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UK City Minister Kitty Usher Announces Centre Of Excellence On Financial Regulation

Date 12/06/2008

The establishment of a new International Centre for Financial Regulation (ICFR), to be led by Barbara Ridpath as CEO, was announced today by Economic Secretary and City Minister Kitty Usher and Interim ICFR Chairman, Mervyn Davies.
Publication Of Global Commodities: A Long Term Vision For Stable, Secure And Sustainable Global Markets

Date 12/06/2008

Ahead of the G8 Finance Ministers meeting in Japan this week, the Treasury is today publishing an analysis of the trend and drivers in the commodity markets that have led to recent price increases: "Global Commodities: long-term vision for stable, secure and sustainable global markets".
New York Stock Exchange Proposes To Offer NYSE Realtime Reference Prices - Media And Internet Providers Will Buy Data From NYSE And Offer It Free To The Public

Date 12/06/2008

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), has proposed to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to introduce a new data product called NYSE Realtime Reference Prices that will allow media and Internet organizations to buy real-time, last-sale market data from the NYSE and provide it broadly and free of charge to the public. The NYSE anticipates that several major information providers will offer the data, and plans to launch the new product on or before
The Vienna Stock Exchange Increases Its Stake In The Budapest Stock Exchange

Date 12/06/2008

Wiener Börse AG, the exchange operating of the Vienna Stock Exchange, today announces it will be acquiring an additional 25.2% stake in the Budapest Stock Exchange, from UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt. Subject to the approval of the relevant authorities, Wiener Boerse AG will therefore hold a total share of 37.7% in the Budapest Stock Exchange. The total share held by the Austrian consortium is 68.8% and breaks down as follows: Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG 12.5%, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Öste
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Deutsche Securities Inc. Designated As An "Index Futures Supporter"

Date 12/06/2008

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) is pleased to announce that it has designated Deutsche Securities Inc. as an "Index Futures Supporter" as of June 16th, 2008.

Equiduct Trading’s Best Price (VBBO) Freely Accessible For Thomson Reuters Customers

Date 12/06/2008

Börse Berlin today announces that the core element of its Equiduct Trading platform, the VBBO (Volume Weighted Best Bid and Offer), is now able to demonstrate its quality as a trading benchmark for European markets. With immediate effect, Thomson Reuters will be making the VBBO benchmark available to customers and users of its Equities data feeds, within the framework of its real-time market data deliveries. Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for business
Shareholders Approve Name Change To TMX Group Inc.

Date 12/06/2008

At the Annual and Special Meeting in Toronto, shareholders of TSX Group Inc. today approved a resolution to change the name of the corporation to TMX Group Inc., following on the completion of the business combination with Montreal Exchange Inc.
Clearstream And Euroclear Further Upgrade The Daytime "Bridge"

Date 12/06/2008

Euroclear Bank and Clearstream Banking Luxembourg jointly announce today a further round of improvements to the automated daytime ‘Bridge’ between the two International Central Securities Depositories (ICSDs). The upgrade follows the successful completion of daytime Bridge improvements introduced in March 2007.
S&P Launches Thematic Indices For Asian Markets

Date 12/06/2008

Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading index provider, yesterday announced the launch of the S&P Asia Thematic Index Series, comprised of three new investable indices for Asian equity markets based on specialist investment themes. The S&P Asia Infrastructure Index, S&P Asia Water Index and S&P Asia Alternative Energy Index will provide investors with diversified exposure to leading publicly listed companies operating within these themes across seven developed and emerging Asian markets.
SWX Swiss Exchange Fines Bossard Holding AG

Date 12/06/2008

The SWX Swiss Exchange has fined Bossard Holding AG for breaching certain provisions of the IFRS accounting standards in its 2007 consolidated financial statements. The fine relates to a failure to properly disclose the correction of errors.