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First North American Company Joins Alternext

Date 25/01/2007

Alternext, the Euronext market dedicated to small and mid-cap stocks, today welcomed its first North American business, Canada's H2O Innovation.
American Stock Exchange Appoints The Investment Bank Morgan Stanley To Assist On Demutualization Plan

Date 25/01/2007

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) announced today that the Amex Board of Governors and The Amex Membership Corporation have appointed Morgan Stanley to advise it on the preparation and execution of a demutualization plan for the Exchange as well as potential strategic future initiatives.
Deutsche Börse: Exchange Council Resolves New Criteria For The Allocation Of Order Books - Focus On Performance Of The Lead Brokers - Criteria Valid As Of 1 February - Allocation Period Now 30 Months

Date 25/01/2007

The Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange resolved new criteria for the allocation of order books on Wednesday. The new procedure focuses solely on the performance of the lead brokers. The new regulations will come into force on 1 February 2007, and the order books will be reallocated on first of May 2007 and will be valid for 30 month. The new criteria will continue to guarantee the high quality of price determination during floor trading for investors and commerce in the future.<
FSA Bans IFA From Doing Business

Date 25/01/2007

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has placed a ban on Mr George Robert Piggott prohibiting him from carrying out any function in relation to any regulated activities in the financial services industry.
Bolsas y Mercados Españoles Will Distribute A Dividend Worth €50 Million Tomorrow - It Represents 0,598 Euro Per Share, A Year On Year Increase Of 105% - In 4 Years BME Has Distributed €459.2 Million To Its Shareholders

Date 25/01/2007

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) will distribute tomorrow a €50 million interim dividend charged to the 2006 consolidated results, which represents € 0,598 per share, an increase of 105% in respect to the 2005 interim dividend.

EEX Sees Free Market Called Into Question By Political Sector Political Attacks Emphasise Emotional Character Instead Of Objectivity – Amendment Of The Act Against Restraints Of Competition May Lead To Break With Principle Of Liberalized Markets

Date 25/01/2007

“We seem to live in an age of political actionism. While tremendous efforts for the further development of the energy markets throughout Europe are under way on a European level, there are enormous backward trends at the level of the member states – now even in Germany. As an institution under public law, which also has a clear task set by the legislature, European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) simply has to comment to this“, Dr. Hans-Bernd Menzel, CEO of the Leipzig-based European energy exchange
CESR Publishes Responses Received To Its Consultation On Use Of Reference Data Standard Codes In Transaction Reporting

Date 25/01/2007

Click here to view responses received to CESR's Consultation on use of reference data standard codes in transaction reporting.
Bolsas y Mercados Españoles To Triple Its I.T. Platform Capacity To Cope With Increased Transaction Volume

Date 25/01/2007

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) has tripled its electronic trading system’s capacity to accommodate, through SIBE, higher market activity expected in the future as well as the increasing number of transactions on the market. In 2006 SIBE recorded over 200 million transactions.
Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Of Interest Rate Financial Futures Contracts Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 January 2007

Date 25/01/2007

TFX announced the temporary change of trading hours for all Interest Rate Financial Futures Contracts on 30 January 2007, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
Patsystems Appoints Client Services Director

Date 25/01/2007

Patsystems plc, the global supplier of trading and risk solutions, has appointed Kieron O’Toole as Client Services Director. The position is a new role within the Company and Kieron will be responsible for all elements of the software release process and installations, as well as global support operations.