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UK's Financial Services Authority: Wider Access For Retail Customers To Alternative Investments

Date 27/03/2007

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today set out proposals that would allow UK retail consumers to invest in funds of hedge funds and other alternative investments sold by firms authorised in the UK.
SGX Statement On SESOPS Trading Terminals (Update At 6.30 P.M.)

Date 27/03/2007

SGX has noted access difficulties on many of the SESOPS trading terminals from 8.45am to 10.00am this morning. We have currently isolated the cause of the trading incident to one group of SESOPS trading terminals. We have rectified the situation and we will continue to monitor it closely.
NYSE Euronext Offer For Euronext Shares Is Successful - Euronext Shareholders Tender 91.4% Of Their Shares In The Friendly Offer Initiated By NYSE Euronext

Date 27/03/2007

Today the French market regulator Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) published the preliminary results of the exchange offer by NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE Euronext), through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary NYSE Euronext (Holding) N.V., for all outstanding shares of Euronext N.V. (Euronext). The offer expired on March 21, 2007. From February 15, 2007 to March 21, 2007, 102,897,398 Euronext shares were tendered representing 91.4% of Euronext’s share capital and 92.2% of the voting rights
Japan-EU High Level Meeting On Financial Issues, 26 March 2007, Tokyo

Date 27/03/2007

The Japan-EU High Level Meeting on Financial Issues was held in Tokyo on 26 March 2007. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Junichi Maruyama, Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs of the Financial Services Agency (JFSA), and by Mr. Pierre Delsaux, Director, Directorate-F of DG Internal Market and Services of the European Commission (EC). A number of officials participated in the meeting from both sides.
SGX Statement On SESOPS Trading Terminals

Date 27/03/2007

SGX has noted access difficulties on many of the SESOPS trading terminals from 8.45am to 10.00am this morning. Trading via SGXAccess has been unaffected. We note that trading on all terminals has since been operating normally.

The Second Japan-EU Monitoring Meeting On Developments In Accounting And Auditing Issues''

Date 27/03/2007

The second Japan-EU Monitoring Meeting on Developments in Accounting and Auditing issues was held in Tokyo on March 23rd and 26th, 2007. Mr. Maruyama, Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, and other representatives attended the meeting from the FSA.
Tokyo Grain Exchange: Change In The Contract Unit Of Corn

Date 27/03/2007

The contract unit of corn changes because of the contract in May, 2008.
Remarks By Mary L. Schapiro, Chairman & CEO, NASD , SIFMA Compliance & Legal Division's 38th Annual Seminar, JW Marriott Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ, March 26, 2007

Date 26/03/2007

Good morning. It is once again a great pleasure to be with you at one of the most important gatherings in our industry.
Standard & Poor’s Announces The S&P/TSX Canadian Bond Index Rebalancing Report For March 2007

Date 26/03/2007

Standard & Poor’s has completed the monthly rebalancing of the S&P/TSX Canadian Bond Index. According to index methodology, the universe of Canadian bonds is exhaustively reviewed to reflect changes in par amount and term to existing index constituents. Qualifying new issues are added to the index and existing constituents that no longer meet the criteria for inclusion are removed.
Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange (BM&F) Operational Qualification Program (PQO)

Date 26/03/2007

In the beginning of 2005, BM&F launched the Program for Strengthening the Brokerage Sector, which encompasses a series of initiatives aimed primarily at providing economic and operational solidity to the brokers in the derivatives markets.