forum for customers and people interested in financial markets and derivatives. The aim of the online forum – https://innovate.eurexchange.com – is to initiate and promote a web-based network to exchange information about product innovations on Eurex and to discuss events of financial and derivatives markets.

New Online Forum Eurex Innovate Launched - Ideas And Discussion Platform For All Market Participants Went Live In Mid-June

Date 21/06/2010

The international derivatives exchange Eurex has been launched Eurex Innovate recently, its new ideas and discussion forum for customers and people interested in financial markets and derivatives. The aim of the online forum – https://innovate.eurexchange.com – is to initiate and promote a web-based network to exchange information about product innovations on Eurex and to discuss events of financial and derivatives markets.
Fidessa Publishes White Paper On Pre-Trade Risk Management - Discusses US brokers’ Need For Consolidated, Venue-Neutral Solutions

Date 21/06/2010

Fidessa group plc (LSE:FDSA) the leading provider of trading systems, market data and global connectivity to buy-sides and sell-sides globally, has today announced the publication of a new white paper on pre-trade risk. The paper, entitled Pre-trade risk: consolidation in a fragmented world, looks at pre-trade risk in the context of traditional high-touch, care and proprietary trading as well as Direct Market Access (DMA) and High Frequency Trading (HFT) flow in US markets, and considers the
Quarterly Changes To The Wilder NASDAQ OMX Global Energy Efficient Transport Index

Date 21/06/2010

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Wilder Transport Index LLC announced the results of the quarterly evaluation of the Wilder NASDAQ OMX Global Energy Efficient Transport Index(SM) (Nasdaq:HAUL), which will become effective with the market open today.
RTS Group And OJSC Moscow Energy Exchange: Trading In Power Futures Contract Launches On June 21

Date 21/06/2010

On June 21, 2010 RTS Group together with the OJSC Moscow Energy Exchange will launch trading in a power futures contract. The underlying asset for the new contract is the monthly average price for power at five hubs uniting Russian network nodes – Center, Ural, South, Eastern Siberia and Western Siberia.
London Stock Exchange Welcomes Lloyds TSB Retail Bond To New Market

Date 21/06/2010

The London Stock Exchange today welcomes a new bond issued by Lloyds TSB to trading on its Order book for Retail Bonds (ORB). The bond, which raised £75 million, offers a fixed annual rate of 5.375% and is tradable in denominations of £100, with a minimum size of £1000. Shore Capital Stockbrokers will act as dedicated ORB market maker, offering transparent, continuous two way prices on the electronic order book.