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MGEX Position Limit Increase Announcement

Date 21/10/2009

Effective October 21, 2009, the MGEX Soft Red Winter Wheat Index (SRWI) new speculative position limit is 5,000 contracts net long or short in any single month, or 6,500 net long or short in all months combined. Position limits have also been expanded in the remaining MGEX Agricultural Index Contracts. Additional details are below.
Thomson Reuters And Alpha To Address Market Data Fragmentation In Canadian Equities Market

Date 21/10/2009

Thomson Reuters and Alpha today announced a new suite of initiatives to address market data fragmentation. Leveraging the two organizations’ combined expertise in the Canadian markets and Alpha’s technology facilities, Thomson Reuters will provide an independent consolidated tapeand hosted direct feeds.
FlexTRADER Chosen As Best Buy-Side EMS In This Year's Buy-Side Technology Awards

Date 21/10/2009

FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a leader in multi-asset algorithmic execution management systems, today announced its FlexTRADER EMShttp://www.flextrade.com/flextrader> has grabbed the top spot in the “Best Buy-Side EMS” category of this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards. FlexTRADER was chosen for the award by an advisory panel comprised of leading industry journalists, consultants and research analysts. FlexTrade will accept the award at the Buy
Commentary By Majd Shafiq United Advisors: Middle East Investors Stake In Plus Markets

Date 21/10/2009

Recent news that a group of Middle East investors have taken a stake of around 17% in Plus Markets, an alternative trading platform in London, is an interesting development and a possibility that I had mentioned in a recent article entitled Middle East Exchanges: The case for consolidation.
Sterling Surges To Month High Following Comforting Comments From King

Date 21/10/2009

Sterling has surged to a month high against both the euro and dollar following suggestions from Bank of England Governor, Mervyn King that the bank will not increase its QE program in November.

SIX Group Sets New Standards With CONNEXOR® Reference Data Management System

Date 21/10/2009

Under the name CONNEXOR, SIX Group plans to expand its Web-based reference data infrastructure. Thanks to this new online platform, issuers can compile their reference data centrally in standardized form and then have it disseminated electronically to all stakeholder groups. As a result, CONNEXOR offers market participants greater efficiency, first-rate reference data quality and simplified comparability of financial products.
CESR Consults On Details For Proposed Registration And Supervision Of CRAs, Feedback Statement On CRAs Repository Published

Date 21/10/2009

CESR published today a feedback statement on its consultation for a central repository for credit rating agencies (CRAs) and issued a consultation paper detailing the proposed registration and supervision process for CRA in Europe.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Sun Hung Kai Properties Futures

Date 21/10/2009

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 23 October 2009, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margin
Securities & Investment Institute’s Compliance Professional Interest Forum Comments On FSA CP09/19 – Enforcement Financial Penalties: Prevention Not Cure

Date 21/10/2009

The Securities & Investment Institute’s (SII) Compliance Professional Interest Forum has contributed to the FSA Consultation Paper CP09/19 on Enforcement financial penalties.
Cinnober Calls For Transparency On Performance Claims - Claims Regarding Latency Should Be Supported By Hard Facts To Bring Discussions To A New, More Relevant Level

Date 21/10/2009

Leading independent exchange technology provider Cinnober today announced the publication of an in-depth whitepaper on latency on their web site.