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SEC's Longest-Serving EEO Director Deborah K. Balducchi To Retire, Completing 35 Years Of Public Service

Date 09/12/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Deborah K. Balducchi, the longest-serving director of its Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Office, will retire in January 2009 after leading the SEC's substantial efforts to promote diversity in the workplace, and helping the agency earn accolades as one of the best places to work in the federal government.
No Respite For Exchanges In Latest Slump But Grounds For Optimism In 2009 - FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Down 16.8 Per Cent In November

Date 09/12/2008

The value of the worlds listed exchanges continued to drop in November 2008, but there are grounds for optimism following positive share price rallies in recent days prompted by fresh signs of investment in the industry.
ICE Announces Second Set Of New OTC Cleared Contracts - Next Tranche Of 11 Contracts To Launch January 9

Date 09/12/2008

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global regulated futures exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced the introduction of 11 new cleared energy contracts in its OTC marketplace beginning January 9, 2009. ICE previously announced that it would be introducing more than 50 new cleared products beginning in December 2008 and continuing into 2009. The first tranche of 21 contracts launched on December 5.
London Stock Exchange Group: Number Of Equity Trades Up 27 Per Cent Year To Date

Date 09/12/2008

The total number of trades on the equity order books of London Stock Exchange Group in the year to the end of November reached 247.6 million, an increase of 27 per cent on the same period during 2007. The number of trades so far this year surpassed the total for the whole of 2007 on 14 October, and by the end of November was already 17 per cent higher than the 2007 full year total. However, the total value traded across the Group so far during 2008 has reached £2.8 trillion (€3.5 trillion) a
Xtrakter Launches XM2M - New Mark To Market Valuation Service

Date 09/12/2008

Xtrakter the market utility, is pleased to announce the launch of XM2M its new mark to market valuation service. XM2M is the first in a series of new tailored information offerings from Xtrakter.

Liffe To Launch Commodities On Bclear In Q1 2009

Date 09/12/2008

Liffe announced today that it will launch a range of soft and agricultural commodity products on its award-winning Bclear (OTC derivatives) service in the first quarter of 2009. Commodity products will join the individual equity, index and credit default swap products offered by Bclear, which was launched in 2005. An exact launch date will be announced in due course.
SGX Upgrades Trading Engine To Facilitate Wider Participation In Derivatives Business, Including Algorithmic Trades

Date 09/12/2008

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) is pleased to announce today that it launched a major upgrade to its trading engine for the derivatives market, Quest-DT, yesterday.
Vienna Stock Exchange: Acquisition Of Stake In Prague Stock Exchange Approved

Date 09/12/2008

The Vienna Stock Exchange is delighted to announce that the Czech National Bank (?eská Národní Banka) has granted its approval of the acquisition of the 92.4% stake in the Prague Stock Exchange notified by the exchange operating company, Wiener Börse AG, on 7 November 2008.
Clearstream’s Activity Figures For November 2008

Date 09/12/2008

In November 2008, the value of assets under custody held on behalf of customers registered a 4.1 percent decrease at € 10.5 trillion (compared to € 10.9 trillion in November 2007), primarily due to lower equity market valuations and despite an increase in bonds. Securities held under custody in Clearstream’s international business experienced a rise of 8.1 percent from € 4.9 to € 5.4 trillion while domestic German securities held under custody decreased by 14.1 percent from € 6.0 trillion to
Chi-X Europe And Intelligent Financial Systems Introduce Historical Chi-X Europe Data Service

Date 09/12/2008

Chi-X® Europe Limited, operator of the largest pan-European equity multilateral trading facility (MTF), and Intelligent Financial Systems Limited (IFS), providers of historical data and trading applications to the financial markets, today announced the introduction of the Chi-X Europe DataService. The Web hosted service, which is available immediately at http://chix.if5.com, provides access to raw Chi-X Europe historical tick and order book data – including the including the ability to rebuil