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Securities & Exchange Organization of Iran And Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 05/10/2009

Securities & Exchange Organization of Iran (SEO) signed MoU with Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on October 3, 2009.
First Time In Iran Capital Market History: Non-Bearer Deposit Certificates Trading OTC - Eghtesad Novin Bank Non-Bearer Deposit Certificates Were Traded For The First Time On OTC Market

Date 05/10/2009

600 deposit certificates with value of six billion Rials (~ 5.6 million Dollars) were offered on the Over-the-Counter Exchange by Sandough Yekom Iranian. Novin Investment Bank has guaranteed the financing of the certificates.
Arcontech Announces Contributing Calculation Engine

Date 05/10/2009

Arcontech, the real-time market data technology specialist has today unveiled the next generation of its CityVision Calculation Engine (CCE), adding the full functionality of its benchmark multiple vendor contribution system, MVCS. The new product is aimed at sell-side firms with sophisticated requirements for price publishing.
Bursa Malaysia Advises Companies To Be Prepared For Financial Reporting Standard 139

Date 05/10/2009

Bursa Malaysia today organised a forum on the Financial Reporting Standard 139 (FRS 139) to ensure listed companies are prepared in meeting the requirements of the new standard of financial reporting. The FRS 139 is targeted to be implemented on 1 January 2010 as notified by the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB). The forum, which was well attended by over 150 audit committee chairmen from various public listed companies in Malaysia, was organised by Bursa Malaysia to ra
Instinet Introduces BLX Dark Pool - Agency-Only Broker Combines The Best Of Point-In-Time And Continuous Crossing In New, Algo-Friendly Block Trading System - Pulse Trading’s BlockCross Dark Pool Added As Opt-In Liquidity Provider To BLX

Date 05/10/2009

Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, today announced that its U.S. agency-brokerage subsidiary, Instinet, LLC, has launched BLX™, a new algo-friendly dark pool for U.S. equities that “builds” block trades by combining the liquidity aggregation benefits of point-in-time crossing with the flexibility of a continuous market. BLX, which has been operating in a “soft launch” mode, recorded an average trade size of 15,719 shares in Septemb

BME: Citigroup Becomes New Member Of AIAF

Date 05/10/2009

Citigroup Global Markets Limited has begun operating as a new member of AIAF, BME’s Corporate Debt market, after achieving the status of participating entity on this market.
UK's Financial Services Authority Finalises Far-Reaching Overhaul Of UK Liquidity Regulation

Date 05/10/2009

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published its final rules on the liquidity requirements expected of firms.
Enhancement On Bursa Malaysia Trade Securities Ensures Additional Continuous Matching

Date 05/10/2009

Bursa Malaysia's Bursa Trade Securities, the trading platform for the securities market, will be undergoing some enhancements on its trading phases for the morning session, from 8:30am to 12:30pm. Two features, Pre-Closing and Trading-At-Last, will be removed from the morning session, resulting in additional 15 minutes of continuous trading. These changes will take effect on 26 October 2009. Nonetheless, these two features will be retained for the afternoon trading session.
Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index Licensed To HSBC To Underlie Exchange-Traded Fund

Date 05/10/2009

STOXX Limited, the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced that the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 has been licensed to HSBC to serve as the basis for an exchange-traded fund, which will be available on the London Stock Exchange tomorrow.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Launches New Options System "Tdex+ System"

Date 05/10/2009

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. ("TSE") is pleased to announce today the successful launch of "Tdex+ System", a new trading platform for options contracts. Tdex+ System is the advanced electronic trading system based on LIFFE CONNECT®, which has been used by NYSE Liffe , the largest European derivatives exchange by trading value, and is highly rated for its performance and functionality by investors worldwide. With the introduction of Tdex+ System, order processing perfor