Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Equity Trader Alert #2006 - 116
NASDAQ Announces New Date for Systems Integration; Market-Wide Call Today, Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Please Route To: Head Traders; Technical Contacts; Compliance Officers; Vendor Admin; Vendor Technical

What you need to know:

  • NASDAQ has updated the start date of the systems integration to September 18, 2006, in response to customer feedback.
  • NASDAQ will hold a market-wide conference call today, Wednesday, August 16, 2006, at 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time (ET), to provide customers with information on NASDAQ systems integration.

Whom you should contact: NASDAQ Market Sales at 800.846.0477


What are the new dates for systems integration?
As announced in Head Trader Alert #2006-114, NASDAQ® planned to begin the systems integration of NASDAQ, Brut and INET on Monday, August 28, 2006, with 20 NASDAQ-listed securities.

However, in order to give firms more time to complete the functional changes necessary to accommodate the integration of the NASDAQ Market Center®, INET and Brut, NASDAQ has moved the start date of the integration to September 18th.

The first integration phase, now scheduled for September 18th, will still consist of the previously announced 20 NASDAQ-listed securities. This list is available on the NASDAQ Trader® website in both csv format and txt format. The remaining lists will be made available as soon as possible.

What are the call-in details of the market-wide conference call?
As announced in Head Trader Alert #2006-114, NASDAQ will hold an open, market-wide call today, Wednesday, August 16, 2006, at 4:30 p.m., ET. To ensure that you are not held up in the conference call queue as a result of the high call volume, please call in at least ten minutes early. The call details are:

Wednesday, August 16, 2006; 4:30 p.m., ET
Leader: Todd Golub
Dial in: 888.316.9408
Passcode: Market-wide

***Please note that this call is closed to members of the media.***

What topics will be addressed on the market-wide call?

NASDAQ will provide customers with information on the following topics, as well as answer questions:

  • Systems integration overview
  • Order/quote entry protocols
  • Market data
  • Testing opportunities
  • Data center update

Where can I get additional information?


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