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The Channel Islands Stock Exchange Lists Europe’s Largest IPO This Year

Date 27/05/2009

Max Property Group Plc was admitted to the Daily Official List of The Channel Islands Stock Exchange, (CISX) today (Wednesday, 27 May 2009). The listing is on a primary basis and the issue of shares constitutes the largest Initial Public Offering (IPO) in Europe to date this year.
NASDAQ Market Pathfinders Recognized As The Best New Data Product - NASDAQ Market Pathfinders Provides Insight Into The Trading Patterns Of Well-Informed Market Participants

Date 27/05/2009

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.(sm) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced NASDAQ Market Pathfinders has been recognized as the Best New Data Product of the Year. This recognition of excellence was announced recently at the 7th annual Inside Market Data Awards event in New York. NASDAQ Market Pathfinders' recognition as the best new data product was determined by the readership of Inside Market Data, the publication of choice for senior level data and technology executives within the financial servic
London Stock Exchange Welcomes Max Property Group To AIM

Date 27/05/2009

The London Stock Exchange today welcomed Max Property Group (“Max”) to AIM, its international market for growing companies. Max, which began unconditional trading this morning, raised £220 million on admission to the market.
May 2009 Monthly Preliminary Performance Report Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Indexes

Date 27/05/2009

The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index was up 9.74% for the month of May. The Dow Jones-UBS Single Commodity Indexes for Unleaded Gas, Crude Oil and Silver had the strongest gains with month-to-date returns of 23.81%, 19.45%, and 18.46%, respectively. The Dow Jones-UBS Aluminum Sub-Index had the only downside performance in May, down -3.55%.
Standard & Poor's Launches S&P/TSX 60 Shariah Index

Date 27/05/2009

Standard & Poor's, the world's leading index provider, announced today the launch of a Shariah compliant version of the S&P/TSX 60. The S&P/TSX 60 Shariah Index is highly correlated to the S&P/TSX 60 Index, and as such provides a comparable investment portfolio while adopting explicit selection criteria defined by Islamic law.

Dow Jones Indexes Unveils Economic Stimulus Index - New Index Seeks To Capture Momentum Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009

Date 27/05/2009

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announce the launch of the Dow Jones U.S. Economic Stimulus Index. The index measures the performance of leading U.S. companies drawn from industries that are expected to receive stimulus dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The 50-stock Dow Jones U.S. Economic Stimulus Index seeks to capture the "momentum" of the U.S. economic stimulus package and its effect on the largest and most liquid st
The Carbon Rating Agency Publishes The First Risk Assessment Of A Programme Of Activities

Date 27/05/2009

Programmatic CDM is one of the most important developments in the CDM world and is attracting the interests of the most farsighted players in this space. It is being recognised as the natural bridge between the first and the second commitment period, and it has great potential to enable the move from measuring tons to constructively affecting the emission trends of developing countries. However, there has been a very slow uptake due to regulatory and design issues.
Financial Services: European Commission Proposes Stronger Financial Supervision In Europe

Date 27/05/2009

(see MEMO/09/251 ) The European Commission has adopted a Communication on Financial Supervision in Europe. The Communication proposes a set of ambitious reforms to the current architecture of financial services committees, with the creation
May 2009 “Islamic Market’s Measure” – Preliminary Report - Monthly Report On The Performance Of The Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes

Date 27/05/2009

Based on the close of trading on May 26, the global Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index, which measures the performance of 100 of the leading Shari’ah compliant stocks globally, gained 4.67% month-to-date, closing at 1739.68. In comparison, the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index, which measures the 50 biggest companies worldwide, posted a gain of 6.13%, closing at 141.69.
Eurex Expands Product Range To Include Agricultural Derivatives Four New Agricultural Futures To Be Launched In July 2009

Date 27/05/2009

The international derivatives exchange Eurex is expanding its product range to include the agricultural products asset class. Trading will start in July 2009 with four new futures based on the agricultural products hogs, piglets and potato crops (London potatoes and European processing potatoes). All four futures are settled in cash. Market price indices act as underlyings which in particular increase market transparency. Peter Reitz, member of the Eurex Executive Board, commented, “Our