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Speech By SEC Commissioner Annette L. Nazareth: Remarks Before The SIFMA Risk Management Conference

Date 02/07/2007

Good afternoon. It is always a pleasure to speak at SIFMA Risk Management conferences — the work you do managing the operational, credit, and market risk exposures of your firms is critical to their success and the stability of the broader financial markets. Given the pace at which these markets innovate and thus pose new challenges to people in your position, I appreciate your taking the time to be here today. Before I begin, I must convey that the views I express are my personal views
NYMEX To Launch Two Ethanol Swap Futures Contracts On NYMEX ClearPort®

Date 02/07/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced that it will introduce two new ethanol swap futures contacts on NYMEX ClearPort, beginning on July 8 for trade date July 9.
Proxy Governance And Egan-Jones Recommend CBOT Stockholders Vote For Merger With CME - CBOT/CME Merger Has Support From Four Leading Proxy Advisory Firms

Date 02/07/2007

CBOT Holdings, Inc., holding company for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) (NYSE: BOT), one of the leading global derivatives exchanges, today announced that two additional proxy advisory firms, Proxy Governance Inc. and Egan-Jones Proxy Services, have recommended that CBOT Holdings stockholders vote FOR the merger agreement with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME) at the Special Stockholders Meeting scheduled for July 9, 2007. In making its recomme
BOX’s Average Improvement Increases Again In June - BOX Recommends Penny Pilot Expansion

Date 02/07/2007

In the month of June, price improvement versus the prevailing NBBO for contracts submitted via the Boston Options Exchange’s (“BOX”) price improvement auction (‘PIP’*) averaged $2.93 per contract, an increase over May’s $2.86 and April’s $2.80. An average of 63,373 contracts per day received price improvement during the month. This represented savings to investors of $4 million.
Rep. Fossella Announces Atlanta As Second Site For Meeting Of Task Force On Capital Markets And U.S. Competitiveness - Fossella Continues Field Meetings To Develop Legislative Recommendations For Reform

Date 02/07/2007

Congressman Vito Fossella (R-NY13) today announced that Atlanta will be the site for the second field meeting of his Task Force on ways to enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. capital markets. Fossella will meet with top financial leaders of the IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) in Atlanta on July 10th. ICE is a global, electronic market for futures and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives contracts covering agricultural, emissions, energy, equity index and foreign exchange products.

Voting Procedures For July 9, 2007 Special Meetings Of CBOT Holdings

Date 02/07/2007

Dear Members: We are writing to encourage you to VOTE NOW for the upcoming July 9, 2007 special meetings of CBOT Holdings stockholders and CBOT members. Every vote is important. We cannot complete the pending merger with the CME unless we receive a vote “FOR” the merger from a majority of the outstanding shares and Series B-1 and B-2 memberships. The failure to vote is the same as a vote AGAINST the merger.
CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Sets New Record For Average Daily Volume During June - Total Volume Of 81,852 Contracts Caps Record Quarter, Year-To-Date Volume Up 151% Through June

Date 02/07/2007

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) announced today that trading volume during June 2007 totaled 81,852 contracts, an increase of 45% over June 2006's volume of 56,299 contracts. Average daily volume for the month was 3,898 contracts, a new all-time high for CFE, and an increase of 52% from the year-ago average daily volume of 2,559 contracts. June was the second busiest month ever at CFE, trailing only the 82,705 contracts traded during October 2006. For the first time in CFE's history, tr
CFTC Adopts Amendment To Regulation 3.10 To Require Certain Registrants To Conduct Annual Review Of Registration Information

Date 02/07/2007

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the finalization of an amendment to CFTC regulation 3.10 that will require each registered futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator and leverage transaction merchant to conduct an online annual review of the person's registration information maintained by the National Futures Association (NFA). The amendment is intended to enhance the accuracy of the registration information m
Glass Lewis, Egan-Jones Recommend CME Shareholders Vote 'FOR' Merger With CBOT - Recommendations Are The Second And Third From Independent Advisors In Support Of The CME-CBOT Merger

Date 02/07/2007

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) announced that Glass Lewis & Co., a leading proxy advisory firm, and Egan-Jones Ratings Co., an investor-driven ratings firm, have recommended that CME Holdings shareholders vote "FOR" the merger with CBOT Holdings at the Special Shareholders Meeting scheduled for July 9, 2007.
SEC: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Incumbent Daniel Goelzer Reappointed To Second Term

Date 02/07/2007

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox announced today that founding Public Company Accounting Oversight Board member Daniel L. Goelzer has been reappointed to the Board. The Commission unanimously selected Mr. Goelzer to serve a second five-year term as a member of the PCAOB.