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Deutsche Börse: Unscheduled Adjustment In TecDAX - Free-float Adjustment For IDS Scheer AG As Of 1 September 2009

Date 28/08/2009

Deutsche Börse has announced an unscheduled adjustment to the free float of IDS Scheer AG in the TecDAX®. Due to the takeover of IDS Scheer AG by SAG Beteiligungs GmbH, the free float of the TecDAX member altered by more than 10 percent. The company’s free float will thus be reduced accordingly to the index rules from the current 52 percent to 37.08 percent.
Trading Of The Ibovespa Index Derivatives By US Resident Investors – CFTC’s Approval.

Date 27/08/2009

BM&FBOVESPA announces that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the US derivatives market regulatory body, granted, on August 26, 2009, authorization for US resident investors to trade the following BM&FBOVESPA contracts and strategies: Ibovespa Futures Contract; Mini Ibovespa Futures Contract; American-Style Call Option on Ibovespa Futures Contract; American-Style Put Option on Ibovespa Futures Contract; Forward Points Strategy on Ibovespa Futures (FWI); Str
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index

Date 27/08/2009

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index.
SEC Charges Las Vegas-Based Accountant For Issuing False Audit Reports

Date 27/08/2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Las Vegas-based accountant and his auditing firm with securities fraud for issuing false audit reports that failed to comply with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) standards and were often the product of high school graduates hired with little to no education or experience in accounting or auditing.
Program Trading Averaged 31.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Aug. 17-21

Date 27/08/2009

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data compiled from member firms’ executed volume from NYSE’s orders database. The report includes trading on the NYSE for Aug. 17-21.

UK's Financial Services Authority Appoints Julian Adams As Director Of Retail Firms Division

Date 27/08/2009

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today announced the appointment of Julian Adams as the director of the FSA’s retail firms division (RFD).
RTS Realtime Systems And Fixnetix Partner To Power Low Latency Access To European Equity And Derivatives Markets - Technology Partnership Provides End-To-End Ultra-Low Latency Order Routing Solutions

Date 27/08/2009

RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading trading solutions provider, announced today that it has teamed up with Fixnetix to provide ultra-low latency trading solutions for the high-frequency trading community accessing European equity and derivatives markets.
City Of London's Response To Tobin Tax

Date 27/08/2009

Following comments by Lord Turner, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, Stuart Fraser, Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation said:
Moving On Up: Analysis Reveals AIM Is Providing Springboard To Main Market Listing

Date 27/08/2009

Analysis of the AIM market by Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has shown a continuing exodus from AIM but the rate of flight is slowing markedly. However, there has been a marked increase in companies making the move up from AIM onto the Main Market, over the past two years.
NYSE Euronext To Acquire NYFIX - Strategically Complements NYSE Euronext’s Commercial Technology Business - Strengthens Relationships By Merging Global Trading Communities

Date 27/08/2009

NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire, through NYSE Technologies, Inc., its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, NYFIX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NYFX), a leading provider of innovative solutions that optimize trading efficiency, in an all-cash deal for $1.675 per share of common stock. The total value of the deal is approximately $144 million, including preferred stock consideration. The NYSE Euronext, NYSE Technologies and NYFIX Boards of Directors have