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SEC Charges Former Chairman And CEO Of Brooks Automation In Stock Option Fraud

Date 26/07/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a civil fraud action against Robert J. Therrien, former President and CEO of Brooks Automation, Inc., a Massachusetts software company, alleging that he received millions of dollars in undisclosed compensation by fraudulently backdating his exercise of an option to purchase company stock.
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. Reports Record Revenues, Strong Second Quarter 2007 Results

Date 26/07/2007

Record Revenues of $136.7 MM, Up 86%; Net Income Rises 73% to $53.7 MM; Excluding Non-recurring CBOT Merger Proposal Costs, Net Income of $60.7 MM Diluted EPS of $0.75; Excluding Non-recurring CBOT Merger Proposal Costs, Diluted EPS of $0.85 NYBOT to Become ICE Futures US
ETF License To Use FTSE Latibex Indices Issued To BBVA

Date 26/07/2007

FTSE Group (“FTSE”), the global index provider, licensed BBVA, the leading multinational Spanish banking group, to use the FTSE LATIBEX Brasil Index and the FTSE LATIBEX TOP Index to create two new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), which listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange this morning.
CESR Publishes Today Its Work Programme For Further Work In The Area Of The Market Abuse Directive

Date 26/07/2007

This work programme (Ref. CESR/07-416)encompasses issues where CESR identifies a need for further consideration and, therefore, further guidance may be provided to CESR Members and/or to the market, to the extent possible.
Lehman Brothers Goes Live With Dark Pool Algos And Integrated Pre-Trade TCA Via Portware - Portware's Flexible Trading Solution Enables Lehman Brothers To Offer The Latest Algorithms And Best Execution Tools To Its Buy-Side Clients

Date 26/07/2007

Portware, an independent provider of global, multi-asset trading solutions, today announced that it has integrated, global investment bank, Lehman Brothers' latest dark liquidity seeking algorithms and pre-trade Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) into the Portware trading platform. The integration has extended the bank's capabilities to provide access to innovative liquidity-seeking algorithms and offer comprehensive best execution tools to buy-side clients on the Portware execution platform.

Deutsche Börse:Avox Chosen By SWIFT To Maintain Financial Industry BIC Database

Date 26/07/2007

Avox, the leading counterparty data verification network, announced today that it was chosen by SWIFT, the global financial cooperative, for the cleansing and maintenance of data records in its BIC (Bank Identification Code) database. Under the 3-year agreement, Avox will be instrumental in empowering SWIFT’s business entity reference data quality and universal identification for the benefit of the financial community.
SWX Swiss Exchange Issues Reprimand Against AIG Private Equity Ltd

Date 26/07/2007

The SWX Swiss Exchange has issued and published a reprimand against AIG Private Equity Ltd, Zug, for violating the provisions of the Listing Rules and the Directive on Ad hoc publicity. The SWX reprimand relates to AIG Private Equity's failure to publish its 2005 annual report in accordance with the relevant regulations.
MICEX Stock Exchange Begins To Publish Indices Of The Metallurgical And Machine-Building Industries

Date 26/07/2007

As of 14 August 2007 the MICEX Stock Exchange begins to publish new indicators of the Russian stock market: MICEX M&M (MICEX Metals and Mining Index): index of stocks of metallurgical and mining companies; MICEX MNF (MICEX Manufacturing Index): index of stocks of machine-building companies.
The Open Interest Of the Sugar Futures Contracts Traded At Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Hit Record High

Date 26/07/2007

The open interest of the sugar futures contracts traded at Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange hit record high on July 25, 2007.The total open interest was 318612 contracts.
UN Economic Advisor To Address International Financial Leaders In Dubai - Jeffrey Sachs Will Deliver The Gate Lecture During DIFCweek

Date 26/07/2007

Jeffrey Sachs, one of the most influential economists of his generation, will address international financial leaders on the pressing matter of the diversity of wealth, finding an end to poverty, and the UN Millennium Development Goals.