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Associations Unveil Roadmap For Efficient Transatlantic Financial Regulation

Date 01/04/2008

As part of a coalition of 11 European and North American trade associations, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today released a report on improving cross-border financial services regulation.

KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit For Trade Date April 2, 2008 At 60 cents

Date 01/04/2008

Price limits for KCBT hard red winter wheat futures remain at 60 cents for trade date April 2, 2008 (effective with the April 1 evening session).

NYSE Euronext To Issue First-Quarter 2008 Financial Results And Conduct Conference Call On May 6, 2008

Date 01/04/2008

CFTC Seeks Public Comment On NYMEX Exemption Request Involving Three New Contracts To Be Traded On The Dubai Mercantile Exchange

Date 01/04/2008

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is requesting public comment on a petition submitted by the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) to amend an existing order in connection with contracts traded on the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME).

CBOE Average Daily Volume Climbs 23% In March - Average Daily Volume Of 4.6 Million, Total Volume Of 92.9 Million Contracts - Trading In Options On Exchange Traded Funds Grows By 42%

Date 01/04/2008

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that average daily volume in March was 4,647,680 contracts traded per day, up 23% when compared to the 3,771,082 contracts per day during March 2007.Total exchange volume during March rose 12% to 92,953,594 contracts, up from March 2007's volume of 82,963,812 contracts.

NYMEX To Change Margins For Oman Crude Oil Futures Contracts

Date 01/04/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for the Oman crude oil futures contact, effective at the close of business tomorrow.

KCBT Annual Volume Running Ahead Of 2007 - Annual Exchange Volume 14.1 Percent Ahead Of Last Year At This Time

Date 01/04/2008

The Kansas City Board of Trade annual trading volume for the hard red winter wheat futures contract is running 16.7 percent ahead of last year at this time, at 997,994 contracts. Total exchange volume of 1,068,416 contracts is ahead of last year by 14.1 percent.

Top Global Financial Institution Starts Operations On The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 01/04/2008

On 1 April 2008 HSBC Bank plc. started operating at the WSE as a WSE Remote Member, trading in all securities on its own and on its clients’ account.

Eurex Trading Volumes Of 183 Million Contracts - Average Daily Volume In Q1 At 9.1 Million Contracts (+26 Percent) - 22 Percent Rise Of Trading Volume In Q1 Compared To Q1/2007

Date 01/04/2008

Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, reported a total of 183 million contracts traded in March 2008. Compared year-on-year the volume stood at 199 million contracts. The daily average volume was 9.6 million in March; in the first quarter 2008 daily average volume was 9.1 million contracts. Compared to Q1 in 2007 this is a rise of 26 percent (Q1 2007: 7.3 million). In Q1 2008 a total of 570 million contracts were traded compared to 467 million contracts in the first quarter of 2007 (+ 2

Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services: Latest Developments On Policy Response To Financial Turmoil - European Parliament's Committee On Economic And Monetary Affairs, Brussels, 1st April 2008

Date 01/04/2008

Madam Chair, Honourable Members, Ahead of the latest ECOFIN Council I would like to brief you on the latest developments related to the policy response to the financial turmoil, as well as the Lamfalussy review and the issue of supervisory convergence. I welcome the opportunity to hear your views on these issues before our discussions in Ljubljana on Friday and Saturday. I will also touch upon EU/US relations.