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New Opalesque Roundtable! Will London-Based Hedge Fund Managers Move To Switzerland?

Date 13/10/2009

Opalesque has released its new 2009 Opalesque U.K. Roundtable . In this 24-page document, the leading London-based hedge fund managers present at the Roundtable remain to the most part strongly committed to the U.K. as operational base, despite tax increases and tightened regulation.
Direct Edge Gets More Of An Edge With Exegy

Date 12/10/2009

Exegy Incorporated, the ultra-high performance market data appliance company, announced today that Direct Edge, the nation’s third largest stock market, will be using Exegy’s Exchange Connect to give its customers the fastest possible hardware-accelerated view of every stock exchange in America.
British Pound Hits Five Month Low

Date 12/10/2009

The pound hit a five month low on the currency markets on Monday and further sharp falls are likely, according Mark O’Sullivan, director of dealing at Currencies Direct, a specialist foreign exchange house in the City.
RTS Board: October 5 – October 9, 2009

Date 12/10/2009

For the week of October 5 – October 9, 2009, 122 trades were executed. The total trading volume on RTS Board equaled USD2.95 million. The following stocks were in the highest demand:
FINRA Fines Citigroup $600,000 For Failing To Supervise Tax-Related Stock Transactions - Firm Also Fined For Failing To Report Trades To An Exchange and Adequately Monitoring Bloomberg Messages

Date 12/10/2009

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that it has fined Citigroup Global Markets Inc. $600,000 and censured the firm for failing to supervise complex trading strategies designed in part to minimize potential tax liabilities. The firm also failed to report to an exchange trades executed under these strategies and to adequately monitor Bloomberg messages.

No Changes to the TSEC Taiwan 50 Index after October 2009 Quarterly Review

Date 12/10/2009

The TSEC Taiwan Index Advisory Committee met on October 8 for the quarterly index review and announced that there are no changes in the TSEC Taiwan 50 Index, the index upon which the Polaris Taiwan Top 50 Tracker Fund is based, with USD1.42 billion AUM as of 30 June 20091. 1“ETF Landscape Global Handbook Q2 2009”, Barclays Global Investors
FORTS Weekly Trading Results: October 5 – October 9, 2009

Date 12/10/2009

For the week of October 5 – October 9, 2009 the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 360.1 billion rubles or 10.3 million contracts, including 50.6 billion rubles during the evening trading session. The total open interest as of the last day of the week, October 9, 2009 reached 121.6 billion rubles or 4.4 million contracts.
RTS Stock Market Weekly Trading Results: October 5 – October 9, 2009

Date 12/10/2009

Over the week of October 5 – October 9, 2009, the RTS Index went up by 12.03% to reach 1,372.11 points (1,224.80 points as of October 2, 2009). Most of the positive impact on the Index dynamics was related to the growing prices for Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) (plus 37.45 points) followed by ordinary shares of ??? "LUKOIL" (LKOH) (plus 33.05 points) and ordinary shares of OJSC "OC "Rosneft" (ROSN) (plus 21.40 points).
Eurex To Launch First Futures Contract Based On Asian Index - New Equity Index Future Based On MSCI Japan To Be Introduced On 26 October - Hedging Tool For Equity Exposures In The Largest Asian Market

Date 12/10/2009

The international derivatives exchange Eurex announced today, that it will launch a new equity index future based on the MSCI Japan on 26 October 2009. With this extension, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange continues to broaden its coverage of major foreign benchmark indices. The new future will be its first derivative based on an Asian equity index.
Brokers & Market Makers Wake Up To The Reality Of Multi-Asset Trading Delivered On A Web Browser - ETX Capital Deploys Ariel’s Multi-Asset Online Trading Platform

Date 12/10/2009

Ariel (www.arielcommunications.co.uk), the experts in Financial Spread Betting, Foreign Exchange and CFD trading software, today announces that ETX Capital (www.etxcapital.co.uk) has migrated its Forex offering to Ariel’s multi-asset platform.