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CESR And CEBS Launch A Joint Consultation On Their Advice To The European Commission On Commodities Business

Date 15/05/2008

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) consult jointly on the Joint Call for Technical Advice related to the review under Articles 65(3)(a), (b) and (d) of MiFID and Article 48(2) of the Capital Adequacy Directive (CAD III) issued by the European Commission in December 2007.
UK's Financial Services Authority Fines Thinc Group £900,000 For Sub-Prime Record Keeping Failings

Date 15/05/2008

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Thinc Group Limited and two of its group companies (the firm) £900,000 for not having adequate risk management and compliance systems for its sub prime mortgage business and for failing to take reasonable care to ensure that it had records to prove that advice it gave to customers in relation to the sale of sub prime mortgages was suitable.
Liffe To Launch One Month Futures Contracts On Eonia And Sonia And Three Month Swap Index Futures On Eonia, In June 2008

Date 15/05/2008

Liffe announced that the Exchange will launch one month futures contracts on the “Eonia” (Euro Overnight Indexed Average) and the “Sonia” (Sterling Overnight Indexed Average), and a three month “Eonia” Swap Index futures contract in June 2008.
Terms Of Statutory Buy-Out Procedure For Remaining Euronext N.V. Shares Re Announced As Amsterdam Enterprise Chamber Renders Final Judgment

Date 15/05/2008

NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Euronext N.V. (NXT) announced today that the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeals has rendered its final judgment on the matter of the statutory buy-out of the remaining Euronext shareholders holding a minority of approximately 2% of the shares of Euronext N.V.
HKEx Resignation Of Director

Date 15/05/2008

The board of directors (“Board”) of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) announces that Mr David Michael Webb (“Mr Webb”) resigned as an independent non-executive director of HKEx effective 15 May 2008.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Modifications In Rubber, Platinum And Palladium Markets

Date 15/05/2008

The Board of Directors decided at the meeting held on May 14th, 2008, to implement the below modifications in the Rubber, Platinum and Palladium markets on and after June 2nd, 2008.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Trading Suspension Of Listed Companies Based In Sichuan Province - 3rd Phase

Date 15/05/2008

On May 14, 2008, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) has contacted with some listed companies based in earthquake-stricken area who disclosed earthquake related information and had company operations stabilized.
PrimeNewswire Enables Companies To Target Press Releases Toward Corporate Social Responsibility Conscious Media And Investors - Sustainability, Green Initiatives And Socially Responsible Investing Create Demand For Highly Specialized News Distribution

Date 15/05/2008

PrimeNewswire(sm), the news distribution subsidiary of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., has announced a channel relationship with CSRwire(r) -- The Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire. The relationship enhances PrimeNewswire clients' reach toward media and investors who concentrate on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.
EU-LAC: European Investment Bank & Inter-American Development Bank To Increase Co-Financing In Latin America, With Special Emphasis On Climate Change Mitigation

Date 15/05/2008

Institutional Commitments The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have committed to strengthen their cooperation and cofinancing to support strategic development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. In their meeting in the context of the Lima Summit, IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno and EIB Vice-President Carlos da Silva Costa decided to further engage both Institutions in joining their financial efforts to
PLUS Grabs Bebut Share Plc Liquidity

Date 15/05/2008

Share plc made its stock market debut today trading simultaneously on PLUS and AIM. Virtually all of the trading volume and liquidity was on PLUS. As the close approaches the numbers for Share plc are: PLUS: 454 bargains transacted for 690,670 shares traded AIM: 26 bargains transacted for 4,086 shares traded.