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Date 23/10/2008

The FTSE/ATHEX Index Advisory Committee at its semi-annual meeting on Thursday, 23 October 2008 decided the following:
KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit At 60 Cents - Daily Price Limit For Trade Date October 24, 2008 At 60 Cents

Date 23/10/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures are at 60 cents for trade date October 24, 2008 (effective with the October 23 evening session).
Program Trading Averaged 17.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Oct. 13-17

Date 23/10/2008

The New York Stock Exchange, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Oct. 13-17.
FINRA Announces Agreements In Principle With Three Additional Firms To Settle Auction Rate Securities Violations - Agreements Include Offers To Repurchase Over $112 Million Of ARS Holdings At Par

Date 23/10/2008

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has reached agreements in principle with City National Securities (CNS), of Beverly Hills, CA, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC of New York and Harris Investor Services, Inc. of Chicago, to settle charges relating to the sale of Auction Rate Securities (ARS). Each of the principle agreements is subject to being formalized in an approved settlement document called a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (AWC).
Interim US Assistant Treasury Secretary For Financial Stability Neel Kashkari Testimony Before The Senate Committee On Banking, Housing And Urban Affairs

Date 23/10/2008

Chairman Dodd, Senator Shelby, members of the committee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I would like to provide an update on the Treasury Department's progress implementing our authorities under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

ETF Securities Completes Acquisition Of Gold Bullion Securities Products On London And Australian Stock Exchange - Management And Ownership Transfers To ETF Securities Limited - No Change To Operations And Trading

Date 23/10/2008

ETF Securities Limited, the innovator and pioneer of Exchange Traded Commodities (ETC), has formally completed the acquisition of the world's first gold ETCs - Gold Bullion Securities listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: GBS) and the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: GOLD).
CESR And ESCB Consult On Recommendations For Securities Clearing And Settlement Systems And Central Counterparties In The European Union

Date 23/10/2008

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) have published today the document entitled “Draft recommendations for securities clearing and settlement systems and draft recommendations for central counterparties in the European Union” for public consultation in the context of the joint work being undertaken by the ESCB and the CESR in the field of securities clearing and settlement. Part 1 of the consultation paper contains 19 recommend
Clearstream: New Global Note Facilitates Access To The Eurosystem

Date 23/10/2008

Issuers issuing assets in the Euro area denominated in US Dollars, Pounds Sterling and Japanese Yen may take immediate advantage of Clearstream’s New Global Note (NGN) facility to ensure that their securities can be considered as eligible as collateral for Eurosystem credit operations when complying with the ECB’s criteria.
EMXCo And FundSettle Further Automate Cross-Border Flows In UK Funds

Date 23/10/2008

Euroclear Bank’s FundSettle platform has launched an automated link to EMXCo’s EMX Message System. FundSettle specialises in cross-border fund settlement and asset servicing, and EMXCo is the UK’s leading provider of fund order routing.
CESR And ERGEG Publish For Consultation Their Advice To The European Commission In The Context Of The Third Energy Package

Date 23/10/2008

This consultation paper is the result of work done by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the European Regulators’ Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG) in response to a request for advice by the European Commission (Commission).