Jared Lopez, marketing assistant at Next Generation Trust Services, LLC, will present ?Self-Directed Retirement Plans 101? at a meeting of the New Jersey Real Estate Investors Club (NJ REClub) on Wednesday, February 15, 2012. The presentation will highlight the options and benefits of investing in nontraditional assets such as real estate as a retirement wealth-building strategy. The NJREC meeting will be held at the Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange, New Jersey and starts at 6:30 p.m.

Self-directed retirement accounts allow for a more diverse array of investments to build retirement wealth. These include, but are not limited to, real estate, precious metals, commercial paper, private placements, mortgages, unsecured loans and partnerships.

Next Generation Trust Services, a third-party administrator of self-directed IRAs, HSAs, and Coverdell ESAs, provides comprehensive account administration and transaction support for self-directed plans, in which the account holders make all their own investment decisions themselves, often based on investments they already know and understand.

According to Jaime Raskulinecz, CEO of Next Generation Trust Services, ?Many people might already be investing in certain types of instruments outside of their existing IRA but could be building a more diverse and aggressive retirement portfolio by making these transactions through a self-directed IRA. This seminar provides an introductory look at ways for investors to take control of their assets by investing in nontraditional assets; it also explains the different types of retirement accounts they may invest in through self-direction.?

The program on February 15 is free to NJ REClub members and $ 30 for non-members; for reservations or details contact Angela at (973) 866-3400 or angela(at)goodsonlawoffice(dot0com. For more information about self-directed IRAs, contact Next Generation Trust Services at Info(at)NextGenerationTrust(dot)com or (888) 857-8058, or visit http://www.NextGenerationTrust.com.

About Next Generation Trust

Next Generation Trust Services (NGTS), headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey, is a professional third-party administrator of self-directed retirement plans. NGTS provides education, administrative support, and account maintenance to individuals interested in self-directing their retirement portfolios with a wide variety of investments that are not typically found in an IRA, such as real estate, precious metals, notes and mortgages, private placements, accounts receivables, limited partnerships, hedge funds and much more. Next Generation Trust Services serves clients globally via its website, http://www.NextGenerationTrust.com. For more information on self-directing a retirement plan, call 973-533-1880, 888-857-8058 (toll free), or e-mail Info(at)NextGenerationTrust(dot)com.

About NJ REClub

The New Jersey Real Estate Club was created as an opportunity to motivate, educate and network with fellow investors as well as mentor aspiring investors. Since its inception, it has grown to over 2000 members in four Chapters: Hudson County, Essex County, Bergen County, and Passaic County. Its members include seasoned real estate investors, realtors, mortgage agents, property managers, and other real estate professionals as well as anyone who has the interest and motivation to venture into the real estate market. For more information visit http://www.njreclub.com.

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Lou Bencardino and Bencardino Excavating, a full-service excavating company based in Bucks County, Pa., have begun an underground electrical excavation project for Gordon Group Electric of Feasterville, Pa. The Bencardino crew was hired to revitalize a building within the Philadelphia Navy Yard?s 1,200-acre limits. Company owner Louis A. Bencardino is the project manager and Bencardino Excavating?s Greg Davis is serving as project foremen.

?Philadelphia is our hometown, so when we have the opportunity to work on projects in the city that help to bring jobs and tourism to the area, we take great pride in that,? said Lou Bencardino, owner of Bencardino Excavating. ?After making investments in the company earlier this year, we are off to a productive start and ready to provide more services to our clients in South Philadelphia and other neighboring communities.?

In 2012, Bencardino Excavating updated its capabilities and equipment to better serve its clients in the community. Some of the new equipment added to the company?s arsenal included a BoMag BW 190 Asphalt Roller, a walk-behind Bulldog Trench Roller and three new CASE Backhoes. With this new equipment, the crew is able to handle a variety of milling and excavation needs for projects and clients. The Bencardino Excavating Safety Committee has also planned several workshops to train employees on safe practices on job sites and the proper protocol for machine and new equipment operation.

Bencardino Excavating is committed to delivering the highest level of performance and quality to its clients. Louis Bencardino is a highly-skilled excavation and site work contractor who has an experienced team of project managers, foremen, construction professionals and craftspeople. The company specializes in complete site work services including construction, excavation, electrical, demolition, asphalt paving and final finish work.

Bencardino Excavating was founded in 1988 by Lou Bencardino, and serves clients in Southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey including Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware, Camden, Mercer and Gloucester Counties. Bencardino Excavating has worked with airports, helipads, schools, banks, corporate facilities and more in a wide array of industries including commercial and residential development, pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, utilities, education and retail. Among its clients are Bovis Lend Lease, T.N. Ward Company, Daniel J. Keating, Harkins Builders, H.B. Frazer Company, Emory Hill and Company, A.T. Chadwick Company, Carr & Duff, Inc., Scungio Borst, St. Joseph?s University, Temple University, Philadelphia University, Princeton University, PennDOT, Keating Building and Merck. For more information, visit http://www.bencardino.com or call (215) 244-6000.

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Modi Online Ventures, a proprietorship company, launched 10 months back has now made a mark with over 50,000 unique visitors every month searching for Cars in India. Started with one online portal ? Mycarhelpline.com to provide reviews, features and prices of new cars in India the company has expanded with 2 niche portals related to car loan in delhi and used car in delhi viz Usedcarindelhi.com and Ecarloan.in.

Thanks to the increasing number of google searches every month for 74,000 searches happening on car prices, 27000 searches for car loans and over 5 Lac searches for used cars including 40,000 searches for used car in Delhi. The company has sold over 140 cars online in January 2012 from almost 5 cars within a span of 8 months and is all set to take it to 1000 cars by using the online medium by the end of the calendar year 2012. Moreover, some of the local sites and renowned local players in the capital city Delhi are joining hands with Modi Online Ventures to aim for market share of 10% of car sales in Delhi and NCR within a span of 18 months of this 25,000 car sales market.

Modi Online Ventures, unlike other sites, is primarily focusing on the biggest chunk i.e Delhi and NCR which alone accounts for more passenger car sales than combined sales of 3 other metro cities in India. Even, the direct car dealers and bank agencies are constantly on the look out for new business which is making them partner with Modi Online Ventures. With its new portals, the company is all set to take on the expanding used car market, to give the user to post ad to sell used car in delhi and attract buyers. As per MD, Mr. Gagan Modi, he will take on to sell over 1500 new cars and 1000 used cars every month by the end of March 2013 through his online venture making a marked presence in Indian car market. On speaking on expansion plans to other cities in India, as per Modi Online Ventures will take on franchisee route and will expand its network to all major metros by 2013 September.

About the Company

Modi Online Ventures is a fast growing Online Automotive Review company, driving sales through its online websites viz Mycarhelpline.com, Usedcarindelhi.com and Ecarloan.in. The company focuses on providing information to assist a user with the comparisons, tips, features and reviews of new cars in India along with upcoming car launches. Whether you intend to buy or sell Maruti Suzuki, Toyota, Honda, Skoda, Ford, Hyundai, Tata, Volkswagen, Chevrolet, Fiat, Nissan or any other car in India you can get all information about price, key features, reviews, comparisons with reader feedback along with latest discounts to sum up with the best Car Deals in India on click of a button.

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CIOsynergy, a provider of thought leading conferences, today announced that Presidio, will sponsor directIT Chicago, which will take place at the Trump International Hotel & Tower, on February 9, 2012.

Presidio addresses its clients’ complete information technology life cycle – enabling clients to plan, design, implement, test and operate their technology investments. Presidio’s comprehensive portfolio includes data center/virtualization, unified communications/collaborations, security, mobility and contact center technology solutions as well as managed services.

directIT Chicago is a strategic event where we welcome the Office of the CIO to share strategies, successes, failures, and lessons learned as they are an important part of the continual education of successful IT leaders. The role of the CIO requires an effective leadership model that will incubate a team of forward thinking innovators who can effectively leverage technology to support the goals of the business and its many facets. Who else better to guide these aspiring leaders than world renowned CEOs to the likes of Steve Forbes, Jimmy Wales, Howard Putnam, and Jeff Ma; all of whom have shared their recipes of leadership to 100′s of CIOs and IT leaders through CIOsynergy.

Keynote Terry Jones founder of Travelocity.com, chairman of Kayak.com, and former Chief information Officer at American Airlines/Sabre, has a proven track record of leading companies whose innovations have changed an industry. For the last five years through his consulting practice, as a board member and as a venture capitalist, Terry Jones has been helping companies use the tools and techniques he?s developed to keep up with this rapidly changing world. Terry Jones will challenge the audience to think outside the box, and the attendees will undoubtedly walk away with inspired ideas and concrete action items to implement in their companies.

Scott Shuster – ABC News foreign correspondent. Producer of NPR?s All Things Considered. Consulting Editor, The McGraw-Hill Companies and Business Week. Scott Shuster has led virtually every BusinessWeek CEO-, CFO-, and CIO-only conference held since the founding of the magazine?s events group. Mr. Shuster’s remarkable background and prodigious skills onstage make him the right choice to serve as moderator to the CIOpanel.

For more information about or to participate in directIT Chicago visit http://presidio.ciosynergy.com or contact Carlos Mendez – Event Director at carlosm@ciosynergy.com or 1.877.532.3480 ext. 411.

About CIOSynergy

CIOsynergy provides a platform that brings together the thought leaders of IT through events that incorporate face-to-face meeting opportunities, panel discussions, think tanks and keynotes, and C-suite networking programs

Previous events have attracted C-suite leaders from companies such as Wal-Mart, Salesforce, Home Depot, Bank of America, Forbes Media, Wells Fargo, Shell, Allstate, State Farm, Career Education Corp, Pepsi, Sara Lee, Kraft, BP, Loyola University, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, and Walgreens.

The company operations nationwide and has previously partnered with sponsors such as IBM, 3com, VMware, Unisys, Hitachi, Oracle, SunGard, Dell, Google, Amazon, and HTC among 100?s more

About Presidio

Presidio is a leading provider of professional and managed services for advanced IT solutions. Presidio addresses its clients? complete information technology lifecycle ? enabling clients to plan, design, implement, test and operate their technology investments. Presidio’s comprehensive portfolio includes data center/virtualization, unified communications/collaboration, security, mobility and contact center technology solutions as well as managed services. Holding the highest industry certifications from partners such as Cisco, NetApp, and VMware, Presidio is well-positioned to meet the growing needs of organizations migrating to advanced technologies. Presidio also offers clients an extensive suite of financing solutions, including leasing. For more information visit: http://www.Presidio.com.

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Follow us on LinkedIn ? Growing sophistication of security threats, especially internal data leakage, the potential impact of security breaches on enterprise operations, and implementation of stringent regulations for ensuring safety and security, is compelling organizations across the globe to increase their investments in IT security. Against this backdrop, encryption solutions and SSL certificates have gained lot of prominence among global enterprises for securing their data and networks. With number of incidents involving enterprise security breaches increasingly rapidly across the globe, the demand for data security products and services, including encryption and digital certificates is only projected to soar higher over the next few years. The active role played by governments across the globe in formulating stringent laws and regulations, such as Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, PCI DSS 2.0, California SB1386, Basel II, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Identity Theft Red Flag Guidelines (Sections 114& 315 of the 2003 FACT Act), UK Faster Payment Initiative, and the FFIEC guidelines on financial institution authentication, especially are exerting additional pressures on enterprises to beef up their IT security infrastructure thereby driving demand for such solutions.

Hitherto largely limited to large-scale organizations working with sensitive information and operating from multiple locations, such as telecom, banking and finance, IT and government agencies, data and network security solutions are becoming key components for IT security even among small and medium enterprises, thereby lending traction to encryption systems and digital certificates market. Frequent introductions of cost-effective and easy-to-use bundled solutions to suit the requirements and budgets of SMBs are also helping generate substantial demand for these solutions in this segment. Development and large-scale deployments of advanced solutions such as voice encryption systems, Point-to-Point Encryption systems, and solutions that help automate, protect and manage digital certificates and encryption keys will continue to drive opportunities in this market over the next few years.

The research report titled ?Encryption Systems and Digital Certificates: A Global Outlook? announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report offers a rudimentary overview of the industry, highlights latest trends in the Encryption Systems and Digital Certificates market, and demand drivers, in addition to providing statistical insights. Regional markets briefly abstracted and covered include United States, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom) Asia-Pacific (Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan) Middle East and Latin America. The report offers a compilation of recent mergers, acquisitions, and strategic corporate developments. Also included is an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of companies worldwide.

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The organizers of the Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition (http://www.MBRCompetition.com) today announced the launch of the 2012 Competition to be held on Friday, May 4th, 2012 at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), with Congressman Sam Farr presenting the award to the final winner.

All start-ups that can show how they will create jobs in the tri-county area are welcome to apply. The Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition has the support of more than 50 business, education and government partners from the tri-county region that are united to showcase the business potential of the area; support regional start-ups; attract business and investors to the region; encourage business students to become entrepreneurs; and promote tech transfer, innovation and commercialization.

The competition begins with workshops throughout the region during February, with one-page applications due on February 27th, and culminates with a presentation event and the final event on May 4th. Prizes range from $ 1,000 cash for the winning student team, to $ 5,000 cash for the winning main-street company, to $ 50,000 in cash and professional services for the winning venture-play company. A main-street company is defined as one that will be a successful local or regional business creating jobs in the tri-county area, but is not scalable to return 10 times the investor?s money in three to five years.

COMPETITION TIMELINE

FEBRUARY

Workshops held across the region designed to give applicants a head start on the application process.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27

One-page applications are due by 5:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, MARCH 9

?Fever Pitch? mandatory event; preliminary screening of applications at California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB). This year all applicants will have another round of reviews during a screening event held Friday, March 9th at CSUMB. Applicants will have five minutes to present their business idea and answer questions from a panel of judges. Then, semifinalists will be chosen to move on in the competition and will be required to complete full business plans and compete in the final event on May 4th.

MONDAY, APRIL 23

Semifinalists must submit their complete business plan by 5:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 4

Forum Event ? Live presentations of finalists and winners announced at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS). During the May 4th event, finalists will present to panels of angel investors, private investors, successful entrepreneurs, regional CEOs and venture capitalists from groups like the Band of Angels, DLA Piper and Wavepoint Venture Capital. Congressman Sam Farr and Elizabeth Echols, the SBA Region IX Administrator are confirmed as speakers for the final event.

Partners involved in the planning and implementation of the competition include CSUMB School of Business Professor, Dr. Brad Barbeau; Head of the GLOBE Center at the MIIS, Dr. Ernest Scalberg; Monterey County Weekly Publisher, Erik Cushman; angel investors, Dr. Rock Clapper of the Band of Angels, Chuck Boggs from the Paladin Venture Development, and Damon Danielson of Pebble Beach Partners; Susan and Alan Barich from Barich Business Services; Mark Peterson of Peterson Communications; and Chris Khan of Khan-Bernier.

SUPPORTING QUOTES:

Susan Arcady Barich, Chair, The Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition and Executive Director, Project 17 – Monterey Bay’s Regional Ag Innovation Cluster

?The competition is about more than just winning; it is about the whole process of providing a network of support for innovation and entrepreneurship that connects our region. The competition was such a fun success over the past few years. This year we continue to have main-street and student tracks, as well as a special category for agricultural technologies.?

?We also have a more attention from service providers in the San Francisco Bay Area like DLA Piper, the largest law firm in the world, and White Summers of Redwood City, a law firm specializing in early-stage technology companies, both of which are supporting us for the second year in a row.?

?Many large technology companies, including Seagate, Plantronics, Digital Research, SCO and Borland, started here in our region. We have a history of success, and we can attract Silicon Valley start-ups to create jobs in our beautiful corner of the world.?

2011 Champion, PeopleTowels

Linda Lannon, Co-founder , PeopleTowels

?Winning the Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition provided great exposure for our company, PeopleTowels; opening doors to many resources and individuals in the community. Of particular value to me were the pitch sessions to the judges and investors.

CHI President and Chief Executive Officer David L. Gollaher, Ph.D., today provided testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on the reauthorization of user fee programs.

FDA?s Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) program has special importance to California because the biomedical industry is among our state?s leading high-tech employers, directly accounting for about 268,000 jobs whose annual salaries average $ 72,000. Gollaher expressed CHI?s support of the reauthorization of PDUFA, underscored its critical role in drug innovation, and reviewed its recent data that accurately reflects U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) performance.

?A predictable and transparent regulatory process is an essential component of the biomedical innovation ecosystem in California, and while the FDA has frequently been the target of criticism, I want to emphasize our commitment to strengthening the partnership with the agency and our support of PDUFA,? said Gollaher. ?By working together, Congress, the agency, industry and other stakeholders can maintain the high standards of safety and effectiveness that physicians, patients and their families expect, while also enhancing the biomedical industry?s ability to attract the investment necessary to retain U.S. global leadership in life sciences innovation.?

?A time-honored principle of management is that what gets measured gets done,? said Gollaher. ?We have learned a great deal in working over the past two years with Boston Consulting Group and the FDA, mining the agency?s data in order to gain a better understanding of how it operates, and how its performance metrics have changed over time.?

CHI proposes (a) regularly gathering and analyzing the best possible data; (b) updating performance metrics during the next PDUFA cycle in order to track performance consistently and longitudinally; and (c) ensuring that there is agreement among the FDA, industry, and Congress that the data and how they are reported are the most accurate possible measures of agency performance.

?It is critical that an agency that regulates more than 20 percent of American production, and depends increasingly on industry user fees, put in place consistent tracking mechanisms,? said Gollaher. ?More granular information from the division review level is required to understand where the agency is working and where processes need improvement in order to get innovations to the patients that need them.?

The committee also heard from The Honorable Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., FDA commissioner; Geno Germano, president and general manager, specialty care and oncology, Pfizer, Inc.; Richard F. Pops, chairman and CEO, Alkermes, testifying on behalf of BIO; Allan Coukell, director, medical programs, Pew Health Group, The Pew Charitable Trusts; Diane Edquist Dorman, vice president public policy, National Organization of Rare Disorders; David E. Wheadon, senior vice president scientific and regulatory affairs, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; Dr. Daniel A.C. Frattarelli, chair, American Academy of Pediatrics? Committee on Drugs, Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center, on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Drugs.

Originally enacted in 1992, and subsequently renewed three more times, PDUFA authorizes the FDA to collect fees from companies for drug submission review and approval. Industry groups and those on the Hill are aiming to reauthorize PDUFA by mid-2012, prior to the Sept. 30 expiration and the November elections.

In California, the biomedical industry employs nearly 268,000 people, more than any other state in the nation. The majority are small companies that rely on venture capital funding to support their innovative research and development. The industry is responsible for producing innovative products for treating heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and infectious diseases that serve to benefit millions of patients in the United States and around the world.

?It is imperative that this legislation remain highly focused: to support the agency in its efforts to promote biomedical innovation; to encourage it to address areas of inefficiency; to balance its imperative to protect public safety with the importance of continuing robust investment into new drugs and biologics,? said Gollaher. ?In the long view, public health and the economic health and competitiveness of the biomedical industry are two sides of the same coin. Without immense investment, the next generation of breakthroughs for our greatest healthcare needs will never materialize. Nor will the jobs to produce them.?

To view the live webcast and access written copies of the testimony, click here.

About CHI

CHI represents more than 275 leading biotechnology, medical device, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical companies, and public and private academic biomedical research organizations. CHI?s mission is to advance responsible public policies that foster medical innovation and promote scientific discovery. CHI?s website is http://www.chi.org. Follow us on Twitter @calhealthcare, Facebook, LinkedIn and Youtube.

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OpenLink Financial LLC (OpenLink), a leading provider of cross-asset trading, risk management and operations processing software solutions, announced today initiatives focused on accelerating compliance with Dodd-Frank regulatory milestones scheduled for 2012.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act makes significant changes to regulation of the U.S. over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market, with the goals of improving transparency, reducing systemic default risk, and promoting market integrity. OpenLink is dedicated to addressing the impact this will have on financial institutions ? including regulatory reporting requirements, position limits, and OTC central clearing.

Phil Wang, SVP of Product Management at OpenLink, noted, ?Our suite of regulatory compliance solutions will enable clients to leverage their previous technology investment in OpenLink to comply with these new requirements and the accompanying changes that will transform the derivatives trading landscape. The goal has been to facilitate compliance with cost-efficient solutions that can be rapidly deployed and flexible enough to adapt to forthcoming changes as they are introduced.?

Highlights of OpenLink?s Dodd-Frank compliance initiatives include:

Dodd-Frank Regulatory Compliance Reporting Package ? a suite of reports for regulatory reporting, including the CFTC Large Trader Report for Physical Commodity Swaps.

CFTC Position Limits Monitoring ? real-time limit monitoring to comply with CFTC position limits in aggregate for both OTC and exchange-traded products.

Swap Data Repository (SDR) Reporting ? gateways for real-time reporting to SDRs available by asset class. Alternatively, standard FpML and FIX gateways can facilitate internal connectivity initiatives.

OTC Clearing Workflows ? OpenLink?s trade processing workflows have been extended for the lifecycle of OTC cleared derivative products, from execution, to confirmation, matching and clearing. Connectivity options to CCPs and clearing houses are also available.

Margin Analytics for Cleared Swaps ? analysis tools for the calculation, validation and reconciliation of initial margin for cleared derivatives. This will be essential for assessing impacts on liquidity and collateral as well as improving the operational efficiency of portfolio reconciliation and margin management processes.

OpenLink is committed to staying at the forefront of Dodd-Frank regulatory reform, working closely with clients, regulatory agencies, clearing houses, clearing members, service providers and trade data repositories to keep pace with the rapidly evolving derivatives landscape. OpenLink continues to provide leading technology solutions for the energy and financial services markets with its suite of Dodd-Frank regulatory compliance solutions.

About OpenLink

Founded in 1992, OpenLink provides decision support software solutions for transaction lifecycle management. This encompasses financial and physical cross-asset trading, risk management, related operations processing and portfolio management for commodity, energy and financial services markets and industries globally.

OpenLink’s client base of more than 540 clients worldwide includes 12 of the top 25 largest commodity and energy companies by market capitalization, eight of the largest financial institutions and 11 of the largest central banks, as well as major hedge funds, commodities companies and public utilities.

Headquartered on Long Island, New York and with offices in New York City, Houston, Dallas, Tulsa, London, Berlin, Vienna, S

SunGard has extended its Valdi trading solutions suite to provide access to BETa, the European Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) launched by the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) in November 2011 to serve retail investors. BETa uses the BSE equity trading platform, and offers trading in foreign shares, with market makers supplying continuous liquidity. The BETa product range, initially restricted to Finnish, French, German and Spanish shares, is expected to be broadened in early 2012, with additional products to become available for trading.

SunGard?s Valdi includes a range of execution tools such as algorithmic trading and smart order routing that help customers navigate the fragmentation in European markets resulting from the introduction of the European Union?s MiFID directive. BETa represents a further step in the provision of wider access to European equity markets for retail investors, a development strongly encouraged by MiFID and now supported by SunGard. Valdi facilitates trading on global markets, including many emerging and frontier exchanges.

Ferenc Pittner, deputy chief executive officer of the BSE, said, “The BSE always seeks to provide its constituent members with new and attractive ways to capture order flow, and BETa is another way for us to facilitate blue-chip trading for our members and their clients. We are delighted that SunGard supports our initiative and we look forward to expanding our offering.”

Philippe Carr

Copia Interactive, LLC, creator of one of the largest, independent, full-