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LME Appoints A Commercial Director

Date 28/02/2008

The London Metal Exchange has today announced the appointment of Liz Milan as Director, Commercial Department and Craig Hewett as Deputy Director. They will head up a new department combining all LME marketing and commercial activities. Liz will also join the LME Executive Committee.
ADSM Signs MoC With Gre Tai Securities Market (Taiwan)

Date 28/02/2008

Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) and Gre Tai Securities Market (GTSM) signed today a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) signed by Mr. Daung-Yen Lu, Chirman of Gre Tai Securities Market, and for ADSM by Mr. Tom Healy, Director General.
DIFX Announces The Appointment Of New Directors

Date 28/02/2008

Dubai International Financial Exchange Ltd (“DIFX”) yesterday announced the composition of its Board of Directors following the completion of the transaction among DIFX, Borse Dubai Ltd and The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”), which resulted in The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ OMX Group) acquiring a 33.3 percent stake in the DIFX.
MF Global Announces $141.5 Million Bad Debt Provision - Company Remains Well-Capitalized With No Impact To Client Funds

Date 28/02/2008

MF Global (NYSE: MF), a leading broker of exchange-traded futures and options, announced that during the early hours of Wednesday morning, February 27, a registered representative in one of its U.S. branch offices, trading in the wheat futures market in his personal account, substantially exceeded his authorized trading limit. The registered representative concerned has been terminated effective immediately.
NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records For Silver And Palladium Futures On CME Globex®

Date 28/02/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), today announced that it set daily volume records yesterday for silver and palladium futures traded on the CME Globex electronic trading platform.

FINRA Settles With Five Firms For Supervisory Failures, Improper Mutual Fund Sales To More Than 5,300 Households - Tens Of Millions Of Dollars To Be Returned To Customers - Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities, Pruco And UBS Fined A Total Of $2.4 Million

Date 28/02/2008

FINRA announced today that it has settled cases against five firms for mutual fund sales and supervisory violations - including improper sales of Class B and Class C mutual fund shares and failure to have supervisory systems designed to provide all eligible investors with the opportunity to purchase Class A mutual fund shares at net asset value (NAV) through NAV transfer programs.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 28/02/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading Thursday, March 6 2008:
The TASE Annual Review 2007

Date 28/02/2008

Please click here to view The TASE Annual Review for 2007.
CME Group Statement On MF Global And CME Financial Safeguards System

Date 28/02/2008

In light of today's announcement concerning firm proprietary trading activity in the Wheat futures market, CME Group confirms that MF Global has met and continues to meet its obligations to CME Clearing and remains in good standing as a clearing member of the exchange. The transparency of the futures trading process, which includes real time reporting and confirmation of executed trades and twice daily mark to market procedures, enables the prompt detection of losses and unauthorized or unus
FCStone Group and NASDAQ OMX Group Announce Agora-X Investment - Leader In Exchanges And Technologies Partners With Commodities Firm To Create New Electronic Marketplace For OTC Commodity Contracts

Date 28/02/2008

FCStone Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCSX), a commodity risk management firm, and The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), jointly announced today that NASDAQ OMX Group has agreed to invest up to $7.5 million in FCStone's subsidiary Agora-X, LLC ("Agora-X"). Agora-X is developing a new electronic communications network for institutional trading in over-the-counter (OTC) commodity contracts.