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Trading And Clearing Arrangements For HKEx Futures And Options

Date 18/03/2008

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced trading and clearing arrangements for HKEx Futures and Option contracts open on Monday, 7 April 2008 to account for the change in HKEx's board lot from 500 shares to 100 shares with effect from 7 April 2008.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: Trading And Clearing Timetable On Tuesday, 18th March 2008

Date 18/03/2008

Further to our previous announcements and due to continuous sanctions taken by the TASE's employees, there is a concern that as well as yesterday, today, Tuesday, 18th March 2008, it will be impossible to conduct trading in accordance with the ordinary timetable.
Chi-X Europe Extends Trading Services To Swedish Stocks

Date 18/03/2008

Chi-X ® Europe Limited, the first live, pan-European equity multilateral trading facility (MTF), today announced that it is successfully trading, clearing and settling the top five component stocks of the OMX Stockholm 30 index and plans to introduce the remainder of the indices' names by the end of the month. The first stocks trading on Chi-X Europe are: Ericsson 'B', Volvo 'B' AB, Atlas Copco 'A' AB, TeliaSonera AB and Hennes & Mauritz 'B' AB.
NYSE Euronext And Abu Dhabi Securities Market Enter Strategic Cooperation Agreement

Date 18/03/2008

NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) have entered a cooperation agreement to jointly develop and explore new opportunities in trading systems and other related technology, investor and issuer services, and investment products.
Preliminary Scenario Calculation For Equity Indices - Changes In Equity Indices Effective On 25 March - Launch Of New Sectoral Divisions And Index Family DAX International

Date 18/03/2008

ffective 25 March, new index weights will apply for companies in equity indices of Deutsche Börse. Deutsche Börse released the preliminary weighting figures on Tuesday. An update of the preliminary weighting will be published on Thursday. The preliminary data can be downloaded from the Deutsche Börse website (www.deutsche-boerse.com). The final figures based on Thursday’s Xetra closing prices wil

NYSE Euronext Authorizes $1 Billion Stock Repurchase Program - Establishes Dividend Policy And Raises Dividend By 20%

Date 18/03/2008

NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced today that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $1 billion of NYSE Euronext's common stock. The Board of NYSE Euronext also approved a 20% increase in its annual dividend to $1.20 from $1.00 per common share as part of a new dividend policy to grow the dividend to its shareholders, with a target payout ratio of 35% to 45 % of net income, while maintaining high investment grade credit ratings.
Japan's Financial Services Agency Answers To Your Questions About The Financial Instruments And Exchange Act

Date 18/03/2008

On February 21, 2008, the Financial Services Agency and the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission published “Our Answers to Your Questions about the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act”, which sets out the authorities’ views on frequently asked questions and common misunderstandings regarding the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. This document was made available in order to promote the public understanding of the intent and purpose of the Financial Instrumen
Lyxor AM And SGX Introduce Asia’s First India ETF On Nifty

Date 18/03/2008

Lyxor International Asset Management (“Lyxor AM”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Société Générale, and Singapore Exchange Limited (“SGX”) today announced that Lyxor ETF India (S&P CNX NIFTY) (“Lyxor ETF India Nifty”) will be listed on SGX on 28 March 2008. This is the first India ETF in Asia to be based on the Nifty index.
Osaka Securities Exchange: Revision Of Earnings And Dividend Forecasts For Fiscal Year 2007

Date 18/03/2008

Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) announces that, at the Board of Directors meeting held today, it was resolved to revise the earnings forecast for Fiscal Year 2007 (from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008) and the year-end dividend forecast, which were previously announced on January 22, 2008.
Steve White New ESF Chairman

Date 17/03/2008

The board of directors of the European Securitisation Forum (ESF), an affiliate of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, has elected Steve White as its chairman for 2008. White is co-head of European Securitisation for Morgan Stanley in London.