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  • Key Figures SWX Swiss Exchange And virt-x: March 2007 And 1st Quarter 2007

    Date 04/04/2007

    Trading activity in March 2007 was again at a record level. Total turnover on SWX and virt-x amounted to CHF 252 billion. That corresponds to 19.9 % increase over February 2007 and was mainly attributable to a 20.4% rise in share turnover (including funds) as well as a 65.3% leap in international bond trading. Moreover, it was the largest single-month turnover ever recorded on SWX/virt-x. The major stock indices managed to recover during the month, with the blue chip SMI® index closing out Ma

  • Performance Of Listed Exchanges And The FTSE/Mondo Visione Exchanges Index To End March 2007

    Date 04/04/2007

    Click here to download analysis of the performance of the FTSE/MV Exchange Index to end March 2007.

  • Shares Of NYSE Euronext Begin Trading, Marking The Beginning Of The First Truly Global Financial Marketplace

    Date 04/04/2007

    The shares of NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) began trading today, first on Euronext in Paris at 9:00 a.m. (CET) and soon to follow in New York on the NYSE at 9:30 a.m. (EST). The opening share price on Euronext Paris for the newly merged company was €75. A total of 257,598,971 NYSE Euronext shares were admitted to listing. On the basis of the first price traded on Euronext, the market capitalization of NYSE Euronext stands at €19.32 billion/$25.81 billion, making the company the world's

  • Kookmin Bank, Korea’s Leading Bank, Chooses Vestima+

    Date 04/04/2007

    Kookmin’s bank, South Korea’s leading bank and investment fund distributor, has chosen Vestima+, Clearstream’s automated order routing service for the investment funds industry thus allowing Vestima+ to enter the Korean market, one of the biggest domestic markets in Asia for mutual funds

  • Eurex To Launch UK Products In May - Eurex To Offer Single Stock Futures On 17 UK stocks

    Date 04/04/2007

    Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, will expand its product portfolio and introduce 17 single stock futures (SSF) – on the Royal Dutch Shell shares and on the 16 sterling denominated components of the Dow Jones STOXX 50 index. The contracts will be available as of 21 May 2007. With this step, Eurex lists for the first time products denominated in British Pounds (GBP). The new futures cover shares of the largest UK companies, among others Barclays, BP, HSBC, Lloyds TSB and Vodafone.

  • AMF Launches Consultation On Draft Amendments To Market Infrastructure Of General Regulation - Transposing The Markets In Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID

    Date 04/04/2007

    For the purpose of transposing MiFID, AMF is today launching a public consultation on a set of draft amendments to Book V (Market Infrastructures) of its General Regulation.

  • Axiss Australia a2a Newsletter Issue 155, 3 April 2007

    Date 04/04/2007

    a2a e-newsletter is a the fortnightly bulletin compiled by Axiss Australia. a2a provides a summary of key events in Australia's financial services industry and their implications for Australia's position as a global financial services centre.

  • d-cyphaTrade: Futures And Options Trading Exceeds 200% Of NEM Physical Demand

    Date 04/04/2007

    In March 2007, Electricity Futures & Options continued to set new records with traded volume representing the equivalent of over 240% of National Electricity Market (NEM) physical demand (NSW, VIC, QLD & SA). This marks the 3rd consecutive month of exceeding 100% of NEM physical demand. Total traded volume for the month was an impressive 18,624 contracts*, which equates to a daily average turnover of 847 contracts*. This represents approximately 40.13 million MWh and has a face value of approxim

  • Shanghai Stock Exchange And OECD: Internal And External Regulatory Mechanism Established To Improve Corporate Governance

    Date 04/04/2007

    On March 29, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) co-sponsored the "Symposium on China's Corporate Governance Policies" in Shanghai. Attending the symposium were nearly 100 experts and scholars from OECD, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the Development Research Center of the State Council, listed companies and research institutions at home and

  • NASDAQ Introduces a China Equities Index

    Date 03/04/2007

    The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ(r)) (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced plans to introduce the NASDAQ China Index(sm) (Nasdaq:CHNX), which is designed to track the performance of the largest Chinese companies whose securities are listed and actively traded in the U.S. NASDAQ will begin disseminating the Index during the second quarter of 2007.