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FORTS Weekly Trading Results: December 8th – 12th, 2008

Date 16/12/2008

For the week of December 8th – December 12th, 2008 the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 111,5 bln. roubles or 4,9 mln. contracts, including 28,8 bln. roubles during the evening trading session. The total open interest as of the last day of the week, December 12th, 2008 reached 85,5 bln. roubles or 2,7 mln. contracts.
Acción Traders Expands RTS’ Technology - Agreement Includes Algorithmic Trading Solution RTD Tango

Date 16/12/2008

RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a leading trading solutions provider, announced that Acción Traders, an Amsterdam-based independent trading company, has begun deploying additional RTS technology for its arbitrage trading operations. The agreement provides Acción Traders with RTS’ algorithmic trading platform, RTD Tango, along with direct market access (DMA) to a key liquidity pool.
Thomson Reuters MiFID Market Share Reports November 2008

Date 16/12/2008

The Thomson Reuters MiFID monthly market share reports provide at a summarised level by markets and index constituents in Pan European equities the market share in terms of all trades published across the different European exchanges and other reporting venues.
Tradeware Global Connects To Banca IMI’s Market Hub - Facilitates Access To Financial Markets And Seamless MiFID Compliance

Date 16/12/2008

Tradeware Global Corp., the leading broker-neutral solution provider for electronic access to global equity markets, today announced that Tradeware is now connected to the Market Hub platform of Banca IMI via both its FIXLink® and GlobalX™ networks. Banca IMI, the investment bank of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, is one of the executing brokers on Tradeware's GlobalX network.
RTS Stock Market Weekly Trading Results: December 8th – 12th, 2008

Date 16/12/2008

Over the week of December 8th – December 12th, 2008, the RTS Index went up by 10,58% to reach 652,21 points (589,79 points as of December 5th, 2008). Most of the positive impact on the Index dynamics was related to the growing prices for ОАО "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) (plus 19,66 points), ordinary shares of OJSC "OC "Rosneft" (ROSN) (plus 11,44 points) and Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (plus 7,07 points).

Japan's Financial Services Agency Newsletter October 2008

Date 16/12/2008

Click here to download the FSA Newsletter for October 2008.
Hellenic Exchanges: Margin Parameter Change

Date 16/12/2008

As of Wednesday 17/12/2008 the fixed volatility parameter that RIVA uses for the margin calculation for the derivative products on the indices FTSE/ASE-20 and FTSE/ASE Mid-40 is being adjusted from 62% to 56%.
FTSE Launches Short And Leveraged Indices Based On The FTSE 100 And FTSE 250

Date 16/12/2008

FTSE Group (“FTSE”) the global index provider, have created short and leveraged indices on the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices. The new indices allow money managers to exploit the volatility in the UK market by allowing investors to go short the market or gear up. The indices will serve as the basis for ETFs, benchmarks and other index-linked financial products.
Deutsche Börse Launches New Country And Strategy Indices - DAXglobal Latin America Tracks Companies From Latin American Countries - DAXglobal GCC Index Enables Investments In Middle Eastern Markets - New DAXplus Indices On European Directors’ Dealings Tra

Date 16/12/2008

Deutsche Börse has added more new members to its DAXglobal® and DAXplus® index families. Investors can now participate in the growth of the Latin Americaneconomy with the DAXglobal Latin America Index. The DAXglobal GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) Index tracks the performance of Gulf States. The new DAXplus Directors’ Dealings indices track the performance of companies at which employees subject to reporting requirements have bought a particularly highvolume of shares in the company over
Tokyo Grain Exchange: The Daily Price Limits For Corn Futures For Dec. 17, 2008

Date 16/12/2008

The daily price limits for corn futures have reverted to the original level: 1,000 yen.