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Published: 2011-08-26 14:16:39 CEST
Nasdaq Commodities
Exchange and Clearing Information

no 43/11 NASDAQ OMX Commodities Genium INET migration

Important update for all members and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)

Lysaker, 26 August 2011

NASDAQ OMX Commodities will migrate from CLICK/SECUR to the Genium INET trading platform by the end of 2011, as previously announced in exchange informations  no 19/11 and 27/11. Genium INET is used by NASDAQ OMX’s European equity and fixed income derivative markets.

The Genium INET migration is scheduled for 28 November, 2011.

Drop 3 - Further enhancements to the external test environment

  • Clearing Workstation 2 will now be further extended with SRM reports that are to be released in three drops, 31 August, mid-September and end-September.
  • A new version of the Trading Workstation (TW) is now available.
  • Updated reference data with production data from early June. Combination order books are included.

With the inclusion of the Secur Report Module (SRM) reports in Clearing Workstation 2, the test environment will mirror the future production environment.

Market Wide Acceptance Testing (MWAT) preparations are ongoing
Market Wide Acceptance Testing is a member wide production like period of testing. All members need to participate in mandatory MWAT Log On verification during September. If you have not yet registered, please fill the following form and send it to commodities.geniuminet@nasdaqomx.com:

http://nordic.nasdaqomxtrader.com/digitalAssets/75/75669_mwatreg.doc

Detailed information on MWAT will be published in the end of September.

Genium INET Forums
Early October, Genium INET Forums will be arranged in Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stockholm. The forums will be focusing foremost on the execution of the MWAT and the changes to the reporting solution. The detailed schedule and registration information will soon be published on the member extranet shortly.

Access to member extranet
User names and passwords to access the extranet will be distributed to all members of NASDAQ OMX Commodities. If your organization has not received a login, please request such a login from desken@nasdaqomx.com.

Member extranet
http://nordic.nasdaqomxtrader.com/memberextranet

Subscribe for Genium INET Migration newsletters
During the Genium INET migration, it is recommended that all key contacts (Project Managers, main trading contacts, main back-office contacts) within member organizations (and ISV organizations) subscribe for the Genium INET newsletters. 

Please follow this lik to subscribe for the newsletters: www.nasdaqomxcommodities.com/news/subscription

SPAN(R)1  parameter file
Please note that there will some minor changes to the SPAN parameter file. Details are available on the member extranet.

1 “SPAN is a registered trademark of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc., used herein under license. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. assumes no liability in connection with the use of SPAN by any person or entity.”


For further information, please contact NASDAQ OMX Commodities:

Trading, Key Account Management (general questions regarding this notice, access to member extranet, help with Trading Workstation): 
desken@nasdaqomx.com, phone +47 6752 8037

Clearing (clearing applications, reports):
clearing.market@nasdaqomx.com, phone +47 6710 8430

Technical helpdesk (technical queries regarding this notice, integration support, reporting of errors):
technicalsupport@nasdaqomx.com

Member Services (logons, passwords etc.):
memberservices@nasdaqomx.com
     
Genium INET Member Readiness (general questions regarding Genium INET project, registrations to project activities, escalation of project issues):
commodities.geniuminet@nasdaqomx.com

Press contact:
Sara Aadnesen, Director Communication, phone +47 6752 8080/+47 9060 0759


About NASDAQ OMX
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 more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX 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 exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius.

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About NASDAQ OMX Commodities
NASDAQ OMX Commodities is the brand name for the NASDAQ OMX Group’s worldwide suite of commodity related products and services. The NASDAQ OMX Commodities offerings include power, natural gas and carbon emission markets and clearing services. NASDAQ OMX Commodities is a trademark of the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe is the trade name of NASDAQ OMX Oslo ASA which is authorized as a commodity derivatives exchange by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and supervised by the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority. All trades with NASDAQ OMX Commodities Europe are subject to clearing with NASDAQ OMX Clearing.

NASDAQ OMX Clearing is the trade name of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB which is authorized and supervised as a multi-asset clearinghouse by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority in Sweden as well as authorized to conduct clearing operation in Norway by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance.

For more information, visit www.nasdaqomxcommodities.com.

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