LiquidityPort is to launch an electronic block trading system (EBTS) for trading large orders in the US futures and options market. The new venue will enable registered clients to source liquidity in US futures and options on a neutral and anonymous electronic platform. LiquidityPort is registered as an introducing broker and a member of the Nationa...
Zim Integrated Shipping Services has decided to postpone plans for a public stock offering. A letter to the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange posted on the Israel Corp. Web site reports that Zim plans to continue implementation of an expansion and supplying plan, and will raise $250 million through a rights offering by shareholders. Israel Corp., which owns 9...
The US company Chevron has signed a protocol of intent with Transneft, the economic news agency PRIME-TASS learnt at Chevron. According to the protocol, the sides agreed to consider the possibility of joint participation in the projects connected with the designing, construction and use of the pipeline infrastructure in Russia and abroad. Besides,...
According to an Italian trade delegation, which recently visited the China Transpo 2008 conference organized by the Ministry of Transport in Beijing, several China companies have expressed an interest in investing in port projects in Italy. Mr Giancarlo Gabetto MD of Slala which promotes the logistics industry in northwest Italy said on his return to Geno...
Eastern Jiangsu province's foreign trade value hit US$124.9 billion from January to April, making it the number two province behind southern China's powerhouse of Guangdong with its trade value of $207.4 billion, Xinhua reported. The top two provinces were followed by Shanghai with $104.3 billion in trade value, Beijing with $84.8 billion, Zhejian...
A combination of high levels of automation, soaring market data volumes and cut-throat competition have turned trade execution in the US equity markets into a complex science. A new report from research firm Tabb Group identifies four execution risk forces that have grown in significance as equity-trading operations have become more truly global. A com...
NYSE Euronext Advanced Trading Solutions, the trading technology division of exchange group NYSE Euronext, is to offer its customers complex event processing capabilities provided by Progress Software’s Apama CEP platform. The offering includes CEP capabilities for automated and algorithmic trading, real-time risk management and smart order routing. Cu...
European derivatives exchange Eurex has reported a 196% increase in the number of single-stock futures it traded in the first five months of this year compared with the same period last year. From January until the end of May 2008, 95 million contracts were traded, compared with 32 million contracts in the first five months of 2007. The exchange said ...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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