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Comment By Junius Peake, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Of Finance At The University Of Northern Colorado, On Release 34-60604; SEC File No. S7-21-09“ Elimination Of Flash Order Exception From Rule 602 Of Regulation NMS

Date 21/09/2009

When I became a Professor Emeritus three years ago, I thought the Commission might finally have come within a very small step to achieve the national market system it was ordered by the Congress to “facilitate” in 1975. I did not anticipate for something to happen on which I would feel obliged to comment. But, as was so painfully apparent, the Commission has, in their almost tortured ways of writing hundreds of Releases, each of which tries to repair a defect created by the previous Release
FTSE Group Launches First In The Range Of Currency FRB Indices

Date 21/09/2009

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the award winning global index provider, and Record Currency Management (“Record”), the specialist currency investment manager, have today launched the first set of indices within the new and innovative FTSE Currency Forward Rate Bias (FRB) Index Series, allowing investors to access this alternative beta within FTSE’s range of alternative indices.
CESR Publishes Its Response To The Commission Consultation Document On The Possible Initiatives To Enhance The Resilience Of OTC Derivatives Markets

Date 21/09/2009

Click here to view the CESR's response to the Commission.
Thomson Reuters To Acquire Hugin Group BV From NYSE Euronext

Date 21/09/2009

Thomson Reuters today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Hugin Group BV from NYSE Euronext. Thomson Reuters proposed acquisition of Hugin is well aligned with its strategy to provide its corporate clients with effective decision making tools across the investor relations and public relations workflows. As part of the agreement, Thomson Reuters and NYSE Euronext will expand their strategic partnership toward offering value-added services to the issuer community.
Chi-X Europe And Liquidnet Supernatural To Interconnect - Collaboration Expected To Enhance Liquidity Discovery Opportunities For Clients Of Both Firms By Bringing Together Liquidity Sources Whilst Allowing Anonymous Trading With Minimal Market Impact

Date 21/09/2009

Chi-X Europe, operator of the largest pan-European equity multilateral trading facility (MTF) and Liquidnet, Europe’s number one block trading MTF*, today announced that they have signed an agreement to interconnect. As a result, Chi-Vision™, Chi-X Europe’s smart liquidity consolidation service, will provide clients the ability to execute against Liquidnet Europe’s Supernatural® liquidity, while Liquidnet Europe will become a direct trading participant of Chi-X Europe, allowing Liq

FFastFill Extends Middle Office Services To Japan Exchanges

Date 21/09/2009

FFastFill is pleased to announce that its global matching and allocation suite SEALS, is operational at a customer site. SEALS provides Middle Office STP support for clearing and give-up functionality on the Osaka Securities Exchange and Tokyo Stock Exchange. SEALS is being extended in the near future to support other Japan based exchanges.
Liquidnet Signs 12 Firms To Offer Supernatural® In Europe - 12 ‘Streaming Liquidity Participants’ Have Signed To Offer Additional Actionable Liquidity To Liquidnet’s Buy-Side-Only Member Community

Date 21/09/2009

Liquidnet, the global institutional marketplace for equities trading, today announced that it has signed 12 European firms to provide liquidity for its Supernatural offering, which is scheduled to begin pilot testing next month.
Quarterly Changes To The NASDAQ OMX European Government Relief Index

Date 21/09/2009

NASDAQ OMX Nordic, part of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), announced today the results of the quarterly review of the NASDAQ OMX European Government Relief Index (Nasdaq:EUGR) which will become effective with the market open today.
Dow Jones STOXX 600 Factoids - September 18, 2009

Date 21/09/2009

Dow Jones STOXX 600, up 3.18 points this week, or 1.32%, to 244.92. Up for two consecutive weeks. Up 11.07 points, or 4.73%, over the last two weeks. Up four of the past five weeks. Today, Dow Jones STOXX 600, down 1.18 points, or -0.48%. Snaps a three day winning streak. Largest one-day point & percentage decline since Tuesday, September 01, 2009. Off -39.60% from its record closing high of 405.50, hit on Monday, March 06, 2000. Off -11.
BASF, Boeing & Cisco Top The Charts As This Year’s Global Corporate Climate Leaders - Carbon Disclosure Project 2009 Reports Launched At New York Climate Week

Date 21/09/2009

Allianz, Consolidated Edison, EMC, Reckitt Benckiser, Siemens along with BASF, Boeing and Cisco Systems were among the global corporations leading efforts to tackle climate change, according to this year’s Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Global 500* Report. The results were launched today in New York at an event hosted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, one of CDP’s global sponsors.