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NYMEX Announces Hours And Fees For Side By Side COMEX Metals Futures Contracts On CME Globex®

Date 29/11/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced hours and fees for the COMEX gold, silver, copper and aluminum futures contracts that will be offered for side by side trading on the CME Globex electronic trading platform on December 3 for trade date December 4.
NYMEX Announces Specifications for the Nine New Metals Contracts on CME Globex®

Date 29/11/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced specifications for its COMEX miNYTM, Asian metals, and London metals futures contracts which will be traded on the CME Globex® electronic trading platform beginning on December 3 for trade date December 4.
TSX Venture Exchange President Linda Hohol To Retire - Kevan Cowan Named As President Of TSX Venture Exchange

Date 29/11/2006

Richard Nesbitt, CEO of TSX Group Inc. today announced that Linda Hohol, the President of TSX Venture Exchange, has chosen to retire after five years from her position with TSX Group, effective April 30, 2007. Mr. Nesbitt said, “Linda has been tireless in her work heading up the junior market and is well known and respected in the community. She has been a strong leader and vocal advocate of TSX Venture Exchange since her appointment in 2002 and her efforts have helped build the market into a
NYSE To Eliminate Listing Fee Applicable To Issuers Transferring From Other Markets

Date 29/11/2006

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), a subsidiary of NYSE Group, Inc., (NYSE: NYX) today filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for immediate effectiveness a proposal to eliminate the initial listing fee and one-time special charge applicable to corporate issuers transferring from another equities market to the NYSE. The elimination of the fees, which currently apply to both U.S. and non-U.S. issuers, will be effective immediately pending SEC waiver of regulatory waiting pe
Scott Taub, Deputy Chief Accountant, To Leave SEC

Date 29/11/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Scott A. Taub, Deputy Chief Accountant in the Office of the Chief Accountant, will leave the Commission later this year. Mr. Taub played a key role in the Commission's implementation of the accounting reforms under the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Office of the Chief Accountant, including resolution of accounting and auditing practice issues, rulemaking, oversight of private secto

Lehman Brothers Names Satu Parikh Global Head Of Commodities

Date 29/11/2006

Lehman Brothers, the global investment bank, today announced that Satu Parikh has been named global head of Commodities. Previously, he was head of Liquid Markets, Asia, which included coverage of rates, foreign exchange and commodities. Mr. Parikh will relocate to the Firm’s headquarters in New York and report to Kaushik Amin, global head of Liquid Markets.
Introduction Of Punch Telematix N.V. On Euronext.

Date 29/11/2006

Today 4,080,978 ordinary shares of the company Punch Telematix were admitted on the regulated market Eurolist by Euronext Brussels. The IPO consisted of a total offering of 1,548,076 shares (over-allotment included), raising a total of EUR 20.1 million of which EUR 17.5 million capital increase.
CESR Publishes The Responses Received To Its Consultation On The List Of Minimum Records In Article 51(3) Of The MiFID Implementing Directive

Date 29/11/2006

MiFID establishes that competent authorities shall draw up and maintain a list of the minimum records investment firms are required to keep. In this regard, CESR is considering, as described in its consultation paper (Ref. CESR/06-552), issuing a recommendation to its members with the content of the list of minimum records that competent authorities need to develop. It is important to note, however, that CESR is not proposing to harmonise the content of the different records in the list. CESR
UK Economic Secretary Leads Discussion On City Competitiveness

Date 29/11/2006

The Economic Secretary, Ed Balls, today set out the next steps in the Government's wider dialogue on how best to ensure the continued global success and competitiveness of the UK based financial sector - a dialogue which began with the Chancellor's High Level Group in October. Speaking at a City Competitiveness Breakfast, which brought together leading members of the UK financial service sector, the Economic Secretary announced the following meetings in the new year:A discussion o
November 2006 Preliminary IPO Report - A Monthly Report From STOXX Ltd. On European Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

Date 29/11/2006

Based on the close of trading on November 28, in November 2006, 30 companies went public in Europe, out of which seven companies were added to the Dow Jones STOXX IPO Indexes. To be included in the Dow Jones STOXX IPO Indexes companies must have a free float market capitalization between 100 million EUR and 3 billion EUR on the listing date.