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CFTC Statement On MF Global

Date 17/03/2008

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight today issued the following statement regarding MF Global: “The CFTC’s Division of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight can confirm that MF Global is currently in compliance with the agency’s regulatory financial requirements. The CFTC continues to monitor the commodity futures and options markets very closely.”
Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton Regarding NYMEX Emissions Trading – “The Start Of Something Green”

Date 17/03/2008

NYMEX has great timing—it has chosen St. Patrick’s day to begin trading of its new “green” products. Today marks the commencement of trading in carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions products at NYMEX, making it the second exchange in the U.S. (in addition to the Climate Exchange in Chicago) to actively trade in these environmentally friendly and economically useful products.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 17/03/2008

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, March 17, 2008: RSX Energy Inc. (TSXVN:RSX) will be removed from the index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange pursuant to a successful Offer to Purchase.
KCBT Wheat Daily Price Limit At 90 Cents - Daily Price Limit For Trade Date March 18, 2008 At 90 cents

Date 17/03/2008

As a result of today's market activity, for trade date March 18, 2008 and effective with the March 17 evening session, KCBT Wheat daily price limits will expand to 90 cents. KCBT Rule 2006.00 may be viewed at: KCBT Rule Book
Quarterly Rebalancing For S&P/MIB Index

Date 17/03/2008

Standard & Poor’s as part of the quarterly rebalancing, will change the shares outstanding and the Investible Weight Factors for the S&P/MIB effective at the open of business Tuesday 25 March 2008, using opening prices.

U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear Further Appeals In NYMEX Copyright Case - Affirms Judgment In Favor Of IntercontinentalExchange

Date 17/03/2008

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global derivatives exchanges and over-the-counter markets, issued the following statement regarding today's decision by the United States Supreme Court to reject further appeals by the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) in long-running litigation, originally brought by NYMEX in 2002, over the right of global market participants to use publicly-available NYMEX settlement prices.
NYMEX Holdings, Inc. Statement Regarding Its Clearing Members And Financial Safeguards

Date 17/03/2008

NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today confirmed that all NYMEX clearing members, including MF Global, Inc. and Bear Stearns Securities Corp., continue to meet all of their obligations to NYMEX and remain in good standing.
First Morgan Stanley ETNs List On NYSE Arca - First ETNs To Provide Exposure To The Chinese And Indian Currencies

Date 17/03/2008

NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX ) today announced the launch of the first two Morgan Stanley Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs) with Van Eck Securities Corporation as the exclusive marketer.
CME Group Statement On MF Global In Good Standing At CME Clearing

Date 17/03/2008

CME Group confirms that all clearing members, including MF Global and Bear Stearns, remain in good standing and continue to meet all of their obligations to the clearing house.
ICE Confirms MF Global Remains In Good Standing

Date 17/03/2008

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, confirmed that MF Global continues to meet all obligations at its U.S. and Canadian futures clearing houses.