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HKEx: Report On Initial Public Offering Applications, Delisting Proceedings And Suspensions - As at 30 June 2008

Date 30/06/2008

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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 30/06/2008

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, June 24, 2008:

CME Group To Move Listing To The NASDAQ Stock Market - Listing To Switch From Dually-Listed Status To Solely Listed On The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Date 30/06/2008

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced today that CME Group (Nasdaq:CME) (NYSE:CME) will list its common stock solely on The NASDAQ Global Select Market. CME Group will cease listing on the NYSE on July 11, 2008 and commence trading on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on July 14, 2008 under the symbol (Nasdaq:CME). CME Group has been listed on the NYSE since December 2002 and dually listed its stock on the NASDAQ in May 2005.

Two New ETFs From ETFlab Launched On Xetra - Product Range Expanded To Include Two Etfs On DAX® And Dow Jones EURO STOXX® Select Dividend 30

Date 30/06/2008

Deutsche Börse is further expanding its XTF segment for exchange-traded index funds (ETFs) on the pan-European Xetra® trading platform and has admitted two new ETFs issued by ETFlab to trading.

IGBM Index New Composition For The Second Half 2008

Date 30/06/2008

The Indice General de la Bolsa de Madrid (IGBM) Management Committee has decided, in accordance with the technical provisions for the composition, calculation and sectoral division of the IGBM index family, to approve the composition of the IGBM and Indice Total indices for the second half of 2008.

FTSE MPF Index Series Changes Include New Daily Stock Capping And The Addition Of An Emerging Markets Index

Date 30/06/2008

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the global index provider, will implement changes to the FTSE MPF Index Series on 2 July 2008 including daily capping of stocks and the addition of two new indices, the FTSE MPF Emerging Markets Index and the FTSE MPF Asia-Pacific ex Jp incl HSBC, which will mean that the series now includes fifteen indices in total. These enhancements are as the result of a market consultation with Hong Kong Investment Fund Association (“HKIFA”) members at the end of 2007 and therefore

Euroclear Bank To Deliver More Fee Reductions

Date 30/06/2008

Euroclear Bank announces today a second round of fee reductions for 2008. Effective 1 July, clients will benefit from EUR 38 million in savings, bringing the total tariff reductions delivered in 2008 to more than EUR 100 million when including the EUR 70 million already implemented in January. Since 2006, overall client fees have dropped by 27% or EUR 244 million.

Investment Funds: SIS To Use Clearstream’s Vestima+

Date 30/06/2008

SIS, the Swiss Central Securities Depository, is now using Vestima+, Clearstream’s automated order routing system in order to streamline the process of its international investment funds activities.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Strengthens Its Position In The Region

Date 30/06/2008

The Warsaw Stock Exchange steadily strengthens its position in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. The WSE is the region’s unchallenged leader by the number of listed companies, the number of IPOs, and the derivative instruments market. The capitalisation gap between the WSE and the Wiener Boerse, considered to be the WSE’s main competitor, is gradually shrinking.

Turquoise Receives Regulatory Approval From The FSA

Date 30/06/2008

Turquoise, the pan European equity trading platform backed by nine of Europe’s leading investment banks, today announced that the Financial Services Authority has granted Turquoise authorisation to operate a Multi-lateral Trading Facility (MTF).