NYSE Technologies to Create DMA Platform for Itau Securities; NYSE Sponsors Venture Capital Conference

By: Ray Pellecchia

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The company has important news to cover in Brazil and Santa Monica, and your humble blogger is willing to make the terrible sacrifice of leaving New York (18 degrees Fahrenheit this morning, not that that matters to me) to deliver first-person blogging from the business front. In Brazil. And Santa Monica.

A couple of news items today that I thought were worth sharing:

Itau Securities Selects NYSE Technologies to Create New Direct Market Access Platform (NYSE.com) Excerpt:
NYSE Euronext and Itau Securities today announced that NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext, has been selected to develop a next-generation electronic trading platform that will allow Itau Securities’ customers around the world to send orders directly to Brazil’s BM&F Bovespa market center. Making them the first to offer Direct Market Access (DMA) connectivity to BM&F Bovespa, Itau Securities and NYSE Technologies will work together to implement a best-in-class technology solution that combines comprehensive hosting software with an integrated back office platform utilizing the super-fast, resilient SFTI network.

Brazil, eh? Surely we need someone to go down there and blog about this, first-hand. That will be a long trip and a lot of work, but I think I can squeeze it into my schedule. I'm at my desk, waiting for that call.

NYSE Sponsors InsideVenture Conference in Santa Barbara, Calif. on March 25-26
• NYSE Euronext #1 in Global IPO Proceeds Year-to-Date, Extending Its Lead from 2008, 2007• (NYSE.com) Excerpt:

The New York Stock Exchange...is sponsoring the InsideVenture Investor Conference in Santa Barbara, Calif. on March 25-26 featuring top late-stage venture-backed companies.

The InsideVenture Investor Conference features 50 top late stage private Technology and Healthcare companies from over 400 VC portfolios. Investors have the opportunity to conduct due diligence by interacting with VC and strategic investors, meet the CEOs and CFOs of some of the most promising late-stage VC companies, schedule 1:1 meetings, and access proprietary transaction data through InsideVenture’s online platform and virtual data room. Through its expert network, investment banking partners and financial marketing services, InsideVenture enables investors to save on research and travel costs, streamlining the investment process. ...

... -- In 2009 year-to-date, NYSE Euronext ranks #1 in global IPO proceeds, continuing its IPO lead from the previous two years, after the successful IPO of Mead Johnson Nutrition (NYSE: MJN) in February which listed on the NYSE after raising $720 million.

-- Based on IPO proceeds raised globally in 2008, NYSE Euronext retained its # 1 ranking among major exchanges globally, with $45 billion raised, or 37% of total IPO capital proceeds. In 2008, NYSE Euronext attracted the largest IPO in U.S. history, with Visa (NYSE: V), raising $17.86 billion/€11.5 billion, and in Europe, the second-largest IPO in Europe in 2008, with EDPR (NYSE Euronext: EDPR) raising $2.42 billion/€1.566 billion. In 2008, the NYSE also listed Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) after its successful initial public offering, in which it raised $187.5 million. ...

Santa Monica? In March? Surely another blogworthy program for me to cover, yes? I could swing by California "on my way" to Brazil. It will be a tough trip, a big sacrifice for me, but hey, I'm willing to go the extra mile (or few thousand miles) for the company. That's just the kind of global-company guy I am.

The kind of guy who's here, just waiting for that call, happy to do whatever it takes.

Waiting right here, by the phone.

Passport up to date.

Right here.

Waiting.

Number's in the company directory, did I mention that?

P-E-L-L-E-C-C-H-I-A. Two L's, two C's.

You guys must be in a meeting. Don't worry, I'll be here.

Waiting. For your call. Happy to help, did I mention that?