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BISX Year End Statistical Report For 2007

Date 16/01/2008

Tim Ryan Appointed CEO Of SIFMA

Date 16/01/2008

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today announced that it has appointed T. Timothy Ryan, Jr. as Chief Executive Officer. Ryan will spend the remainder of January visiting with regional members and other major constituents. Beginning in early February, he will be headquartered in SIFMA’s New York office.

Regulation And Listed Corporates: The AMF's New Quarterly Newsletter

Date 16/01/2008

The AMF is launching a new quarterly newsletter titled Regulation and Listed Corporates. The launch is part of the AMF's Better Regulation initiative aimed at fostering closer industry dialogue, explaining its activities more clearly and promoting the French regulatory model internationally.

CFTC Proposes To Expand Registration Exemption For Foreign-Based Intermediaries

Date 16/01/2008

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed Regulation 3.10(c)(4) that would permit certain foreign firms to introduce institutional U.S. customers to registered Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) in connection with trading on U.S. exchanges, without having to register as an introducing broker (IB).

CME Group Issues Statement In Response To SEC Ruling On CBOE Exercise Rights

Date 16/01/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, issued the following statement in response to the SEC's ruling on Chicago Board Options Exchange's (CBOE) "rule interpretation" terminating exercise rights and creating a temporary trading permit program:

Börse Berlin Equiduct Trading Selects Kts For Market Data Web Portal

Date 16/01/2008

Börse Berlin announced today that it has selected KTS Plc, a leading provider of real-time market data solutions, to develop and provide ongoing hosting for the Web Portal giving online access to real-time market data to be produced by Börse Berlin Equiduct Trading at the launch of its new pan-European trading platform ETS. The system will be accessible via the Börse Berlin Equiduct Trading website from April 2008 enabling users to view the Equiduct VBBO (Virtual Best Bid/Offer). Pre and pos

Reps. Fossella And Sessions Meet With Dallas Financial Leaders As Part Of Task Force on Capital Markets And U.S. Competitiveness - Fossella Continues Field Meetings To Develop Legislative Recommendations For Reform

Date 16/01/2008

Congressman Vito Fossella’s (R-NY13) most recent field meeting of his Task Force on ways to enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. capital markets, which was held this past Monday in Dallas, Texas, focused primarily on the issue of regulatory reform. Joining Fossella at the meetings was Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX32), a member of the Task Force and the House Financial Services Committee.

PLUS market report – December 2007 - PLUS Markets Finishes A Momentous 2007 With Strong December Trading …… And An Even Stronger Start To 2008

Date 16/01/2008

Trading activity on PLUS rounded off the year strongly in December with 207,113 bargains worth £1.8 billion. Notwithstanding that its new trading platform only went live at the start of November, trading value for the whole of 2007 was up 150% compared to 2006 and number of bargains increased by 108% in 2007 against the same year.

SEC Unanimously Approves CBOE Rule Interpretation - Exercise Right Eligibility Terminates - CBOE To Seek Dismissal Of Exercise Right Litigation By Former CBOT Members

Date 16/01/2008

Today, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced the following:

OMX Nordic Exchange: Share Series In The Hextech Index February 1, 2008 – July 31, 2008

Date 16/01/2008

The HEXTech index is a capitalisation-weighted and free float adjusted index. It contains the 10 most traded technology share series in terms of their daily median turnover for the preceding calendar half-year listed in Helsinki on the Nordic Stock Exchange. The new structure of the HEXTech index will become effective on February 1, 2008.