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The Shanghai Stock Exchange has set a date for the launch of its new trading system, which has been developed following rapid growth of trading volumes in recent years.

Oslo Connect, the multilateral trading facility for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives operated by Oslo Børs, has started trading today.

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is to introduce an electronic order book for bond trading from February 2010.

Global exchange group Nasdaq OMX is planning to merge the trading on its three Baltic exchanges – Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia) and Vilnius (Lithuania) – onto a single new venue.

Chi-East, a joint venture between trading venue operator Chi-X Global and the Singapore Exchange, has appointed LCH.Clearnet as the central clearing facility for its pan-Asian, non-displayed trading platform, scheduled to launch in mid-2010.

iShares, the exchange-traded fund (ETF) division of asset manager Barclays Global Investors, will tomorrow launch the first ever sector-specific ETF series based on the Chinese A-share index.

US exchange operator BATS Global Markets has filed rules with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the equity options platform it plans to launch in early 2010.

RTS Realtime Systems Group, a global trading solutions provider, is to offer direct access to the London Metal Exchange (LME) via its RTS data hub in London.

Taiwan-based financial institution SinoPac Securities (Asia) has selected technology provider Orc Software’s Trading and Connect solutions to enhance its regional trading capabilities.

Global exchange group Nasdaq OMX has delayed the migration of its Nordic and Baltic exchanges onto the INET high-speed trading platform used by the rest of the group.