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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Data News #2008 - 52
NASDAQ OMX Provides Guidance to PBOT Data Recipients and Distributors

Please Route to:

  • Direct PBOT Data Feed Subscribers
  • PBOT Market Data Redistributors

Data Feed Impacted:

  • PBOT Index Data Feed

Summary:

  • As announced in NASDAQ Vendor Alert #2008-045, in coordination with NASDAQ OMX's acquisition of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, NASDAQ OMX amended aspects of the market data administration relative to Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT) data.
  • Depending on how firms receive and/or distribute PBOT data, they made need to take action in order to continue receiving the PBOT data.

Overview:

As announced in NASDAQ Vendor Alert #2008-045, in coordination with NASDAQ OMX's acquisition of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, NASDAQ OMXSM amended aspects of the market data administration relative to PBOT data.

Depending on how firms receive and/or distribute PBOT data, they may need to complete the following activities in order to continue receiving PBOT data:

  • Firms that receive PBOT data via a stand-alone or vendor-controlled terminal do not need to take any action to continue receiving PBOT data.
  • Firms that receive PBOT data via a data feed must:
  • Firms that redistribute a PBOT data feed (an uncontrolled retransmission of PBOT data) must:
    • Submit a current list of PBOT data feed subscribers to NASDAQ OMX in VARS, VRXML or Excel format.
    • Complete and submit the NASDAQ Distributor Agreement (external distribution), if the firm does not already have the agreement on file with NASDAQ OMX.
    • Please note that distributors of PBOT data feeds will no longer be responsible for reporting PBOT data feed subscriber usage, as data feed subscribers will report all usage directly to NASDAQ OMX. Distributors of PBOT data feeds are required to report the existence of each PBOT data feed recipient under a non-billable product code. NASDAQ OMX will contract directly with each data feed recipient.

    Additional Information:

  • For questions regarding PBOT data, please contact the NASDAQ OMX Global Data Products Account Management Team at +1 301 978 5307, option #2.
  • For questions regarding administration, agreements and reporting, please contact the NASDAQ OMX Global Data Products Administration Team at +1 301 978 5307, option #3.

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