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Deutsche Börse: Preliminary Scenario Calculation For Equity Indices - New Weightings In Equity Indices Effective On 22 September

Date 17/09/2008

Effective 22 September, new index weights will apply for companies in equity indices of Deutsche Börse. Deutsche Börse released the preliminary weighting figures on Wednesday. An update of the preliminary weighting will be published on Friday. The preliminary data can be downloaded from the Deutsche Börse website (
Turquoise Exchange Goes Live With Progress Apama - Real-Time Market Surveillance Capabilities Help Distinguish New Trading Platform

Date 17/09/2008

Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a leading provider of application infrastructure software to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced that Turquoise, the pan-European equity trading platform backed by nine of Europe's leading investment banks, has gone live with its deployment of the Progress(R) Apama(R) CEP platform as part of its real-time and post-trade market surveillance system. With its use of Progress Apama, Turquoise can assure traders

SICOM To Launch New Electronic Trading System On 29 September 2008

Date 17/09/2008

Singapore Commodity Exchange (SICOM), a company of Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX), is pleased to announce that it will launch its new electronic trading system, E-SICOM, on 29 September 2008.

HKEx: Request For Expression Of Interest In A Project On Free Dissemination Of Basic Real-Time Market Prices On Websites

Date 17/09/2008

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Wednesday) that it would issue a request for expressions of interest (RFI) from the market in developing a business model for the free dissemination of basic real-time HKEx market prices on websites.

CME Group Issues Order Concerning AIG Block Trades

Date 17/09/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, has issued the following statement: "CME Group took an emergency action today to facilitate the reduction of the positions of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) and its subsidiaries and to protect the orderly functioning of the market. The agreed-upon order permits the limited execution of block trades by AIG in certain CME and CBOT commodity futures products, including Soybeans, Soybean Oil, Corn, Wheat, Liv

Federal Reserve Board, With Full Support Of The Treasury Department, Authorizes The Federal Reserve Bank Of New York To Lend Up To $85 Billion To The American International Group (AIG)

Date 17/09/2008

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday, with the full support of the Treasury Department, authorized the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to lend up to $85 billion to the American International Group (AIG) under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. The secured loan has terms and conditions designed to protect the interests of the U.S. government and taxpayers. The Board determined that, in current circumstances, a disorderly failure of
CBOE: Second-Best Day In Its History—8.56 Million Contracts—As CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) Options Set Daily Volume Record Of Nearly 427,000 Contracts

Date 16/09/2008

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today recorded the second-best volume in its 35-year history as a reported 8,562,924 contracts changed hands. Last year, CBOE all-time volume hit 9.24 million contracts on August 16.
AIG Issues Statement To Address Policyholder Concerns

Date 16/09/2008

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) today said that AIG's life insurance, general insurance and retirement services businesses, including its extensive Asian operations, continue to operate normally and remain adequately capitalized and fully capable of meeting their obligations to policyholders.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones And Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Indexes

Date 16/09/2008

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and STOXX Ltd., the leading provider of European equity indexes, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend 100 Index and Dow Jones STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 Index.
Written Testimony Of CFTC Chief Economist Jeffrey Harris, Senate Energy Subcommittee Of The Committee On Energy And Natural Resources

Date 16/09/2008

Click here to download the written testimony of CFTC Chief Economist Jeffrey Harris to the Senate Energy Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.