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UK's Financial Services Authority Targets Small Cap Sales Practices

Date 02/02/2010

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has censured Falcon Securities (UK) Limited (Falcon), a London-based stock broking firm, for numerous failures by its appointed representative, Montague Pitman Securities Limited (MPS), in the way it treated its customers.
Currency ETC Assets Rise To $49mn And Trading Volumes Soar As Investors Build Long US Dollar Positions And Turn Negative On The Euro As Greek Debt Crisis Worsens

Date 02/02/2010

Assets rise to over $49 million following successful launch on the LSE Trading volume reach weekly record, up 240% since start of 2010 81% of investors currently long USD, with USD strengthening 6.7% since November ETFS Short EUR Long USD (SEUR) captures 50% of new assets, as investors positions themselves to benefit from the current sovereign debt problems in Greece
CPSS - IOSCO Review Of Standards For Payment, Clearing And Settlement Systems

Date 02/02/2010

The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) have launched a comprehensive review of their existing standards for financial market infrastructures such as payment systems, securities settlement systems and central counterparties.
MICEX Has Joined BT Radianz Shared Market Infrastructure

Date 02/02/2010

MICEX has joined BT Radianz Shared Market Infrastructure. This will see Russia’s largest stock exchange offer its members improved services through more than 14 thousand BT Radianz clients worldwide.
Clearstream Offers Direct Access To The Icelandic Market Infrastructure - Clearstream Has Built The Safest Possible Access To Hold Icelandic Securities

Date 02/02/2010

Clearstream, the international central securities depository (ICSD) within Deutsche Börse Group, will be the first ICSD to open a full Delivery Versus Payment (DvP) link to Iceland for bonds and equities plus a full range of asset servicing with cash accounts at the central bank and securities accounts at the Central Securities Depository (CSD).

SmartPool Reports Record Volumes In January And Strong Market Share Gains In The European Dark Pool Market

Date 02/02/2010

SmartPool, the European dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext in partnership with HSBC, J.P.Morgan and BNP Paribas, today reported record trading volumes in January and compound growth following its successful migration to NYSE Euronext’s next-generation Universal Trading Platform on 23 November 2009.
Interxion Holding N.V. Announces Offering Of €200,000,000 Senior Secured Notes

Date 02/02/2010

Interxion Holding N.V. (“Interxion”) today announced an offering of €200,000,000 Senior Secured Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be guaranteed on a senior basis by certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Interxion intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.
World Federation Of Exchanges (WFE) Announces Priorities For 2010

Date 02/02/2010

The officers and members of the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) today announced priorities for the year in which WFE celebrates its 50th anniversary. The WFE brings the world’s regulated exchanges together in order to improve the quality of markets.
Shanghai Stock Exchange Market Closure Schedule For 2010 Spring Festival

Date 02/02/2010

Spring Festival of 2010 according to the "SSE Holiday Schedule for 2010" (Shang Zheng Jiao Zi [2009] No. 42) as follows:>/p> The SSE will close from February 13 (Saturday) to February 19 (Friday), 2010 and open for trading on February 22 (Monday), 2010. It will also close on the weekends on February 20 (Saturday) and February 21(Sunday), 2010. Relevant clearing issues will be carried out according to the arrangem To ensure the normal trading after the holiday, the SS
CFTC FY 2011 Budget Justification

Date 01/02/2010

Click here to download details of the CFTC FY 2011 budget justification.