October 29, 2007 Issue Abstract

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Buy-Side Technology Trends: Business Intelligence Analytics Are Newest Wrinkle In IT Arsenal for Ensuring Best Execution, Compliance. The newest applications for business intelligence analytics emerging among both buy and sell-side traders are analyzing where trading volume is and where dark liquidity can be found, according to consultants studying the use of these tools in the securities industry.

Industry Alert: TradeWeb Partners to Offer Multi-Asset Trading Platform. With nine global dealers partnering with Thomson TradeWeb, the fixed-income securities trading network stands not only to gain volume in bonds, but is poised to expand to electronic trading of new asset classes and multiple types of securities.

Spotlight: George Batejan, Chief Information Officer, Evergreen Investments.

Trading Systems: AFA Offers Hedge Funds a One-Stop-Shop Solution. Formed in 1999, Advanced Financial Applications Inc. shifted from a broker-centric product in 2004, launching its Integrated Order Processing solution now used by institutional investment managers and hedge funds to address post-trade processing.

On The Exchanges: BSE Deal Positions Nasdaq to Garner Clearing Revenues. The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. is paving the way to compete with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation and its National Securities Clearing Corporation unit with its acquisition of the Boston Stock Exchange, including the BSE’s clearing and settlement license.

The News Network: ITG Launches Dark Algorithm For Canadian Equities; Euronext Responds to MiFID With Order Internalization; Evare, XSP Partner on Corporate Actions Message Access.