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  • Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes - Index Review Results: 3rd Quarter 2008

    Date 17/09/2008

    Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the results of the regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes. All changes will be effective at the start of trading on Monday, September 22, 2008.

  • Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

    Date 17/09/2008

    Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, September 17, 2008: The shares of Maximus Ventures Ltd. (TSXVN:MXV) will be removed from the index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange pursuant to a plan of arrangement with NFX Gold Inc. (TSXVN:NFX). The shares of NFX Gold Inc. (TSXVN:NFX) will trade under the new name Bear Lake Gold Ltd. The new ticker symbol will be "BLG" an

  • CBOE Experiences Busiest Trading Day In Its History - Volume Of 9.7 Million Contracts Beats Previous Record

    Date 17/09/2008

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that it experienced the busiest trading day in its 35-year history today as a reported 9,728,519 contracts changed hands.This surpassed the previous record of 9,244,732 contracts set on August 16, 2007. Today's volume record follows on the heels of yesterday's total - almost 8.6 million contracts - the third best in CBOE's history.

  • GL TRADE Announces That Its Main Shareholders Have Accepted Sungard’s Offer To Acquire GL TRADE For €41.70 Per Share

    Date 17/09/2008

    GL TRADE, global provider of multi-market and multi-asset solutions for international financial institutions, today announced that its main shareholders, Euronext Paris S.A., Gagnières, and Messrs. Pierre Gatignol, Louis-Christophe Laurent and Frédéric Morin, have accepted SunGard’s offer to acquire their majority stake in GL TRADE representing, directly and indirectly, 64.52% of GL TRADE’s share capital, at a price of €41.70 per GL TRADE share. The price offered implies an equity value of €

  • SIFMA Issues Exposure Draft Of Model Municipal Bond Purchase Agreement

    Date 17/09/2008

    The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today issued an exposure draft of a Model Bond Purchase Agreement for use in connection with municipal securities including those that are fixed, variable rate, auction and credit-enhanced. The Agreement is not intended for use in connection with conduit financing transactions, although SIFMA will consider at a future date whether to undertake the preparation of other forms of model bond purchase agreements.