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Barclays Capital Goes Live With Sponsored Access on NASDAQ OMX Europe
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. / 04.03.2010 08:00 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LONDON, March 4, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NASDAQ OMX Europe ('NEURO') today announced that Barclays Capital has been approved as a Sponsoring Participant. Barclays Capital will be the first broker to offer Sponsored Access using NEURO's advanced Pre-Trade Risk Management system. Sponsored Access enables participants to provide their clients' direct connectivity to NEURO's advanced matching and routing services. NEURO provides a Pre-Trade Risk Management system which mitigates market risk by monitoring all orders submitted to the NEURO book. Any orders that breach pre-determined trading limits will be rejected. Clients are able to connect either via proximity hosting or through remote access. 'We are delighted to be working with Barclays Capital in providing their clients with access to NEURO,' said Charlotte Crosswell, President of NEURO. 'Sponsored Access provides new opportunities for a wide range of market participants to trade directly on our platform.' 'We are pleased to be the first broker to offer our clients full-service sponsored access on NASDAQ OMX Europe' said Robert Orgel, Head of Barclays Capital's Quantitative Prime Services product in Europe. 'As the European trading landscape evolves, we continue to work closely with trading venues in order to offer new and innovative solutions to our clients. Sponsored access complements our market leading DMA platform, SubM(SM), providing ultra low latency access to equities, futures and options markets globally.' ABOUT NASDAQ OMX EUROPE (NEURO) NASDAQ OMX Europe is a multilateral trading facility that offers highly competitive pricing and is the first platform to connect European liquidity pools with Pan-European routing. NEURO runs on a proven low latency matching engine (INET) which is designed for high performance trading. Approximately 1,200 securities are traded on NEURO including constituents of the main European indices, ETFs and other highly liquid securities. For more information about NASDAQ OMX Europe, visit www.nasdaqomxeurope.com. NEURO and NEURO Dark are trading names of NASDAQ OMX Europe Limited, which is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Insofar as the content of this communication is considered a financial promotion for the purposes of section 21 FSMA 2000, it is not communicated or approved by a person authorized under FSMA. This communication is directed only at persons to whom NASDAQ OMX Europe may lawfully make financial promotions (Relevant Persons) including persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments who are 'investment professionals' within the meaning of article 19 of the FSMA (Financial Promotion) Order of 2005. This communication must not be distributed to, acted on or relied upon by persons who are not Relevant Persons. ABOUT THE NASDAQ OMX GROUP The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with approximately 3,700 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, including First North; and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs. NASDAQ OMX Group technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX Group exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. ABOUT BARCLAYS CAPITAL Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC. With a distinctive business model, Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. Barclays Capital has offices around the world, employs over 23,000 people and has the global reach, advisory services and distribution power to meet the needs of issuers and investors worldwide. For further information about Barclays Capital, please visit our website http://www.barclayscapital.com. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about NASDAQ OMX's products and offerings. We caution that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond NASDAQ OMX's control. These factors include, but are not limited to factors detailed in NASDAQ OMX's annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release any revisions to any forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that the FSA will give the NASDAQ OMX applicant the authorization and permissions which it seeks. NDAQG CONTACT: NASDAQ OMX Europe Media Contacts: Bethany Sherman +1(212) 401-8714 bethany.sherman@nasdaqomx.com Anna Rasin +46(8)405 66 12 anna.rasin@nasdaqomx.com News Source: NASDAQ OMX 04.03.2010 Ad hoc announcement, Financial News and Media Release distributed by DGAP. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. 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