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FORTS Weekly Trading Results: August 17 – August 21, 2009

Date 25/08/2009

For the week of August 17 – August 21, 2009 the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 259.5 billion roubles or 9.1 million contracts, including 62.4 billion roubles during the evening trading session. The total open interest as of the last day of the week, August 21, 2009 reached 117.4 billion roubles or 6.9 million contracts.
UK's Financial Services Authority Fines Director For Not Disclosing Information About Adviser

Date 25/08/2009

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Christopher Davies, director of Newquay Investment Services (2004) Limited, an IFA based in Cornwall, £17,500 for not disclosing to the FSA important information about an adviser Davies had employed at Newquay. This led to an unacceptable risk of customers being recommended unsuitable mortgages.
Tokyo Grain Exchange: Daily Price Limits From August 26, 2009

Date 25/08/2009

The daily price limits will change from August 26, 2009. Soybeans will be reverted to 1,800yen.
RTS Stock Market Weekly Trading Results: August 17 – August 21, 2009

Date 25/08/2009

Over the week of August 17 – August 21, 2009, the RTS Index went down by 0.89% to reach 1,050.44 points (1,059.92 points as of August 14, 2009). Most of the negative impact on the Index dynamics was related to the falling prices for ordinary shares of JSC "RusHydro" (HYDR) (minus 5.24 points), ordinary shares of OJSC "OC "Rosneft" (ROSN) (minus 1.84 points) and ordinary shares of OJSC Uralkali (URKA) (minus 1.73 points).
Deutsche Börse Selects IBM Messaging Technology For Use In Its Future Trading Infrastructure - New Common Technology Infrastructure To Be Used Across All Deutsche Börse Group’s Exchanges - Future Backbone To Deliver Landmark Efficiency, Speed And Throughp

Date 25/08/2009

Deutsche Börse Group and IBM today announced that Deutsche Börse Group has selected IBM high speed messaging technology to become part of its all new technology infrastructure. The new infrastructure will be the backbone for all of the Group’s exchanges. It will be enhanced with customized applications to meet the unique needs of each of its marketplaces Eurex, ISE and Xetra. TheInternational Securities Exchange (ISE) in New York will be the first market to migrate its options exchange

Corvil Launches Integrated Market Data Quality Analysis For High Frequency Trading

Date 25/08/2009

Corvil, provider of electronic trading and market data latency management systems, today introduced several new capabilities in CorvilNet, the company's market-leading latency management system. The new release sees the introduction of market data quality analysis integrated with network microburst analytics, presented in new customised live dashboards. Corvil, with operations in New York, London and Dublin, serves a global client base of exchanges; alternative trading venues; investment ba
Dow Jones STOXX Factoids - August 24, 2009

Date 25/08/2009

Dow Jones STOXX 600 Dow Jones STOXX 600, up 1.99 points, or 0.85%, to 236.84. Up for the third consecutive trading day. Up 10.39 points, or 4.59%, over the last three trading days. A new 2009 closing high. Highest closing value since October 7, 2008. Off -41.59% from its record closing high of 405.50, hit on March 6, 2000. Month-to-date, Dow Jones STOXX 600 is up 5.30%. Year-to-date, Dow Jones STOXX 600 is up 20.28%.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes

Date 24/08/2009

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend, Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 30, Dow Jones Australia Select Dividend 30 and Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 indexes.
New Financial Instrument: "Kranot Sal" - ETF/ETN Hybrids Traded On Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Date 24/08/2009

The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) in conjunction with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) are working to enable the listing of a new financial instrument on TASE. As the Hebrew name suggests, “Kranot Sal” (literally “basket funds”) constitute a hybrid between open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) referred to in Israel as "Teudot sal" (literally “basket certificates”). This new instrument is based on the American model of Exchange-traded Funds (ETFs), but has been adapted to I
Shenzhen Stock Exchange's Simulation Trading System Goes Live

Date 24/08/2009

On August 21, the simulation trading system of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange was officially put into use, and the series of investor opening-day activities were launched. On the same day, about 30 investors from Guosen Securities business offices attended the ceremony for the launching of investor opening day and personally experienced the simulation trading system on the spot.