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Standard & Poor's Opens Office In The Dubai International Financial Centre

Date 11/02/2008

Standard & Poor's today announced the official launch of its first office in the Middle East in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), underscoring its commitment to fostering the development of deep and efficient capital markets across the region, linking local markets with the global economy, and enhancing transparency for investors.
UK’s Financial Services Authority Bans Broker And Fines Him £21,000 For Dishonesty And Misleading Customers

Date 11/02/2008

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned Mr Mohammed Suba Miah (Mr Miah), a former broker at Square Mile Securities Limited, and fined him £21,000 for selling high risk shares to customers without their consent and deliberately misleading customers by not explaining the risks involved with such shares.
PLUS Trading Activity Soars 92 Per Cent - 1.7 Billion Shares Traded In January - New Surge In Market Share

Date 11/02/2008

PLUS Markets posted a strong start to 2008 with 397,419 trades reported in January, an increase of 92% on December 2007. The total value of trades was £2.8 billion, up 61%, and the number of shares traded was 1.7 billion, up 70%. Trading activity on PLUS has seen an exceptionally strong upward trend over the three months since the launch of its new trading platform in November 2007.
HKEx: Stabilisation Period Following AMS/3 Capacity And Technology Upgrade Ends

Date 11/02/2008

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Monday) that the stabilisation period for its securities trading system, AMS/3 (Third Generation Automatic Order Matching and Execution System), has been completed.
Bursa Malaysia: 19th Annual Palm Oil Conference Poised To Uncover Opportunities In The Global Palm Oil Market

Date 11/02/2008

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia”) will once again host the annual Palm & Lauric Oils Conference and Exhibition / Price Outlook 2008/2009 (POC) on 25 to 27 February 2008 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. This flagship conference, going into its 19th year, provides an avenue for discussions on the various developments and issues affecting the palm oil industry, including progress that will impact the price outlook of palm and lauric oils.

HKEx: Changes Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 11/02/2008

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 18 February 2008 (Monday), 33 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 41 existing designated securities will be removed from the list. The total number of designated securities for short selling will be 562 after the revision.
Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistical Report January 2008

Date 11/02/2008

Listing Total number of listed companies on CASE in January 2008 decreased to 430 companies as opposed to 435 in the previous month. There was one new listed company this month, with a total capitalization of US$ 17.78 million (LE 97.78 million).
Completion Of Fanavran Petrochemical Company IPO In Tehran Stock Exchange

Date 11/02/2008

On 9 Feb 2008, the initial public offering of equity share of Fanavran Petrochemical company was completed. This IPO process started on 3 Feb, and during this period, 16 percent of Fanavran stocks was floated in the Tehran Stock Exchange.
Abu Dhabi Securities Market Organizes “Security Awareness Program”

Date 11/02/2008

By understanding the responsibility of focusing on security and it's commitment to have a successfully secured environment, ADSM has initiated a continual information Security Awareness program for its users.
Chicago Climate Exchange® Sets New Record Trading Month

Date 08/02/2008

Chicago Climate Exchange, Inc. (CCX®) announced today that it reached a new monthly record in trading volume, making February 2008 the highest trading month in the history of CCX with 37,261 Carbon Financial Instrument® (CFI™) contracts traded as of February 7, 2008.