FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

News Centre

News

SEC Proposes Comprehensive Reforms To Bring Increased Transparency To Credit Rating Process

Date 11/06/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to formally propose a comprehensive series of credit rating agency reforms to bring increased transparency to the ratings process and curb practices that contributed to recent turmoil in the credit markets.
KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit For Trade Date June 12, 2008 At 90 Cents

Date 11/06/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures are at 90 cents for trade date June 12, 2008 (effective with the June 11 evening session).
Shareholders Approve Name Change To TMX Group Inc.

Date 11/06/2008

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.
SIFMA’s Credit Rating Agency Task Force: SEC Credit Rating Agency Proposals Should Not Require Rating Modifiers

Date 11/06/2008

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) Credit Rating Agency Task Force has voiced its concerns with the proposal articulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at today’s Open Meeting of the SEC on rules relating to Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations.
CME Group Appoints Andrea Pine As Director, Human Resources (HR) Business Partners

Date 11/06/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced the appointment of Andrea Pine as Director, Human Resources (HR) Business Partners. Pine, 45, will be responsible for leading CME Group's new HR Business Partners team, which was created to deliver customized human resources programs to each of CME Group's operating divisions. She will report to Hilda Harris Piell, Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer.

Invensys, Ferrexpo, Petrofac & Drax Group To Join FTSE 100

Date 11/06/2008

FTSE Group (“FTSE”) confirms today that Alliance and Leicester, Persimmon, Home Retail Group and Tate & Lyle will leave the FTSE 100 and be replaced by global group Invensys, mining company Ferrexpo, oil services firm Petrofac and power station operator Drax Group.
CME Group Foreign Exchange Contracts Reaches Second Highest Volume Day - Exchange Establishes New Notional Value Record For Currencies

Date 11/06/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX), reached the second-highest day of volume trading with 1,264,086 futures and options on futures contracts traded, only surpassed on December 8, 2006, when 1,268,883 contracts were traded.
CME Group Foreign Exchange Contracts Reaches Second Highest Volume Day; Exchange Establishes New Notional Value Record For Currencies

Date 11/06/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX), reached the second-highest day of volume trading with 1,264,086 futures and options on futures contracts traded, only surpassed on December 8, 2006, when 1,268,883 contracts were traded.
Competition Concerns Prompt FOA To Commission Survey On The Impact Of Exchange-Integrated Clearing On Listed Derivatives Market Participants

Date 11/06/2008

In light of the recent publicity surrounding ICE Clear, LIFFE Clear and the prospect for a Clearing and Settlement Code of Conduct for listed derivatives, the Futures and Options Association (FOA) today announced the appointment of Oxera, an independent economics consultancy, to survey a broad cross-section of market participants and organisations involved in the listed derivatives market on the impact of exchange-integrated clearing. The focus will be on its advantages and disadvantages; the
FTSE Global Markets Magazine - June Issue

Date 11/06/2008

The new issue of FTSE Global Markets magazine is now available from www.ftse.com.